Skip to content
Byway
Garden · Missouri

Kansas City University Community Garden

Kansas City University Community Garden from directly overhead

Kansas City University Community Garden is a garden in Missouri, at a modelled elevation of 290 m. Miller Hill stands 342 m to the south-southeast, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Kansas City University Community Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Spirit of Kansas City runs past it. 12 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Kansas City University
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates39.10610, -94.56093

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Kansas City University Community Park: 0.0 mi
  • Belvidere Park: 0.3 mi
  • Maple Park: 0.3 mi
  • Paseo Green Park: 0.4 mi
  • Garrison Square: 0.6 mi
Artworks
  • Buttons and Bovine: 0.1 mi
  • Constrained Chaos: 1.0 mi
  • Ilus W. Davis Memorial: 1.0 mi
  • Abstract Sculpture: 1.3 mi
  • Community Bookshelf: 1.3 mi
Historic sites
  • August Meyer Memorial: 0.3 mi
  • Black Veterans Memorial: 0.4 mi
  • The Rebirth of 12th & Vine: 0.5 mi
  • William T. Fitzsimons Memorial: 0.5 mi
  • Spanish-American War Memorial: 0.5 mi
Museums
Attractions
  • American Jazz Walk of Fame: 1.0 mi
  • Breakout KC: 1.3 mi
  • Hallmark Visitors Center: 2.0 mi
  • Pedestal Mounted Traffic Light: 2.6 mi
  • Linus' Launcher: 6.0 mi
Cliffs
Gardens: 26
  • Pendleton Heights Community Garden: 0.4 mi
  • SoHo Loft Rooftop Garden: 1.4 mi
  • Children's Mercy Community Garden: 1.6 mi
  • The Q Garden;Quilombo: 3.0 mi
  • Valentine Community Garden: 3.4 mi
Nature reserves: 22
Peaks: 12
  • Arsenal Hill: 10.5 mi
  • Nebo Hill: 13.2 mi
  • Overland Park: 17.5 mi
  • Overland Park: 17.5 mi
  • Bowler Hill: 17.5 mi
Waterfalls: 5
  • Line Creek Double Falls: 7.1 mi
  • Turkey Creek Falls: 8.5 mi
  • Angel Falls: 21.4 mi
  • Cedar Lake Falls: 23.6 mi
  • Tryst Falls: 24.0 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Picnic sites: 2
Beaches: 2
  • Swimming Beach: 13.7 mi
  • Little Platte Swim Beach: 20.8 mi
Springs: 1
  • Pioneer Spring: 8.1 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Kansas City University Community Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Miller HillSSE 163°342 m23.4 mi
Pilot KnobWNW 303°336 m24.1 mi
Bowler HillSSE 149°330 m17.5 mi
Rattlesnake HillESE 117°306 m24.6 mi
Nebo HillENE 57°291 m13.2 mi
Monkey MountainESE 109°289 m21.5 mi
Minter HillESE 112°288 m19.3 mi
Sni-A-Bar PointESE 108°286 m21.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2318:5519:30
June solstice05:5320:0820:48
September equinox07:0718:4219:17
December solstice07:3516:1717:00

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Jun, Aug–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313646576777817971584535
Precip in1.01.52.13.95.15.34.44.73.83.21.81.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Kansas City Dwtn AP, 2 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • White-throated Sparrow184 obs
  • Common Yellowthroat124 obs
  • Nashville Warbler84 obs
  • Lincoln's Sparrow80 obs
  • Ovenbird77 obs
  • Rock Pigeon70 obs
  • House Sparrow64 obs
  • Evening Bat62 obs

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

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/498798792

More gardens in Missouri

Day trips start here

Drive to it

Byway plans a real route around stops like this one.

Plan a driveMore gardens
Private beta · Free to join

Take the scenic way to Kansas City University Community Garden.

Byway plans around your taste, verified places, real weather and opening hours — then opens every leg in Google Maps with one tap.

Private beta · Free to join · No card · Invite when a spot opens