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Farmer City

Farmer City from directly overhead

Farmer City is a ghost town in Kansas, at a modelled elevation of 972 m. Pawnee Mound stands 910 m to the east, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Coronado, a ghost town 15 miles away. Western Vistas Historic Byway passes 21 miles off. 12 named places lie within 25 miles.

ghost town in Wichita County, Kansas, United States

How to reach it

Coordinates38.28556, -101.19306

12 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 6
  • Patton Park: 20.3 mi
  • Palmer Park: 20.8 mi
  • Clutter Memorial Park: 23.1 mi
  • Holcomb Recreation Athletic Fields: 23.5 mi
  • Sonnie Baird Park: 23.7 mi
Museums: 2
  • Museum of the Great Plains: 16.3 mi
  • El Quartelejo Museum: 20.2 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Peaks: 1
  • Pawnee Mound: 20.1 mi
Historic sites: 1
  • Herbert and Bonnie Clutter family memorial: 23.1 mi
Attractions: 1
  • Kearny County Rodeo Grounds: 24.4 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Pawnee MoundE 91°910 m20.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4919:2219:57
June solstice06:2220:3321:12
September equinox07:3319:0919:43
December solstice07:5916:4717:29

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303342506072777466534031
Precip in0.40.51.31.92.32.62.93.11.41.70.60.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Leoti, 17 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location confirmed against Wikidata.

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