- Elevation, modelled
- 297 m
- Tallest summit within 25 miles
- Buffalo Mound387 m · 18.3 mi
- Nearest byway
- Historic Route 66151.5 mi off
- Sunset, June solstice
- 20:53local time
- Coordinates
- 39.0545, -95.7321
Doran Rock Garden is a garden in Kansas, at a modelled 297 m. Buffalo Mound stands 387 m to the west, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Carousel, a attraction 0.1 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 151 miles off. 10 named summits stand within 25 miles.
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Doran Rock Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Mound | W 272° | 387 m | 18.3 mi |
| Stenger Hill | S 184° | 371 m | 15.4 mi |
| Burnett Mound | S 184° | 344 m | 3.1 mi |
| Coon Point | ESE 102° | 338 m | 16.8 mi |
| Tabor Hill | WNW 282° | 329 m | 19.0 mi |
| Nolan Hill | E 81° | 317 m | 23.4 mi |
| Twin Mounds | SE 136° | 316 m | 18.6 mi |
| Peanaz Hill | WNW 302° | 315 m | 14.0 mi |
- 151.5 mi off the Historic Route 66National
- 5.1 mi off the Native Stone Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Gage Park: 0.2 mi
- Discovery Center Pagoda: 0.2 mi
- Hughes Park: 0.6 mi
- Danbury Park: 0.7 mi
- Ward Parkway Park: 1.0 mi
- Topeka Land of Dreams: 1.4 mi
- Ichabod Statue: 1.9 mi
- Small Colorful Nature: 2.0 mi
- City of Gardens: 2.6 mi
- WREN Radio Station Bird Statue: 2.8 mi
- Kansas River Urish Wildlife Area: 2.5 mi
- Kansas River MacVicar Wildlife Area: 2.6 mi
- Iliff Commons: 7.3 mi
- Kansas River Fitzgerald Wildlife Area: 9.6 mi
- Shawnee State Fishing Lake and Wildlife Area: 11.1 mi
- Burnett Mound: 3.1 mi
- Hickory Knob: 6.1 mi
- Peanaz Hill: 14.0 mi
- Stenger Hill: 15.4 mi
- Coon Point: 16.8 mi
- Carousel: 0.1 mi
- Menninger Clock Tower: 1.5 mi
- First Presbyterian Church: 2.8 mi
- Kansas State Capitol: 2.9 mi
- Brown v Board of Education National Historic Site: 3.2 mi
- Reinish Rose Garden: 0.1 mi
- Doris Firestone Joss Garden: 2.0 mi
- Harvey Garden: 2.2 mi
- Meditation Garden: 2.6 mi
- Culinary Garden: 2.6 mi
- Munn Memorial: 0.3 mi
- All War Memorial: 0.4 mi
- Trail: 2.3 mi
- Kansas Veterans' Memorial: 2.9 mi
- Walnut Grove Methodist Episcopal Church: 3.0 mi
- Richland: 15.7 mi
- Twin Mound: 19.0 mi
- Vera: 19.5 mi
- Pansy: 24.5 mi
- Snyders Cabin: 0.1 mi
- Overlook Park Shelter 2: 22.5 mi
- Overlook Park Shelter 1: 22.5 mi
- Echo Cliff: 14.4 mi
- Paxico Rest Area: 21.0 mi
- Bloomington Beach: 22.1 mi
- Wakarusa River Falls: 23.7 mi
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:27 | 19:00 | 19:35 |
| June solstice | 05:58 | 20:13 | 20:53 |
| September equinox | 07:11 | 18:46 | 19:22 |
| December solstice | 07:39 | 16:22 | 17:04 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 29 | 34 | 44 | 55 | 65 | 75 | 78 | 77 | 69 | 57 | 44 | 33 |
| Precip in | 0.9 | 1.3 | 2.2 | 3.9 | 5.3 | 5.0 | 4.2 | 4.4 | 3.5 | 2.9 | 2.0 | 1.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Topeka - NWS, 6 mi away.
- Italian Wall Lizard56 obs
- Black Swallowtail49 obs
- Monarch43 obs
- Amur honeysuckle31 obs
- Wood Duck26 obs
- common pawpaw26 obs
- Mourning Dove24 obs
- Woodhouse's Toad24 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
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