Soaring
Soaring is an artwork in Kansas, at a modelled elevation of 261 m. Miller Hill stands 342 m to the southeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Roe Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Frontier Military Historic Byway passes 3.3 miles off. 8 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Material
- metal
How to reach it
- 3.3 mi off the Frontier Military Historic Byway
- 11.8 mi off the Spirit of Kansas City
- 12.4 mi off the Cliff Drive
- 29.4 mi off the Glacial Hills Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Bird Watching Blind · 10 mi
- Kaw Point · 12 mi
- Scarrit Point · 13 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Roe Park: 0.0 mi
- Nall Hills Park: 0.3 mi
- Foxhill North Park: 0.4 mi
- Garden Labyrinth: 0.4 mi
- Nall Park: 0.7 mi
- Converge: 1.1 mi
- Monarchs Cow Parade: 1.2 mi
- Cobalt Colts Ambulance: 1.2 mi
- Pierced Sky: 1.4 mi
- I Beam Tuning Fork: 1.6 mi
- Argentine Limestone Outcrop: 1.7 mi
- Hertha-Bethany Falls-Winterset Limestone Outcrop: 5.8 mi
- Argentine Limestone Outcrop: 8.0 mi
- Badger Ridge: 8.1 mi
- Westerville Limestone Outcrop: 8.2 mi
- Ali Kemp Memorial: 2.0 mi
- Korean War Veterans Memorial: 2.7 mi
- Statue of Saint Teresa: 3.2 mi
- 9/11 Memorial: 3.4 mi
- Clock Tower: 3.5 mi
- Wonderscope Children Museum: 2.3 mi
- Johnson County Museum: 2.5 mi
- Overland Park Historical Society: 3.4 mi
- Museum at Prairiefire: 4.0 mi
- Prairie Oak Nature Center: 5.7 mi
- Candy Cane Lane: 3.2 mi
- Old Red Bridge Love Locks: 3.9 mi
- Deanna Rose Children's Farmstead: 5.4 mi
- Concorde Nose: 5.9 mi
- East Building: 6.5 mi
- Resident Gardens: 4.5 mi
- Helen S. Cuddy Rose Garden: 5.5 mi
- Sar-Ko-Par Trails Community Garden: 6.5 mi
- Herb Garden: 6.7 mi
- Japanese Garden: 6.9 mi
- Heartland Overlook Preserve: 4.7 mi
- Saeger Woods Conservation Area: 5.3 mi
- Blue Valley Wilderness Science Center Wilderness Area: 7.6 mi
- Children's Memorial Butterfly Garden: 12.2 mi
- Green Hills of Platte Wildlife Preserve: 16.8 mi
- Overland Park: 5.2 mi
- Overland Park: 5.2 mi
- Bowler Hill: 13.8 mi
- Miller Hill: 15.6 mi
- Arsenal Hill: 21.9 mi
- Quindaro Townsite: 14.8 mi
- Powell: 15.7 mi
- West Union: 17.7 mi
- Kimpton: 21.2 mi
- Delaware City: 22.9 mi
- Turkey Creek Falls: 7.0 mi
- Cedar Lake Falls: 12.9 mi
- Line Creek Double Falls: 18.1 mi
- Swimming Beach: 16.9 mi
- Swim Beach: 17.9 mi
- Windsurfer Beach: 23.3 mi
- Watts Mill: 2.0 mi
- Family Picnic Area: 18.3 mi
- Pioneer Spring: 16.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Soaring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miller Hill | SE 134° | 342 m | 15.6 mi |
| Bowler Hill | ESE 105° | 330 m | 13.8 mi |
| Nebo Hill | NE 39° | 291 m | 24.2 mi |
| Minter Hill | E 79° | 288 m | 22.7 mi |
| Arsenal Hill | NE 35° | 277 m | 21.9 mi |
| Observation Bluff | W 264° | 277 m | 22.0 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, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/10878224752
Day trips start here
- Overland Park · 3 mi
- Lenexa · 5 mi
- Olathe · 10 mi
- Kansas City · 12 mi
- Kansas City Area · 12 mi
- Kansas City · 12 mi
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