Ghost town · Kansas
Hampton
Hampton is a ghost town in Kansas, at a modelled elevation of 631 m. Round House Rock stands 715 m to the northwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Saunders, a ghost town 4.7 miles away. Smoky Valley Scenic Byway passes 14 miles off. 87 named places lie within 25 miles.
place in Kansas, United States
How to reach it
Coordinates38.59500, -99.47944
- 14.1 mi off the Smoky Valley Scenic Byway
87 named places within 25 miles
Parks: 33
- Grass Park: 10.3 mi
- Custer Island Park: 19.6 mi
- Frontier Historical Park: 20.1 mi
- Municipal Park: 20.3 mi
- Dusty Glassman Ballfields: 20.3 mi
Artworks: 28
- Hereford Bull: 19.8 mi
- Monarch of the Plains: 19.9 mi
- Children Reading: 20.3 mi
- Birth of a Physicist: 20.5 mi
- Limestone Christmas Tree: 20.5 mi
Ghost towns: 10
- Saunders: 4.7 mi
- West Point: 5.4 mi
- Lippard: 9.3 mi
- Brookdale: 9.3 mi
- Chetolah: 11.0 mi
Museums: 7
- Post Rock Museum: 10.3 mi
- Barbed Wire Museum: 10.3 mi
- Ellis County Historical Society: 20.6 mi
- Kansas Merci Boxcar: 21.4 mi
- Sternberg Museum of Natural History: 22.5 mi
Historic sites: 2
- Christ Pilot Me Hill: 13.2 mi
- Fort Hays Historic Site: 19.9 mi
Gardens: 2
- Fort Hays Rose Garden: 20.6 mi
- Geneva Dies Memorial Garden: 22.3 mi
Attractions: 1
- Historic Marker: Fort Hays/Fort Dodge Trail: 9.9 mi
Picnic sites: 1
- Picnic Area: 9.9 mi
Peaks: 1
- Round House Rock: 13.4 mi
Nature reserves: 1
- Cedar Bluff State Park: 20.2 mi
Cliffs: 1
- Cedar Bluff: 21.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Hampton. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Round House Rock | NW 316° | 715 m | 13.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:42 | 19:15 | 19:50 |
| June solstice | 06:15 | 20:27 | 21:06 |
| September equinox | 07:26 | 19:02 | 19:37 |
| December solstice | 07:53 | 16:39 | 17:21 |
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, 13 mi away.
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