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Comiskey

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Comiskey is a ghost town in Kansas, at a modelled elevation of 386 m. Gun Barrel Hill stands 488 m to the north-northeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Monument to the Unknown Kanza Warrior, a historic site 4.2 miles away. Flint Hills Scenic Byway passes 7.3 miles off. 66 named places lie within 25 miles, 2 of them named summits.

ghost town in Kansas, United States

How to reach it

Coordinates38.64445, -96.35417

66 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 29
  • Council Oak: 7.1 mi
  • Custer Elm Park: 7.3 mi
  • Richey Cove South Recreation Area: 8.5 mi
  • Council Grove Wildlife Area: 8.7 mi
  • Richey Cove North Recreation Area: 9.1 mi
Historic sites: 16
  • Monument to the Unknown Kanza Warrior: 4.2 mi
  • Kaw Tribal Seal: 4.2 mi
  • Wah Sko Mi A's Hut: 4.2 mi
  • Kick A Poo's Hut: 4.3 mi
  • Ke La Lah Heo's Hut: 4.3 mi
Attractions: 6
  • old MKT Depot: 6.9 mi
  • Council Oak: 7.1 mi
  • Covered Wagon: 7.4 mi
  • Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve Visitor Center: 18.4 mi
  • Kansas Historical Marker: Chase County & The Bluestem Pasture Region of Kansas: 18.6 mi
Museums: 6
  • Post Office Oak Museum: 7.2 mi
  • National Teacher’s Hall of Fame: 18.2 mi
  • Lyon County History Center: 18.9 mi
  • Lyon County Historical Museum: 19.1 mi
  • Chase County Historical Society Library and Museum: 21.4 mi
Artworks: 3
  • Madonna of the Trail: 7.3 mi
  • Guardian of the Grove: 7.3 mi
  • Abstract Sculpture: 17.3 mi
Peaks: 2
  • Gun Barrel Hill: 14.4 mi
  • Peter's Point: 18.9 mi
Gardens: 1
  • Kellogg Circle: 18.6 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Gun Barrel HillNNE 34°488 m14.4 mi
Peter's PointSW 222°450 m18.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3019:0319:38
June solstice06:0220:1420:54
September equinox07:1418:4919:24
December solstice07:4016:2617:08

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303445556575807870574434
Precip in0.81.32.23.45.14.94.44.43.22.41.71.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Council Grove Lake, 9 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location confirmed against Wikidata.

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