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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: 26
  • 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: 10
  • 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: 5
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 MoundsWNW 285°456 m24.7 mi
Custer HillS 172°411 m7.2 mi
Four Way DivideS 175°410 m8.0 mi
Morris HillSSE 168°406 m8.7 mi
Twin MoundsWNW 292°406 m21.1 mi
Randolph HillSSE 165°404 m7.0 mi
Caisson HillSSE 164°402 m8.8 mi
Harvey HillS 178°401 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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