Paris
Paris is a ghost town in Kansas, at a modelled elevation of 440 m. Williams Butte stands 551 m to the west-northwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Gurley Salt Marsh Wildlife Area, a nature reserve 3.2 miles away. Post Rock Scenic Byway passes 20 miles off. 25 named places lie within 25 miles, 2 of them named summits.
ghost town in Lincoln County, Kansas, United States
How to reach it
- 19.9 mi off the Post Rock Scenic Byway
25 named places within 25 miles
- Luke Park: 17.5 mi
- Chautauqua Park: 17.8 mi
- Westside Park: 18.2 mi
- Thierolf Park: 18.2 mi
- Shanks Park: 19.0 mi
- Lincoln County Historical Society: 12.0 mi
- Crispin’s Drug Store Museum: 12.1 mi
- Post Rock Scout Museum: 12.1 mi
- Mitchell County Historical Society Museum: 19.3 mi
- World's Largest Collection of the World's Smallest Versions of the World's Largest Things: 20.5 mi
- Lincoln Art Center: 12.1 mi
- Garden of Eden: 20.4 mi
- Bison Statue: 21.6 mi
- Frontier in Lincoln County: 13.6 mi
- Meades Ranch Triangulation Station: 18.3 mi
- Waconda Springs Replica: 22.1 mi
- Williams Butte: 13.6 mi
- Medicine Peak: 24.1 mi
- Roy and Clara Miller's Park: 20.3 mi
- World's Largest Ball of Sisal Twine: 24.0 mi
- Gurley Salt Marsh Wildlife Area: 3.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Paris. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Williams Butte | WNW 284° | 551 m | 13.6 mi |
| Medicine Peak | WNW 296° | 536 m | 24.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:37 | 19:10 | 19:45 |
| June solstice | 06:07 | 20:23 | 21:03 |
| September equinox | 07:21 | 18:56 | 19:32 |
| December solstice | 07:50 | 16:32 | 17:14 |
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 | 28 | 32 | 42 | 52 | 63 | 74 | 80 | 77 | 68 | 55 | 42 | 31 |
| Precip in | 0.7 | 1.0 | 1.6 | 2.6 | 4.6 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 2.4 | 1.9 | 1.2 | 1.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lincoln 1 SE, 13 mi away.
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