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Train Highway

Train Highway from directly overhead

Train Highway is an artwork in Kansas, at a modelled elevation of 607 m. Round House Rock stands 715 m to the west-southwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Airport Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Smoky Valley Scenic Byway passes 24 miles off. 91 named places lie within 25 miles, 2 of them named summits.

What the record says

Built
1995
Material
limestone

How to reach it

Coordinates38.85634, -99.28065

91 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 38
  • Airport Park: 0.1 mi
  • Kiwanis Park: 1.3 mi
  • Veterans Memorial Park: 1.5 mi
  • Custer Island Park: 1.7 mi
  • Hays Medical Center Walking Trail: 1.9 mi
Artworks: 30
Museums: 12
Ghost towns: 6
Peaks: 2
  • King Hill: 20.7 mi
  • Round House Rock: 21.7 mi
Historic sites: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Train Highway. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Round House RockWSW 247°715 m21.7 mi
King HillNNE 21°587 m20.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4119:1419:49
June solstice06:1320:2721:06
September equinox07:2619:0119:36
December solstice07:5316:3717:19

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Jun, Aug–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323545536476807870564334
Precip in0.60.81.32.23.73.14.13.62.11.80.90.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hays, 2 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/7756779254

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