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Williston Point

Williston Point, seen from above at true elevation

Williston Point is a cliff in Kansas, at a recorded elevation of 375 m. Custer Hill stands 411 m to the west-northwest, 2.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Pawnee Point, a cliff 0.7 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 180 miles off. 25 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
375 m

How to reach it

Coordinates39.09722, -96.76806

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Wyman Park: 1.5 mi
  • Ogden South Park: 3.1 mi
  • Freedom Park: 4.1 mi
  • Montgomery Plaza: 5.0 mi
  • Pawnee Park: 5.2 mi
Historic sites: 27
  • General Leonard Wood Monument: 1.8 mi
  • Funston Monument: 1.9 mi
  • War Memorial: 3.3 mi
  • M113: 4.1 mi
  • 155mm Howitzer: 4.1 mi
Peaks: 25
  • Battery Hill: 0.8 mi
  • Artillery Hill: 0.8 mi
  • Taylor Point: 1.0 mi
  • Caisson Hill: 1.0 mi
  • Packers Hill: 1.3 mi
Museums: 13
  • Kansas First Territorial Capitol: 0.9 mi
  • Cavalry Musuem: 2.5 mi
  • Geary County Historical Society Museum: 5.9 mi
  • Starcke House Museum: 6.0 mi
  • Riley County Museum: 11.3 mi
Artworks: 10
  • Ernie Barrett: 11.7 mi
  • Martin Luther King Jr. Bust: 11.7 mi
  • Bill Snyder: 11.8 mi
  • Bosco Clock Tower: 11.8 mi
  • Johnny Kaw Statue: 11.9 mi
Cliffs: 5
Gardens: 5
Attractions: 4
  • Locomotive 6072: 1.4 mi
  • Site of old Union Pacific Engine Shops: 4.9 mi
  • site of old UP Turntable and Roundhouse: 4.9 mi
  • Missile Silo Home: 24.6 mi
Ghost towns: 3

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Custer HillWNW 298°411 m2.7 mi
Four Way DivideW 280°410 m2.7 mi
Morris HillW 266°406 m1.5 mi
Randolph HillNW 317°404 m2.3 mi
Caisson HillW 270°402 m1.0 mi
Harvey HillW 267°401 m3.1 mi
Carpenter HillNNW 333°400 m1.7 mi
Franks HillS 180°399 m5.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3119:0419:39
June solstice06:0220:1720:57
September equinox07:1518:5119:26
December solstice07:4316:2617:08

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F293445556575807769564332
Precip in0.71.01.83.14.64.84.04.62.72.21.51.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Manhattan Asos, 5 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/358630322

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