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McCandless

McCandless from directly overhead

McCandless is a ghost town in Kansas, at a modelled elevation of 316 m. Fowler Hill stands 318 m to the north, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Ohio City, a ghost town 5.0 miles away. Frontier Military Historic Byway passes 25 miles off. 102 named places lie within 25 miles, 2 of them named summits.

ghost town in Kansas, United States

How to reach it

Coordinates38.51333, -95.15639

102 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 52
  • Mears Park: 6.4 mi
  • Goppert Teen Park: 8.3 mi
  • Kanza Park: 8.5 mi
  • Osawatomie City Lakes: 8.8 mi
  • City Park: 9.0 mi
Ghost towns: 12
Historic sites: 11
  • Pottawatomie Massacre Memorial: 6.4 mi
  • Fmr. location of Missouri Pacific Depot: 9.3 mi
  • John Brown Museum: 10.7 mi
  • Soldiers' Monument: 10.9 mi
  • Fmr. site of HU tower (Interlocking): 11.7 mi
Museums: 8
  • Old Depot Museum: 9.6 mi
  • Osawatomie Museum Foundation: 11.1 mi
  • Miami County Kansas Historical Society & Museum: 15.6 mi
  • Palmyra Post Office: 18.3 mi
  • Old Castle Museum: 18.3 mi
Artworks: 4
Attractions: 3
  • ATSF Caboose: 16.9 mi
  • Midland Railway Baldwin City Depot: 18.2 mi
  • Louisburg Cider Mill: 22.9 mi
Peaks: 2
Beaches: 2
  • Miola Beach: 17.5 mi
  • Windsurfer Beach: 17.5 mi
Gardens: 1
  • Paola Community Garden: 16.6 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Fowler HillN 354°318 m13.2 mi
Peine MoundS 178°308 m9.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2518:5819:33
June solstice05:5720:0920:49
September equinox07:0918:4419:19
December solstice07:3516:2217:04

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F293444546474787768564333
Precip in1.21.62.33.85.85.63.74.64.13.12.41.7

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

Where this comes from

Location confirmed against Wikidata.

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