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Tuttle Creek Wildlife Area

Tuttle Creek Wildlife Area from directly overhead

Tuttle Creek Wildlife Area is a nature reserve in Kansas, at a modelled elevation of 399 m. Twin Mounds stands 419 m to the east-northeast, 8.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Indian Mound, a peak 5.3 miles away. 59 named places lie within 25 miles, 3 of them named summits.

What to expect

Operated by
Kansas Department of Wildlife & Parks

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates39.55519, -96.64594

59 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 33
  • Tuttle Creek State Park Fancy Creek Area: 9.0 mi
  • Riverside Park: 9.0 mi
  • City Park: 11.1 mi
  • Kenneth Heywood Park: 13.4 mi
  • Carnahan Creek Recreation Area: 15.2 mi
Nature reserves: 6
Historic sites: 5
Artworks: 4
  • Pony Express Rider: 19.8 mi
  • Family: 24.0 mi
  • Bill Snyder: 24.6 mi
  • Ernie Barrett: 24.7 mi
Peaks: 3
Museums: 3
  • Rock Creek Valley Historical Society: 16.9 mi
  • Koester House: 19.8 mi
  • Arts & Memories Museum: 20.2 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Attractions: 2
  • Monument to the Ice Age: 8.8 mi
  • M110: 19.9 mi
Gardens: 1
  • Meadowlark Hills Community Garden: 24.2 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Tuttle Creek Wildlife Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Twin MoundsENE 60°419 m8.4 mi
Mount EphraimSE 131°400 m17.4 mi
Indian MoundNNE 22°359 m5.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3119:0319:39
June solstice06:0020:1820:58
September equinox07:1518:5019:25
December solstice07:4416:2417:07

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F273143536474797668554231
Precip in0.81.12.13.14.94.94.73.63.32.51.51.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Marysville, 20 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/1051933159

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