Prairie City
Prairie City is a ghost town in Kansas, at a modelled elevation of 316 m. Coon Point stands 338 m to the northwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Midland Railway Baldwin City Depot, a attraction 1.2 miles away. Frontier Military Historic Byway passes 27 miles off. 174 named places lie within 25 miles, 9 of them named summits.
ghost town in Douglas County, Kansas, United States
How to reach it
- 27.0 mi off the Frontier Military Historic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Bird Watching Blind · 28 mi
174 named places within 25 miles
- Sullivan Square: 1.7 mi
- Grove Park: 2.0 mi
- Spring Creek Park: 2.9 mi
- Black Jack Nature Park: 4.5 mi
- Saddle Club Park: 8.0 mi
- Fmr. location of Missouri Pacific Depot: 10.3 mi
- Dorothy Akin Memorial Prairie: 10.5 mi
- Fmr. site of HU tower (Interlocking): 10.9 mi
- Breezedale: 12.7 mi
- Phog Allen: 13.6 mi
- Palmyra Post Office: 1.9 mi
- Old Castle Museum: 1.9 mi
- Kibbee Cabin: 1.9 mi
- Old Depot Museum: 10.1 mi
- Prairie Park Nature Center: 11.9 mi
- Monarch Watch Garden: 13.3 mi
- Lawrence Community Orchard: 13.8 mi
- Audio-Reader Sensory Garden: 14.3 mi
- Lawrence Community Garden: 14.4 mi
- Little Prairie Community Garden: 15.9 mi
- Hackett: 5.0 mi
- Dennison: 5.5 mi
- Minneola: 7.0 mi
- Coburn: 9.8 mi
- Pleasant Hill: 10.5 mi
- Ottawa Silhouette: 10.3 mi
- Onward Ottawa: 10.4 mi
- William H. Howe Butterfly Mural: 10.7 mi
- MacKomics Studio: 12.8 mi
- Chesty Lion: 13.2 mi
- Roy and Eleanor Wall Woods: 3.2 mi
- Breidenthal Biological Reserve: 3.5 mi
- Douglas State Fishing Lake and Wildlife Area: 3.8 mi
- Rice Woodland: 3.8 mi
- Archery Only Area: 12.1 mi
- Fowler Hill: 4.3 mi
- Shank Hill: 9.3 mi
- Blue Mound: 10.1 mi
- Observation Bluff: 13.5 mi
- Sanders Mound: 13.8 mi
- Midland Railway Baldwin City Depot: 1.2 mi
- Lawrence Arts Center: 14.3 mi
- The Teepee at Teepee Junction: 16.6 mi
- Constitution Hall State Historic Site: 22.0 mi
- Democratic Headquarters [historic]: 22.1 mi
- Bloomington Beach: 13.1 mi
- Swim Beach: 16.7 mi
- Windsurfer Beach: 18.0 mi
- Miola Beach: 23.0 mi
- Wakarusa River Falls: 13.0 mi
- Cedar Lake Falls: 20.5 mi
- Overlook Park Shelter 1: 14.1 mi
- Overlook Park Shelter 2: 14.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Prairie City. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coon Point | NW 326° | 338 m | 20.4 mi |
| Fowler Hill | SSE 158° | 318 m | 4.3 mi |
| Blue Mound | N 10° | 318 m | 10.1 mi |
| Nolan Hill | N 349° | 317 m | 24.6 mi |
| Mount Oread | N 352° | 316 m | 14.1 mi |
| Twin Mounds | WNW 295° | 316 m | 16.5 mi |
| Shank Hill | NNW 344° | 304 m | 9.3 mi |
| Sanders Mound | NNW 330° | 288 m | 13.8 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 | 20:10 | 20:50 |
| September equinox | 07:09 | 18:44 | 19:20 |
| December solstice | 07:36 | 16:21 | 17:03 |
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, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
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