Ghost town · Kansas
Saunders
Saunders is a ghost town in Kansas, at a modelled elevation of 623 m. Round House Rock stands 715 m to the west-northwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Hampton, a ghost town 4.7 miles away. Smoky Valley Scenic Byway passes 17 miles off. 92 named places lie within 25 miles.
place in Rush County, Kansas, United States
How to reach it
Coordinates38.64306, -99.41833
- 17.0 mi off the Smoky Valley Scenic Byway
92 named places within 25 miles
Parks: 34
- Grass Park: 10.0 mi
- Custer Island Park: 15.2 mi
- Frontier Historical Park: 15.9 mi
- Dusty Glassman Ballfields: 16.0 mi
- Municipal Park: 16.0 mi
Artworks: 31
- Hereford Bull: 15.6 mi
- Monarch of the Plains: 15.8 mi
- Children Reading: 16.1 mi
- Buffalo: 16.2 mi
- Limestone Christmas Tree: 16.3 mi
Ghost towns: 11
- Hampton: 4.7 mi
- Lippard: 6.2 mi
- West Point: 8.3 mi
- Chetolah: 8.8 mi
- Pioneer: 10.6 mi
Museums: 7
- Post Rock Museum: 10.0 mi
- Barbed Wire Museum: 10.0 mi
- Ellis County Historical Society: 16.3 mi
- Kansas Merci Boxcar: 17.0 mi
- Sternberg Museum of Natural History: 18.2 mi
Historic sites: 2
- Fort Hays Historic Site: 15.7 mi
- Christ Pilot Me Hill: 17.8 mi
Gardens: 2
- Fort Hays Rose Garden: 16.5 mi
- Geneva Dies Memorial Garden: 18.1 mi
Peaks: 1
- Round House Rock: 14.1 mi
Attractions: 1
- Historic Marker: Fort Hays/Fort Dodge Trail: 14.4 mi
Picnic sites: 1
- Picnic Area: 14.4 mi
Nature reserves: 1
- Cedar Bluff State Park: 21.2 mi
Cliffs: 1
- Cedar Bluff: 22.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Saunders. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Round House Rock | WNW 297° | 715 m | 14.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:42 | 19:15 | 19:50 |
| June solstice | 06:14 | 20:27 | 21:06 |
| September equinox | 07:26 | 19:01 | 19:36 |
| December solstice | 07:53 | 16:39 | 17:20 |
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 | 32 | 43 | 52 | 62 | 74 | 78 | 76 | 68 | 55 | 41 | 31 |
| Precip in | 0.7 | 0.8 | 1.5 | 2.3 | 3.8 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 3.5 | 2.0 | 1.8 | 0.9 | 1.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bison 3NW, 11 mi away.
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