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Kansas

Kansas from directly overhead

Kansas is a ghost town in Indiana, at a modelled elevation of 212 m. Weed Patch Hill stands 322 m to the southwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Camp Atterbury Museum, a museum 1.9 miles away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 88 miles off. 60 named summits stand within 25 miles.

ghost town in Indiana, United States

How to reach it

Coordinates39.33144, -86.03249

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Peaks: 60
Artworks
Nature reserves: 19
Historic sites: 9
Museums: 5
  • Camp Atterbury Museum: 1.9 mi
  • Camp Atterbury Museum: 2.1 mi
  • Atterbury-Bakalar Air Museum: 8.9 mi
  • Johnson County Museum of History: 10.5 mi
  • Grover Center: Museum and Historical Society: 18.9 mi
Cliffs: 4
Picnic sites: 4
  • Shady Pines Picnic Area: 21.2 mi
  • Site C: 24.9 mi
  • Site B: 24.9 mi
  • Site A: 25.0 mi
Gardens: 3
  • Irwin Gardens: 10.7 mi
  • Interpretive Garden: 16.3 mi
  • Selma Steele’s garden: 21.7 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Weed Patch HillSW 221°322 m15.1 mi
Bearwallow HillWSW 241°313 m11.3 mi
Taylor HillS 181°309 m10.6 mi
Hohen PointSW 219°307.8 m16.6 mi
Hesitation PointSW 224°306 m15.7 mi
Patterson HillS 183°299 m11.1 mi
Dowell HillS 182°294 m9.6 mi
Cooks HillW 270°292 m15.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4919:2119:56
June solstice06:1820:3521:15
September equinox07:3219:0819:43
December solstice08:0116:4217:25

Local time (America/Indiana/Indianapolis).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F273040516271747266544232
Precip in3.02.53.64.95.35.14.23.33.23.33.53.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Franklin Wwtp, 10 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location confirmed against Wikidata.

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