Ghost town · Kansas
Smoky Hill City
Smoky Hill City is a ghost town in Kansas, at a modelled elevation of 654 m. Horseshoe Hill stands 729 m to the west, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Roadside Park, a park 7.0 miles away. Heritage Highway passes 25 miles off. 23 named places lie within 25 miles, 4 of them named summits.
human settlement in Kansas, United States
How to reach it
Coordinates39.76670, -99.53330
- 24.8 mi off the Heritage Highway
23 named places within 25 miles
Parks: 11
- Roadside Park: 7.0 mi
- Phillipsburg City Park: 10.6 mi
- Armstrong Park: 10.8 mi
- Townsend Park: 11.1 mi
- Courthouse Lawn: 11.2 mi
Peaks: 4
- Horseshoe Hill: 19.1 mi
- Blue Mound: 21.3 mi
- Sappa Peak: 21.5 mi
- Indian Hill: 23.2 mi
Museums: 3
- The Dane G. Hansen Museum: 7.5 mi
- Fort Bissell Museum: 10.7 mi
- Norton County Museum: 19.4 mi
Historic sites: 3
- Veterans Memorial: 11.1 mi
- West Union School (ruins): 13.3 mi
- Norton Veterans Memorial: 19.8 mi
Nature reserves: 2
- Kirwin National Wildlife Refuge: 20.1 mi
- Harlan County Recreation Area: 23.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Smoky Hill City. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Horseshoe Hill | W 278° | 729 m | 19.1 mi |
| Sappa Peak | N 360° | 680 m | 21.5 mi |
| Blue Mound | ENE 76° | 629 m | 21.3 mi |
| Indian Hill | NE 36° | 627 m | 23.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:42 | 19:15 | 19:50 |
| June solstice | 06:11 | 20:30 | 21:10 |
| September equinox | 07:26 | 19:01 | 19:37 |
| December solstice | 07:57 | 16:35 | 17:17 |
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 | 31 | 42 | 51 | 62 | 74 | 79 | 77 | 68 | 54 | 41 | 30 |
| Precip in | 0.5 | 0.9 | 1.5 | 2.4 | 4.3 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 3.1 | 1.7 | 2.1 | 1.1 | 0.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Phillipsburg #2, 12 mi away.
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