Ghost town · Kansas

Belfield

Belfield from directly overhead

Belfield is a ghost town in Kansas, at a modelled elevation of 586 m. Jenkins Hill stands 638 m to the south-southwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Olney, a ghost town 7.3 miles away. Wetlands and Wildlife Scenic Byway passes 12 miles off. 41 named places lie within 25 miles.

place in Kansas, United States

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Coordinates38.46444, -99.04667

11.8 mi off the Wetlands and Wildlife Scenic Byway, National
199.9 mi off the Historic Route 66, National

Around it

41 named places within 25 miles

Parks20

Pawnee Rock State Historic Site: 13.7 mi
2nd St Park: 14.4 mi
Bicentennial Park: 14.6 mi
Heritage Park: 14.6 mi
Grass Park: 14.9 mi

Ghost towns10

Olney: 7.3 mi
Ryan: 7.7 mi
Hutton: 8.2 mi
Fenton: 12.9 mi
Pioneer: 13.5 mi

Museums5

Kansas Oil and Gas Museum: 14.3 mi
Barbed Wire Museum: 14.9 mi
Post Rock Museum: 14.9 mi
Hoisington Historical Society: 15.0 mi
Roy Bach Auto Museum: 19.0 mi

Artworks2

Breaking the Sod statue: 15.2 mi
Metal baseball statue: 15.6 mi

Attractions1

Expo Center: 12.3 mi

Gardens1

Larned Pride Community Garden: 19.3 mi

Peaks1

Jenkins Hill: 20.8 mi

Nature reserves1

Cheyenne Bottoms Wildlife Area: 21.6 mi

On the horizon

Summits around it

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

Summit	Bearing	Elevation	Distance
Jenkins Hill	SSW 197°	638 m	20.8 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:41	19:13	19:48
June solstice	06:13	20:25	21:04
September equinox	07:25	19:00	19:35
December solstice	07:51	16:38	17:19

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg °F	29	32	43	52	62	74	78	76	68	55	41	31
Precip in	0.7	0.8	1.5	2.3	3.8	4.1	4.2	3.5	2.0	1.8	0.9	1.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bison 3NW, 12 mi away.

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