- Elevation, modelled
- 268 m
- Tallest summit within 25 miles
- Blue Mound318 m · 11.3 mi
- Nearest byway
- Frontier Military Historic Byway11.0 mi off
- Sunset, June solstice
- 20:49local time
- Coordinates
- 38.9133, -94.9732
Swim Beach is a beach in Kansas, at a modelled 268 m. Blue Mound stands 318 m to the west, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Kill Creek Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Frontier Military Historic Byway passes 11 miles off. 9 named summits stand within 25 miles.
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Swim Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Mound | W 267° | 318 m | 11.3 mi |
| Fowler Hill | SW 218° | 318 m | 18.4 mi |
| Nolan Hill | NW 308° | 317 m | 22.2 mi |
| Mount Oread | WNW 283° | 316 m | 15.3 mi |
| Shank Hill | W 264° | 304 m | 15.6 mi |
| Sanders Mound | W 274° | 288 m | 19.7 mi |
| Observation Bluff | W 265° | 277 m | 4.1 mi |
- 11.0 mi off the Frontier Military Historic Byway
- 23.7 mi off the Spirit of Kansas City
- 25.8 mi off the Cliff Drive
- 27.6 mi off the Glacial Hills Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Bird Watching Blind · 17 mi
- Kaw Point · 24 mi
- Scarrit Point · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Kill Creek Park: 0.2 mi
- Timberridge Adventure Center: 0.7 mi
- Kill Creek Streamway Park: 1.4 mi
- Kill Creek Streamway Park: 2.3 mi
- Sunflower Nature Park: 3.0 mi
Artworks
- Theb: 8.4 mi
- Sprout: 8.7 mi
- Trails West: 9.8 mi
- Harvest Prayer Sculpture and Campus Mall: 10.7 mi
- "The Serpent": 12.1 mi
Attractions
- M101: 9.1 mi
- Lawrence Arts Center: 14.5 mi
- Deanna Rose Children's Farmstead: 14.7 mi
- Locomotive #1073: 14.8 mi
- The Teepee at Teepee Junction: 15.1 mi
Historic sites
- Cannon: 9.1 mi
- Dorothy Akin Memorial Prairie: 9.9 mi
- Kansas Historical Marker #9 - Lawrence & The Old Trails: 11.4 mi
- Veterans Memorial Plaza: 12.6 mi
- Breezedale: 14.3 mi
Museums: 54
- Gardner Historical Museum: 7.4 mi
- Monticello Community Historical Society: 7.5 mi
- Lanesfield Historic Site: 8.7 mi
- Museum of Deaf History, Arts & Culture: 8.9 mi
- Kansas City Automotive Museum: 11.4 mi
Gardens: 28
- Green Tech Garden: 6.7 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 9.3 mi
- Monarch Garden: 9.3 mi
- Bird Garden: 9.3 mi
- Pollinator Prarie: 9.3 mi
Nature reserves: 17
- Douglas State Fishing Lake and Wildlife Area: 12.9 mi
- Rice Woodland: 13.4 mi
- Breidenthal Biological Reserve: 13.8 mi
- Roy and Eleanor Wall Woods: 14.3 mi
- Fitch Natural History Reservation: 14.9 mi
Peaks: 9
- Observation Bluff: 4.1 mi
- Blue Mound: 11.3 mi
- Mount Oread: 15.3 mi
- Shank Hill: 15.6 mi
- Overland Park: 16.4 mi
Ghost towns: 8
- Franklin: 11.0 mi
- Prairie City: 16.7 mi
- Dennison: 20.6 mi
- Hackett: 21.7 mi
- Delaware City: 22.8 mi
Cliffs: 6
- Argentine Limestone Outcrop: 9.9 mi
- Argentine Limestone Outcrop: 16.2 mi
- Badger Ridge: 19.8 mi
- Argentine Limestone Outcrop: 21.2 mi
- Westerville Limestone Outcrop: 21.2 mi
Waterfalls: 4
- Cedar Lake Falls: 8.1 mi
- Turkey Creek Falls: 17.4 mi
- Wakarusa River Falls: 18.8 mi
- Angel Falls: 23.4 mi
Beaches: 3
- Windsurfer Beach: 17.3 mi
- Bloomington Beach: 21.2 mi
- Miola Beach: 23.4 mi
Picnic sites: 3
- Overlook Park Shelter 1: 19.8 mi
- Overlook Park Shelter 2: 19.8 mi
- Watts Mill: 19.9 mi
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:24 | 18:57 | 19:32 |
| June solstice | 05:55 | 20:09 | 20:49 |
| September equinox | 07:08 | 18:43 | 19:19 |
| December solstice | 07:36 | 16:20 | 17:02 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Day trips start here
- Olathe · 9 mi
- Lenexa · 13 mi
- Overland Park · 17 mi
- Kansas City · 23 mi
- Kansas City · 25 mi
- Kansas City Area · 25 mi
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