Ghost town · Kansas
Lippard
Lippard is a ghost town in Kansas, at a modelled elevation of 620 m. Round House Rock stands 715 m to the west-northwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Pioneer, a ghost town 4.4 miles away. Smoky Valley Scenic Byway passes 23 miles off. 88 named places lie within 25 miles.
place in Kansas, United States
How to reach it
Coordinates38.61528, -99.30917
- 23.0 mi off the Smoky Valley Scenic Byway
- 25.4 mi off the Wetlands and Wildlife Scenic Byway, National
88 named places within 25 miles
Parks: 33
- Grass Park: 6.2 mi
- Custer Island Park: 15.9 mi
- Airport Park: 16.7 mi
- Dusty Glassman Ballfields: 17.2 mi
- Frontier Historical Park: 17.2 mi
Artworks: 31
- Buffalo: 16.4 mi
- Train Highway: 16.7 mi
- Hereford Bull: 16.9 mi
- Monarch of the Plains: 17.2 mi
- Children Reading: 17.4 mi
Ghost towns: 12
- Pioneer: 4.4 mi
- Saunders: 6.2 mi
- Hampton: 9.3 mi
- West Point: 9.4 mi
- Olney: 11.3 mi
Museums: 5
- Barbed Wire Museum: 6.3 mi
- Post Rock Museum: 6.3 mi
- Ellis County Historical Society: 17.6 mi
- Kansas Merci Boxcar: 17.8 mi
- Sternberg Museum of Natural History: 18.9 mi
Historic sites: 2
- Fort Hays Historic Site: 17.2 mi
- Christ Pilot Me Hill: 21.2 mi
Gardens: 2
- Fort Hays Rose Garden: 17.9 mi
- Geneva Dies Memorial Garden: 19.2 mi
Picnic sites: 1
- Picnic Area: 16.9 mi
Attractions: 1
- Historic Marker: Fort Hays/Fort Dodge Trail: 16.9 mi
Peaks: 1
- Round House Rock: 20.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Lippard. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Round House Rock | WNW 294° | 715 m | 20.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:42 | 19:14 | 19:49 |
| June solstice | 06:14 | 20:26 | 21:06 |
| September equinox | 07:26 | 19:01 | 19:36 |
| December solstice | 07:52 | 16:38 | 17:20 |
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, 5 mi away.
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