Historic Frisco Water Tower
Historic Frisco Water Tower is an attraction in Kansas, at a modelled elevation of 485 m. Temple Knob stands 503 m to the northeast, 3.7 miles off. Historic Route 66 passes 98 miles off. 52 named places lie within 25 miles, 4 of them named summits.
The story
railroad water tank constructed in 1875, in Beaumont, Kansas
Dates from 1886.
Wikidata Q4877594, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
How to reach it
- 97.9 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
- 27.7 mi off the Flint Hills Scenic Byway, National
52 named places within 25 miles
- Moyle Field: 14.1 mi
- Moyle Field: 14.1 mi
- Riverside Park: 17.0 mi
- Lions Recreational Park: 17.7 mi
- West Park: 19.3 mi
- Benson Museum: 19.6 mi
- Kansas Oil Museum: 20.4 mi
- World War II History Center: 20.7 mi
- Augusta Historical Museum: 24.5 mi
- Twisted Oz Motorcycle Museum: 24.8 mi
- Temple Knob: 3.7 mi
- Windy Hill: 7.6 mi
- Osage Cuestas: 16.4 mi
- Oil Hill: 23.0 mi
- ATSF Eureka Depot: 17.7 mi
- Missouri Pacific El Dorado Depot: 20.8 mi
- old Frisco Augusta Depot: 24.4 mi
- El Dorado State Park Beach: 19.7 mi
- El Dorado Swim Beach: 20.3 mi
- Butler State Fishing Lake: 10.9 mi
- Restoring Roots Prairie Artscape: 21.4 mi
- Eye on the Prairie: 21.4 mi
- Stapleton Oil Well Number 1: 23.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Historic Frisco Water Tower. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Temple Knob | NE 34° | 503 m | 3.7 mi |
| Osage Cuestas | SSE 166° | 431 m | 16.4 mi |
| Oil Hill | WNW 303° | 424 m | 23.0 mi |
| Windy Hill | N 10° | 422 m | 7.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:31 | 19:04 | 19:38 |
| June solstice | 06:06 | 20:13 | 20:52 |
| September equinox | 07:15 | 18:50 | 19:25 |
| December solstice | 07:38 | 16:31 | 17:12 |
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 | 31 | 35 | 45 | 55 | 64 | 74 | 79 | 77 | 69 | 57 | 44 | 34 |
| Precip in | 1.0 | 1.5 | 2.5 | 3.6 | 6.0 | 5.7 | 4.6 | 4.1 | 3.8 | 3.3 | 2.4 | 1.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Eureka 1E, 19 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
National Register of Historic Places, reference 93000843OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata- National Register of Historic Places — Beaumont St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad Water Tank, reference 93000843, listed 08/19/93.
OpenStreetMap element node/3812093097
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