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Santa Fe Trail Remains Lookout

Santa Fe Trail Remains Lookout from directly overhead

Santa Fe Trail Remains Lookout is an attraction in Kansas, at a modelled elevation of 796 m. Boot Hill stands 765 m to the east-southeast, 9.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Skydome, a park 8.2 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 169 miles off. 23 named places lie within 25 miles, 2 of them named summits.

The story

two-mile (3 km) section of the former Santa Fe Trail

Wikidata Q7419569, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

How to reach it

Coordinates37.78975, -100.19716

23 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 13
  • Skydome: 8.2 mi
  • Cimarron Crossing Park: 8.5 mi
  • Cimarron Crossing Park: 8.6 mi
  • Optimist Park: 8.8 mi
  • Chilton Park: 9.2 mi
Museums: 4
  • Kansas Teachers Hall of Fame and Gunfighters Wax Museum: 9.8 mi
  • Boot Hill Museum: 9.9 mi
  • Santa Fe Trail Museum: 14.3 mi
  • Stauth Memorial Museum: 18.9 mi
Attractions: 3
  • Santa Fe 1139 Steam Locomotive: 10.0 mi
  • ATSF Dodge City Depot: 10.2 mi
  • Santa Fe Caboose: 10.3 mi
Peaks: 2
Artworks: 1
  • Doc Holliday Statue: 9.9 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Santa Fe Trail Remains Lookout. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Boot HillESE 104°765 m9.9 mi
Pullers PeakENE 65°731 m16.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4519:1819:53
June solstice06:2020:2821:07
September equinox07:2919:0519:39
December solstice07:5316:4517:26

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323544546475807770564333
Precip in0.60.61.41.82.83.53.23.01.31.90.70.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cimarron, 8 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

National Register of Historic Places, reference 66000343OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/6805636108

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