Ghost town · Kansas
Dennison
Dennison is a ghost town in Kansas, at a modelled elevation of 286 m. Fowler Hill stands 318 m to the northeast, 2.1 miles off. Frontier Military Historic Byway passes 28 miles off. 155 named places lie within 25 miles, 8 of them named summits.
ghost town in Franklin County, Kansas, United States
How to reach it
Coordinates38.68056, -95.21111
- 28.0 mi off the Frontier Military Historic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Bird Watching Blind · 29 mi
155 named places within 25 miles
Parks: 57
- Heritage Park: 4.5 mi
- Freedom Park: 5.3 mi
- Goppert Kids Park: 5.4 mi
- Legacy Square Park: 5.4 mi
- Haley Park: 5.4 mi
Historic sites: 20
- Fmr. location of Missouri Pacific Depot: 5.2 mi
- Fmr. site of HU tower (Interlocking): 7.0 mi
- Dorothy Akin Memorial Prairie: 15.8 mi
- Pottawatomie Massacre Memorial: 18.0 mi
- Breezedale: 18.2 mi
Museums: 16
- Old Depot Museum: 5.2 mi
- Palmyra Post Office: 6.8 mi
- Old Castle Museum: 6.8 mi
- Kibbee Cabin: 6.9 mi
- Lanesfield Historic Site: 14.0 mi
Ghost towns: 15
- Hackett: 4.8 mi
- Prairie City: 5.5 mi
- Minneola: 6.9 mi
- Pleasant Hill: 10.8 mi
- Coburn: 11.1 mi
Artworks: 10
- Ottawa Silhouette: 5.3 mi
- Onward Ottawa: 5.4 mi
- William H. Howe Butterfly Mural: 5.6 mi
- MacKomics Studio: 18.3 mi
- John Brown: 18.5 mi
Nature reserves: 10
- Douglas State Fishing Lake and Wildlife Area: 8.5 mi
- Roy and Eleanor Wall Woods: 8.6 mi
- Breidenthal Biological Reserve: 8.9 mi
- Rice Woodland: 9.0 mi
- Hillsdale Recreation Area: 14.9 mi
Peaks: 8
- Fowler Hill: 2.1 mi
- Shank Hill: 14.6 mi
- Blue Mound: 15.5 mi
- Observation Bluff: 18.0 mi
- Sanders Mound: 18.8 mi
Gardens: 7
- Monarch Watch Garden: 18.7 mi
- Lawrence Community Orchard: 19.3 mi
- Audio-Reader Sensory Garden: 19.7 mi
- Lawrence Community Garden: 19.8 mi
- Paola Community Garden: 20.0 mi
Attractions: 4
- Midland Railway Baldwin City Depot: 6.5 mi
- Lawrence Arts Center: 19.8 mi
- The Teepee at Teepee Junction: 22.1 mi
- Louisburg Cider Mill: 24.9 mi
Beaches: 4
- Windsurfer Beach: 16.8 mi
- Bloomington Beach: 17.8 mi
- Swim Beach: 20.6 mi
- Miola Beach: 20.6 mi
Waterfalls: 2
- Wakarusa River Falls: 18.2 mi
- Cedar Lake Falls: 22.7 mi
Picnic sites: 2
- Overlook Park Shelter 1: 19.2 mi
- Overlook Park Shelter 2: 19.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Dennison. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fowler Hill | NE 44° | 318 m | 2.1 mi |
| Blue Mound | N 6° | 318 m | 15.5 mi |
| Twin Mounds | NW 310° | 316 m | 19.5 mi |
| Mount Oread | N 354° | 316 m | 19.6 mi |
| Peine Mound | S 171° | 308 m | 21.3 mi |
| Shank Hill | N 349° | 304 m | 14.6 mi |
| Sanders Mound | NNW 338° | 288 m | 18.8 mi |
| Observation Bluff | NNE 29° | 277 m | 18.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:25 | 18:58 | 19:33 |
| June solstice | 05:57 | 20:10 | 20:50 |
| September equinox | 07:09 | 18:45 | 19:20 |
| December solstice | 07:36 | 16:22 | 17:03 |
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 | 34 | 44 | 54 | 64 | 74 | 78 | 77 | 68 | 56 | 43 | 33 |
| Precip in | 1.2 | 1.6 | 2.3 | 3.8 | 5.8 | 5.6 | 3.7 | 4.6 | 4.1 | 3.1 | 2.4 | 1.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Ottawa, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location confirmed against Wikidata.
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