Family
Family is an artwork in Kansas, at a modelled elevation of 331 m. Custer Hill stands 411 m to the west-southwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Meadowlark Hills Community Garden, a garden 0.1 miles away. Native Stone Scenic Byway passes 18 miles off. 27 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Built
- 2006
How to reach it
- 18.3 mi off the Native Stone Scenic Byway
- 181.3 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Eisenhower Baseball Complex: 0.6 mi
- Northview Park: 0.7 mi
- Quinlan Natural Area: 1.4 mi
- Bluemont Hill Park: 1.5 mi
- Goodnow Park: 1.6 mi
- Old Schoolhouse: 1.3 mi
- 2008 Tornado Memorial: 1.3 mi
- Class of 1908 Sundial: 1.4 mi
- Bluemont Bell: 1.5 mi
- K-State Sesquicentennial Monument: 1.6 mi
- Longview Hill: 2.4 mi
- Sunset Hill: 2.4 mi
- Rocky Hill: 2.5 mi
- Prospect Hill: 3.0 mi
- Stagg Hill: 4.4 mi
- Beach Museum of Art: 1.7 mi
- Riley County Museum: 1.7 mi
- Wolf House Museum: 2.0 mi
- Museum of Art and Light: 2.5 mi
- Flint Hills Discovery Center: 2.6 mi
- Pottawatomie State Fishing Lake Number Two: 3.0 mi
- Michael-Ross Audubon Preserve: 3.7 mi
- VMI Land Tract: 4.6 mi
- Crappie Cove: 5.0 mi
- Willis Prarie: 5.2 mi
- Bill Snyder: 1.2 mi
- Ernie Barrett: 1.3 mi
- MANHATTAN: 1.5 mi
- Bosco Clock Tower: 1.6 mi
- Martin Luther King Jr. Bust: 1.6 mi
- Meadowlark Hills Community Garden: 0.1 mi
- Kansas State University Gardens: 1.2 mi
- Rose Garden: 2.1 mi
- Riley Lane Garden: 2.7 mi
- Collins Lane Gardens: 3.6 mi
- Sheridan Point: 12.6 mi
- Williston Point: 13.0 mi
- Pawnee Point: 13.2 mi
- Sherman Heights: 16.0 mi
- Republican Point: 16.7 mi
- Missile Silo Home: 12.9 mi
- Locomotive 6072: 14.0 mi
- Dorothy's House: 14.5 mi
- The Yellow Brick Road: 14.5 mi
- Site of old Union Pacific Engine Shops: 17.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Family. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Custer Hill | WSW 242° | 411 m | 14.3 mi |
| Four Way Divide | WSW 240° | 410 m | 15.0 mi |
| Morris Hill | SW 236° | 406 m | 14.3 mi |
| Randolph Hill | WSW 242° | 404 m | 13.4 mi |
| Caisson Hill | SW 235° | 402 m | 13.8 mi |
| Harvey Hill | WSW 239° | 401 m | 15.7 mi |
| Carpenter Hill | WSW 240° | 400 m | 12.8 mi |
| Mount Ephraim | NE 37° | 400 m | 15.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:31 | 19:03 | 19:38 |
| June solstice | 06:01 | 20:17 | 20:57 |
| September equinox | 07:15 | 18:50 | 19:25 |
| December solstice | 07:43 | 16:25 | 17:07 |
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 | 54 | 65 | 75 | 80 | 78 | 69 | 57 | 43 | 33 |
| Precip in | 0.6 | 1.1 | 2.2 | 3.4 | 5.2 | 5.5 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 3.4 | 2.5 | 1.6 | 1.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Manhattan, 1 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/2156773531
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