Twin Mounds
Twin Mounds rises to 316 m in Kansas. Stenger Hill stands 371 m to the west, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Twin Mound, a ghost town 0.5 miles away. Native Stone Scenic Byway passes 21 miles off. 12 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
human settlement in Douglas County, Kansas, United States of America
Wikidata Q7858229, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 316 m
How to reach it
- 20.7 mi off the Native Stone Scenic Byway
- 134.6 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Lone Star Lake Park: 6.3 mi
- Jones Park: 6.5 mi
- Rockhaven Park: 6.5 mi
- Bloomington Park: 6.7 mi
- Chicken Creek Arch Park: 7.9 mi
- Relay Race: 12.8 mi
- Native Topekan: 13.7 mi
- Chesty Lion: 14.7 mi
- MacKomics Studio: 14.7 mi
- Kansas Symbols: 14.8 mi
- Wakarusa River Valley Heritage Museum: 7.3 mi
- Combat Air Museum: 11.5 mi
- Museum Of The Kansas National Guard: 12.0 mi
- Kansas Territorial Capital - Lane Museum: 13.8 mi
- Booth Family Hall of Athletics: 14.4 mi
- U.S. Navy Polaris Missile: 14.3 mi
- Phog Allen: 14.4 mi
- Vietnam War Memorial: 14.6 mi
- Korean War Memorial: 14.6 mi
- Memorial Campanile & Carillon: 14.8 mi
- Archery Only Area: 8.2 mi
- Kanza Southwind Nature Preserve: 11.3 mi
- Osage State Fishing Lake and Wildlife Area: 11.4 mi
- Conrad & Viola McGrew Nature Preserve: 12.2 mi
- Roy and Eleanor Wall Woods: 16.1 mi
- EC-121 Warning Star: 11.5 mi
- Constitution Hall State Historic Site: 13.8 mi
- Democratic Headquarters [historic]: 14.0 mi
- Locomotive #1073: 15.6 mi
- Lawrence Arts Center: 15.6 mi
- Ted Ensley Gardens: 12.4 mi
- Monarch Watch Garden: 13.6 mi
- Audio-Reader Sensory Garden: 14.8 mi
- VIDA Ministries Community Garden: 14.9 mi
- Little Prairie Community Garden: 15.1 mi
- Twin Mound: 0.5 mi
- Richland: 3.1 mi
- Pansy: 8.6 mi
- Coburn: 9.1 mi
- Garlington: 9.7 mi
- Sanders Mound: 9.6 mi
- Coon Point: 10.5 mi
- Shank Hill: 12.5 mi
- Stenger Hill: 14.3 mi
- Mount Oread: 14.7 mi
- Overlook Park Shelter 2: 9.8 mi
- Overlook Park Shelter 1: 9.8 mi
- Snyders Cabin: 18.7 mi
- Bloomington Beach: 7.4 mi
- Wakarusa River Falls: 10.2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stenger Hill | W 262° | 371 m | 14.3 mi |
| Elkhorn Knob | WSW 241° | 367 m | 22.8 mi |
| Burnett Mound | NW 308° | 344 m | 16.7 mi |
| Coon Point | NNE 19° | 338 m | 10.5 mi |
| Blue Mound | E 80° | 318 m | 16.9 mi |
| Fowler Hill | ESE 123° | 318 m | 19.8 mi |
| Nolan Hill | NNE 30° | 317 m | 19.9 mi |
| Mount Oread | ENE 61° | 316 m | 14.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:26 | 18:59 | 19:34 |
| June solstice | 05:58 | 20:11 | 20:51 |
| September equinox | 07:10 | 18:46 | 19:21 |
| December solstice | 07:38 | 16:22 | 17:04 |
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 | 28 | 33 | 44 | 54 | 64 | 73 | 78 | 77 | 68 | 56 | 43 | 33 |
| Precip in | 0.8 | 1.3 | 2.0 | 3.9 | 5.0 | 5.5 | 3.8 | 4.6 | 4.0 | 3.3 | 1.9 | 1.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Clinton Lake, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358634220
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