Ghost town · Kansas
Plum Grove
Plum Grove is a ghost town in Kansas, at a modelled elevation of 408 m. Oil Hill stands 424 m to the southeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Annelly, a ghost town 8.7 miles away. Flint Hills Scenic Byway passes 22 miles off.
ghost town in Kansas, United States
How to reach it
Coordinates37.98500, -97.04194
- 22.3 mi off the Flint Hills Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Pioneer Bluffs Scenic Overlook · 26 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Harvey County East Park: 10.4 mi
- Rice Park: 14.7 mi
- Walton Roadside Park: 14.8 mi
- Forest Park: 14.9 mi
- Summit Park: 15.0 mi
Artworks: 29
- Eye on the Prairie: 15.0 mi
- Blue Sky Sculpture: 16.9 mi
- Profile Canto: 22.8 mi
- Love: 22.9 mi
- Grand Tosrse D'homme: 22.9 mi
Museums: 16
- Towanda Area Historical Museum: 13.3 mi
- World War II History Center: 15.6 mi
- Kansas Oil Museum: 15.8 mi
- Warkentin House: 16.9 mi
- Harvey County Historical Society: 17.0 mi
Attractions: 11
- Walter's Pumpkin Patch: 10.0 mi
- Missouri Pacific El Dorado Depot: 15.4 mi
- ATSF Florence Depot: 18.6 mi
- Arch: 20.6 mi
- old Frisco Augusta Depot: 21.5 mi
Beaches: 4
- El Dorado Swim Beach: 15.7 mi
- El Dorado State Park Beach: 16.4 mi
- Swim Beach: 19.6 mi
- Swim Beach: 19.7 mi
Historic sites: 3
- Harvey County Homeless & Indigent Persons Memorial: 11.3 mi
- Stapleton Oil Well Number 1: 12.5 mi
- Mennonite Settler statue: 17.7 mi
Peaks: 1
- Oil Hill: 13.4 mi
Gardens: 1
- Restoring Roots Prairie Artscape: 15.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Plum Grove. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oil Hill | SE 140° | 424 m | 13.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:33 | 19:06 | 19:40 |
| June solstice | 06:07 | 20:15 | 20:55 |
| September equinox | 07:17 | 18:52 | 19:27 |
| December solstice | 07:41 | 16:31 | 17:13 |
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 | 32 | 36 | 46 | 56 | 66 | 75 | 80 | 79 | 71 | 58 | 46 | 35 |
| Precip in | 0.9 | 1.5 | 2.5 | 3.4 | 5.8 | 5.6 | 4.4 | 4.6 | 3.6 | 3.3 | 1.7 | 1.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — EL Dorado, 16 mi away.
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