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Linnville

Linnville from directly overhead

Linnville is a ghost town in Kansas, at a modelled elevation of 288 m. Guthrie Mountain stands 309 m to the south-southwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Paris, a ghost town 0.6 miles away. Frontier Military Historic Byway passes 5.1 miles off. 65 named places lie within 25 miles, 10 of them named summits.

ghost town in Linn County, Kansas, United States

How to reach it

Coordinates38.22472, -94.79722

65 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 25
  • Bob Jones Park: 4.8 mi
  • Stegge Lake Park: 5.0 mi
  • Dunlap Park: 6.0 mi
  • Mine Creek Battlefield Park: 6.8 mi
  • Mine Creek Battlefield Park: 7.0 mi
Peaks: 10
  • Graveyard Mound: 3.3 mi
  • Spy Mound: 11.1 mi
  • Rocky Mound: 14.2 mi
  • Summers Mound: 14.6 mi
  • Graves Mound: 15.0 mi
Historic sites: 9
Ghost towns: 7
Nature reserves: 5
Museums: 4
  • Linn County Museum: 6.0 mi
  • Osawatomie Museum Foundation: 20.7 mi
  • Bates County Museum: 24.4 mi
  • Miami County Kansas Historical Society & Museum: 24.4 mi
Rest areas: 1
Beaches: 1
  • Linn Valley Lakes Swimming Beach: 11.6 mi
Artworks: 1
Attractions: 1
  • ATSF Caboose: 24.3 mi
Gardens: 1
  • Paola Community Garden: 25.0 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Guthrie MountainSSW 197°309 m16.9 mi
Peine MoundWNW 299°308 m21.8 mi
Spy MoundENE 72°296 m11.1 mi
Graveyard MoundNNE 33°288 m3.3 mi
Walley MoundNE 51°276 m16.1 mi
Hickman HillSE 146°276 m23.3 mi
Graves MoundENE 73°275 m15.0 mi
Rocky MoundESE 123°273 m14.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2418:5719:31
June solstice05:5720:0720:47
September equinox07:0818:4319:18
December solstice07:3316:2217:03

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313545556474797768574434
Precip in1.31.92.64.45.35.34.63.64.03.62.71.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Mound City, 6 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location confirmed against Wikidata.

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