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Audio-Reader Sensory Garden

Audio-Reader Sensory Garden from directly overhead

Audio-Reader Sensory Garden is a garden in Kansas, at a modelled elevation of 298 m. Coon Point stands 338 m to the west-northwest, 9.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Oread, a peak 0.2 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 138 miles off. 9 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
Kansas Audio-Reader Network

How to reach it

Coordinates38.96471, -95.25003

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Marvin Grove: 0.3 mi
  • Water Tower Park: 0.4 mi
  • Clinton Park: 0.7 mi
  • Quarry Park: 0.7 mi
  • The Japansese Friendship Garden: 0.7 mi
Artworks: 27
Gardens: 19
  • Lawrence Community Garden: 0.3 mi
  • Lawrence Community Orchard: 1.3 mi
  • Monarch Watch Garden: 1.4 mi
  • Little Prairie Community Garden: 1.7 mi
  • Ted Ensley Gardens: 20.7 mi
Historic sites: 17
Nature reserves: 14
Attractions: 11
Ghost towns: 11
Peaks: 9
  • Mount Oread: 0.2 mi
  • Sanders Mound: 5.3 mi
  • Shank Hill: 5.3 mi
  • Blue Mound: 5.5 mi
  • Coon Point: 9.8 mi
Waterfalls: 2
  • Wakarusa River Falls: 4.6 mi
  • Cedar Lake Falls: 23.0 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Overlook Park Shelter 1: 5.1 mi
  • Overlook Park Shelter 2: 5.2 mi
Beaches: 2
  • Bloomington Beach: 7.5 mi
  • Swim Beach: 15.3 mi
Cliffs: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Audio-Reader Sensory Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Coon PointWNW 286°338 m9.8 mi
Blue MoundSE 139°318 m5.5 mi
Fowler HillS 169°318 m18.4 mi
Nolan HillNNW 344°317 m10.3 mi
Mount OreadSSW 194°316 m0.2 mi
Twin MoundsWSW 241°316 m14.8 mi
Shank HillS 187°304 m5.3 mi
Sanders MoundWSW 246°288 m5.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2518:5819:33
June solstice05:5620:1120:51
September equinox07:0918:4519:20
December solstice07:3716:2117:03

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F293344546575797869574433
Precip in1.01.52.34.15.15.74.34.63.93.22.01.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lawrence, under a mile away.

  • American Robin403 obs
  • Monarch281 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel264 obs
  • Italian Wall Lizard255 obs
  • henbit deadnettle245 obs
  • Western Honey Bee234 obs
  • Asian Lady Beetle200 obs
  • Northern Cardinal192 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1348839939

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