McCandless
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
- 25.2 mi off the Frontier Military Historic Byway
102 named places within 25 miles
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Hillsdale Recreation Area: 17.4 mi
- Douglas State Fishing Lake and Wildlife Area: 19.6 mi
- Roy and Eleanor Wall Woods: 20.3 mi
- Breidenthal Biological Reserve: 20.4 mi
- Rice Woodland: 20.5 mi
- William H. Howe Butterfly Mural: 9.1 mi
- Onward Ottawa: 9.4 mi
- Ottawa Silhouette: 9.4 mi
- John Brown: 10.7 mi
- ATSF Caboose: 16.9 mi
- Midland Railway Baldwin City Depot: 18.2 mi
- Louisburg Cider Mill: 22.9 mi
- Peine Mound: 9.5 mi
- Fowler Hill: 13.2 mi
- Miola Beach: 17.5 mi
- Windsurfer Beach: 17.5 mi
- 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.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fowler Hill | N 354° | 318 m | 13.2 mi |
| Peine Mound | S 178° | 308 m | 9.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:25 | 18:58 | 19:33 |
| June solstice | 05:57 | 20:09 | 20:49 |
| September equinox | 07:09 | 18:44 | 19:19 |
| December solstice | 07:35 | 16:22 | 17:04 |
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 | 34 | 44 | 54 | 64 | 74 | 78 | 77 | 68 | 56 | 43 | 33 |
| Precip in | 1.2 | 1.6 | 2.3 | 3.8 | 5.8 | 5.6 | 3.7 | 4.6 | 4.1 | 3.1 | 2.4 | 1.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Ottawa, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location confirmed against Wikidata.
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