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Memorial Walk

Memorial Walk from directly overhead

Memorial Walk is a historic site in Kansas, at a modelled elevation of 417 m. Oil Hill stands 424 m to the northeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is 1965 KC-135 Crash Memorial, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Historic Route 66 passes 124 miles off.

What the record says

Built
1976

How to reach it

Coordinates37.64119, -97.24599

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Dog Park: 0.6 mi
  • Towne Park: 0.6 mi
  • Twin Lakes Park: 1.2 mi
  • Cessna East Park: 1.5 mi
  • Cessna West Park: 1.6 mi
Artworks: 54
  • Freedom Keeper: 0.1 mi
  • Earth: 3.7 mi
  • Let Your Light Shine: 3.7 mi
  • Botanica: 3.7 mi
  • Fire: 3.7 mi
Museums: 29
Attractions: 16
  • Boeing B-52D: 1.6 mi
  • Field Station: Dinosaurs: 4.2 mi
  • Arch: 5.7 mi
  • Rocks Gallery: 5.9 mi
  • Display Gallery: 5.9 mi
Historic sites: 9
Gardens: 4
Picnic sites: 2
Beaches: 2
  • Swim Beach: 11.4 mi
  • Swim Beach: 11.4 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Springs: 1
  • Pickle Creek Swamp: 23.3 mi
Peaks: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Oil HillNE 56°424 m23.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3319:0719:41
June solstice06:0920:1520:55
September equinox07:1718:5319:28
December solstice07:4116:3417:15

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Jun, Aug–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333747566676817971594635
Precip in0.61.12.13.05.24.83.63.83.12.81.31.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Wichita Colonel James Jabara A, 8 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/12475129120

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