Ghost town · Kansas

Achilles

Achilles from directly overhead

Achilles is a ghost town in Kansas, at a modelled elevation of 867 m. The nearest named place is Chardon, a ghost town 12 miles away. 19 named places lie within 25 miles.

human settlement in Rawlins County, Kansas, United States of America

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Coordinates39.71194, -100.83639

Around it

19 named places within 25 miles

Ghost towns7

Chardon: 12.4 mi
Lund: 12.4 mi
Beaverton: 17.1 mi
Beardsley: 22.0 mi
Mirage: 22.1 mi

Parks6

Obert Masonic Park: 12.7 mi
Kelly Park: 12.7 mi
Atwood Lake Park: 13.1 mi
City Park: 18.2 mi
Young Park: 23.7 mi

Artworks2

Metal Garden: 12.7 mi
Buffalo Statue: 12.7 mi

Nature reserves2

Oberlin-Sappa Park: 20.1 mi
Jack Kriss Natural Area: 24.3 mi

Historic sites1

Veterans' Memorial: 12.7 mi

Museums1

Rawlins County Museum: 12.8 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:48	19:20	19:56
June solstice	06:16	20:35	21:15
September equinox	07:32	19:07	19:42
December solstice	08:02	16:40	17:23

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg °F	29	31	41	50	60	72	77	75	66	52	39	30
Precip in	0.4	0.6	1.1	2.3	3.2	3.2	3.4	3.2	1.7	1.6	0.8	0.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Atwood, 13 mi away.

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