Long Draw

Long Draw: crowds and conditions

Typical pattern: usually quiet; mostly local visitors. Been there recently? Post today’s status and it shows here for the next traveller.

Status options for this viewpoint: Open, good conditions · Very crowded · Approach road bad · Closed / not accessible.

Best time to visit Long Draw

Season: October to February for cool, clear air; July to September for mist and greenery.

Crowd: Usually quiet; mostly local visitors.

Typical week: Mon quiet · Tue quiet · Wed quiet · Thu quiet · Fri light · Sat light · Sun light.

How to reach Long Draw — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 39.09055, -96.81556. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Long Draw

• Milford Lake State Park Marina · lake · Geary · ~9 km · Must-see
• Kansas Landscape Arboretum · sanctuary · Clay · ~26 km · Must-see
• Sunset Park · park · Riley · ~26 km · Must-see
• Konza Prairie Biological Station · sanctuary · Riley · ~27 km · Must-see
• Kansas State University Gardens · sanctuary · Riley · ~29 km · Must-see
• Seven Dolors Catholic Church · church · Riley · ~29 km · Must-see
• First Congregational United Church of Christ · church · Riley · ~30 km · Must-see
• Manhattan · church · Riley · ~31 km · Must-see
• Tuttle Creek Lake · lake · Pottawatomie · ~40 km · Must-see
• Lander Park Carousel · attraction · Dickinson · ~49 km · Must-see
• Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library & Museum · museum · Dickinson · ~49 km · Must-see
• Abilene & Smokey Valley Railway · viewpoint · Dickinson · ~50 km · Must-see
• Council Grove City Lake Dam · lake · Morris · ~64 km · Must-see
• Hermit's Cave on Belfry Hill · cave · Morris · ~69 km · Must-see
• Council Grove · sanctuary · Morris · ~69 km · Must-see
• Lake Wabaunsee · lake · Wabaunsee · ~74 km · Must-see
• Harvey Hill · viewpoint · Riley · ~1 km
• Four Way Divide · viewpoint · Riley · ~2 km

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Other hill stations & viewpoints near Long Draw

• Abilene & Smokey Valley Railway · viewpoint · Dickinson · ~50 km · Must-see
• Soldier Cap Mound · viewpoint · Saline · ~118 km · Must-see
• Twin Mounds · viewpoint · Douglas · ~147 km · Must-see
• Harvey Hill · viewpoint · Riley · ~1 km
• Four Way Divide · viewpoint · Riley · ~2 km
• Macomb Hill · viewpoint · Geary · ~2 km
• Sherman Heights · viewpoint · Geary · ~2 km
• Morris Hill · viewpoint · Riley · ~2 km
• Republican Point · viewpoint · Geary · ~3 km
• Machine Gun Ridge · viewpoint · Geary · ~3 km

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