Twin Mounds
Twin Mounds rises to 419 m in Kansas. Mount Ephraim stands 400 m to the south-southeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Bigelow, a ghost town 1.2 miles away. 40 named places lie within 25 miles, 2 of them named summits.
The story
mountain in Marshall County, Kansas, United States of America
Wikidata Q31596802, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 419 m
How to reach it
40 named places within 25 miles
- Frankfort Park: 7.6 mi
- Riverside Park: 9.7 mi
- City Park: 13.9 mi
- Oregon Trail RV Park: 16.0 mi
- Dechairo Park: 16.1 mi
- Tuttle Creek Wildlife Area: 8.4 mi
- Pottawatomie State Fishing Lake Number One: 11.2 mi
- Old Garrison Recreation Area: 19.2 mi
- Old Baldwin Creek Recreation Area: 19.7 mi
- Stockdale Recreation Area: 22.9 mi
- Alcove Spring Historic Park: 13.0 mi
- Olsburg Pioneers: 14.0 mi
- Mariadahl Steeple: 14.2 mi
- California-Oregon Trail Historical Marker: 17.1 mi
- Indian Mound: 5.4 mi
- Mount Ephraim: 16.7 mi
- Monument to the Ice Age: 9.3 mi
- M110: 17.1 mi
- Rock Creek Valley Historical Society: 16.4 mi
- Koester House: 17.2 mi
- Pony Express Rider: 17.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Twin Mounds. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Ephraim | SSE 160° | 400 m | 16.7 mi |
| Indian Mound | W 278° | 359 m | 5.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:30 | 19:03 | 19:38 |
| June solstice | 05:59 | 20:17 | 20:58 |
| September equinox | 07:14 | 18:49 | 19:25 |
| December solstice | 07:44 | 16:23 | 17:06 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 26 | 30 | 41 | 51 | 62 | 72 | 77 | 74 | 66 | 54 | 40 | 30 |
| Precip in | 0.7 | 1.1 | 2.1 | 3.1 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 4.4 | 3.6 | 3.1 | 2.6 | 1.7 | 1.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Frankfort 6NE, 14 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358627070
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