A Great Place to Land
A Great Place to Land is an artwork in Kansas, at a modelled elevation of 329 m. Miller Hill stands 342 m to the southeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Thompson Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Frontier Military Historic Byway passes 3.8 miles off. 8 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Material
- steel
How to reach it
- 3.8 mi off the Frontier Military Historic Byway
- 9.4 mi off the Spirit of Kansas City
- 10.5 mi off the Cliff Drive
- 26.0 mi off the Glacial Hills Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Kaw Point · 10 mi
- Scarrit Point · 12 mi
- Bird Watching Blind · 13 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Thompson Park: 0.1 mi
- Clock Tower Plaza: 0.2 mi
- Clock Tower Plaza Park: 0.2 mi
- South Lake Park: 0.6 mi
- Young's Park: 0.7 mi
- William Strang: 0.1 mi
- Blackbird: 0.8 mi
- Gateway: 2.0 mi
- Embracing Heart: 2.2 mi
- Cobalt Colts Ambulance: 2.2 mi
- Overland Park Historical Society: 0.1 mi
- Johnson County Museum: 0.9 mi
- Shawnee Town Museum: 3.9 mi
- Legler Barn Museum: 4.7 mi
- John Wornall House Museum: 5.0 mi
- Clock Tower: 0.2 mi
- AT&T Pocket Park: 1.8 mi
- Vietnam War Memorial: 2.0 mi
- Helen S. Cuddy Rose Garden: 2.1 mi
- Pearl Harbor Park: 3.0 mi
- Candy Cane Lane: 1.1 mi
- East Building: 4.4 mi
- Concorde Nose: 4.7 mi
- Old Red Bridge Love Locks: 6.8 mi
- Deanna Rose Children's Farmstead: 7.4 mi
- Argentine Limestone Outcrop: 3.4 mi
- Badger Ridge: 5.3 mi
- Argentine Limestone Outcrop: 5.7 mi
- Westerville Limestone Outcrop: 5.9 mi
- Hertha-Bethany Falls-Winterset Limestone Outcrop: 7.1 mi
- Helen S. Cuddy Rose Garden: 2.1 mi
- Shanna Morrison Memorial Rose Garden: 4.0 mi
- Sar-Ko-Par Trails Community Garden: 4.5 mi
- Herb Garden: 4.7 mi
- Rose Garden: 5.5 mi
- Heartland Overlook Preserve: 6.5 mi
- Saeger Woods Conservation Area: 8.7 mi
- Blue Valley Wilderness Science Center Wilderness Area: 10.7 mi
- Green Hills of Platte Wildlife Preserve: 13.9 mi
- Children's Memorial Butterfly Garden: 14.4 mi
- Overland Park: 7.8 mi
- Overland Park: 7.8 mi
- Bowler Hill: 16.4 mi
- Miller Hill: 18.9 mi
- Arsenal Hill: 20.7 mi
- Quindaro Townsite: 11.9 mi
- Powell: 18.9 mi
- Delaware City: 19.5 mi
- West Union: 21.1 mi
- Kimpton: 24.6 mi
- Turkey Creek Falls: 3.6 mi
- Cedar Lake Falls: 13.3 mi
- Line Creek Double Falls: 15.4 mi
- Angel Falls: 22.5 mi
- Swim Beach: 16.8 mi
- Swimming Beach: 18.0 mi
- Windsurfer Beach: 24.8 mi
- Watts Mill: 4.6 mi
- Family Picnic Area: 18.4 mi
- Pioneer Spring: 16.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of A Great Place to Land. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miller Hill | SE 137° | 342 m | 18.9 mi |
| Bowler Hill | ESE 113° | 330 m | 16.4 mi |
| Nebo Hill | NE 47° | 291 m | 23.2 mi |
| Minter Hill | E 87° | 288 m | 24.0 mi |
| Arsenal Hill | NE 44° | 277 m | 20.7 mi |
| Observation Bluff | WSW 256° | 277 m | 20.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:23 | 18:56 | 19:31 |
| June solstice | 05:54 | 20:08 | 20:48 |
| September equinox | 07:07 | 18:42 | 19:17 |
| December solstice | 07:35 | 16:18 | 17:00 |
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 | 29 | 34 | 44 | 55 | 65 | 74 | 79 | 77 | 69 | 57 | 45 | 34 |
| Precip in | 1.3 | 1.7 | 2.5 | 4.1 | 5.3 | 5.2 | 4.7 | 4.5 | 4.2 | 3.0 | 2.4 | 1.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Olathe 3E, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/10912806204
Day trips start here
- Overland Park · 0 mi
- Lenexa · 4 mi
- Kansas City · 9 mi
- Kansas City · 10 mi
- Kansas City Area · 10 mi
- Olathe · 10 mi
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