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Magic School

Magic School from directly overhead

Magic School is a historic site in Kansas, at a recorded elevation of 402 m. Table Mounds stands 456 m to the west-northwest, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is City of Milford Park, a park 5.3 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 189 miles off. 27 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
402 m

How to reach it

Coordinates39.21912, -96.83155

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • City of Milford Park: 5.3 mi
  • Flagstop RV and Resort Park: 5.5 mi
  • Acorns Resort: 5.6 mi
  • Riley City East Park: 5.6 mi
  • Riley City West Park: 5.6 mi
Peaks: 27
  • Randolph Hill: 7.0 mi
  • Custer Hill: 7.2 mi
  • Carpenter Hill: 7.4 mi
  • Four Way Divide: 8.0 mi
  • Taylor Point: 8.1 mi
Historic sites: 24
  • General Leonard Wood Monument: 9.4 mi
  • Funston Monument: 9.6 mi
  • War Memorial: 9.6 mi
  • Buffalo Soldier Memorial: 12.2 mi
  • Kansas Forest Service Honor Grove: 12.4 mi
Museums: 14
  • Arts & Memories Museum: 5.4 mi
  • Kansas First Territorial Capitol: 10.0 mi
  • Cavalry Musuem: 11.1 mi
  • Riley County Museum: 12.7 mi
  • Geary County Historical Society Museum: 13.2 mi
Nature reserves: 11
Artworks: 7
  • Bill Snyder: 12.7 mi
  • Ernie Barrett: 12.7 mi
  • Martin Luther King Jr. Bust: 13.4 mi
  • Bosco Clock Tower: 13.5 mi
  • Family: 13.7 mi
Cliffs: 6
Gardens: 4
Ghost towns: 3
Attractions: 3
  • Locomotive 6072: 10.3 mi
  • Site of old Union Pacific Engine Shops: 12.3 mi
  • site of old UP Turntable and Roundhouse: 12.3 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Magic School. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Table MoundsWNW456 m24.7 mi
Custer HillS411 m7.2 mi
Four Way DivideS410 m8.0 mi
Morris HillSSE406 m8.7 mi
Twin MoundsWNW406 m21.1 mi
Randolph HillSSE404 m7.0 mi
Caisson HillSSE402 m8.8 mi
Harvey HillS401 m8.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3219:0419:40
June solstice06:0220:1820:58
September equinox07:1618:5119:26
December solstice07:4416:2617:08

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F293445556575807769564332
Precip in0.71.01.83.14.64.84.04.62.72.21.51.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Manhattan Asos, 10 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/358630133

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