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Richards-Gebaur Memorial Airport

Richards-Gebaur Memorial Airport from directly overhead

Richards-Gebaur Memorial Airport is a historic site in Missouri, at a modelled elevation of 322 m. Miller Hill stands 342 m to the east-southeast, 8.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Lincoln Housing Park, a park 1.1 miles away. Frontier Military Historic Byway passes 6.3 miles off. 24 named summits stand within 25 miles.

About

The story

airport in Missouri, United States of America

Dates from 1941.

Wikidata Q7330272, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

Getting there

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Coordinates38.84347, -94.55918

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Lincoln Housing Park: 1.1 mi
  • Cimarron Trails Park: 1.5 mi
  • Bobcat Park: 2.0 mi
  • Belvidere Park: 2.3 mi
  • Country View Park: 2.3 mi
Historic sites
  • Statue of Saint Teresa: 5.1 mi
  • Ruskin Heights Tornado Memorial: 6.1 mi
  • Ali Kemp Memorial: 6.1 mi
  • Quantrill's Raids and the Military Road 1862: 7.6 mi
  • Miller’s Wood Sports Complex: 7.7 mi
Artworks
  • Prairie Fire: 5.6 mi
  • Elephant Taking A Bath: 5.8 mi
  • Grazing Giraffes: 5.8 mi
  • Hygeia: 5.8 mi
  • Cloud Gate: 6.2 mi
Attractions
Cliffs
Museums: 58
  • Dryden Drug Museum: 2.6 mi
  • Belton Museum: 2.7 mi
  • Grandview Train Museum: 3.6 mi
  • Oxford School: 3.7 mi
  • Prairie Oak Nature Center: 3.7 mi
Gardens: 28
  • Resident Gardens: 6.4 mi
  • Monarch Waystation: 11.2 mi
  • Japanese Garden: 13.2 mi
  • Rose Garden: 13.3 mi
  • Helen S. Cuddy Rose Garden: 13.4 mi
Peaks: 24
  • Overland Park: 6.4 mi
  • Overland Park: 6.4 mi
  • Miller Hill: 8.0 mi
  • Bowler Hill: 9.4 mi
  • Snowball Hill: 18.5 mi
Nature reserves: 15
Ghost towns: 4
Beaches: 4
  • Swimming Beach: 16.3 mi
  • Windsurfer Beach: 22.0 mi
  • Swim Beach: 22.8 mi
  • Miola Beach: 23.5 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • Turkey Creek Falls: 14.9 mi
  • Cedar Lake Falls: 15.6 mi
  • Line Creek Double Falls: 24.9 mi
Picnic sites: 2
Springs: 1
  • Pioneer Spring: 19.0 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Miller HillESE 123°342 m8.0 mi
Bowler HillENE 71°330 m9.4 mi
Brookhart HillSE 143°309 m18.6 mi
Kohler HillSE 133°307 m19.9 mi
Rattlesnake HillENE 72°306 m22.9 mi
Staley MoundESE 116°299 m21.7 mi
Herrell HillSSE 164°299 m21.9 mi
Christiansen MoundSSE 168°299 m22.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2318:5519:30
June solstice05:5420:0820:48
September equinox07:0718:4219:17
December solstice07:3416:1817:00

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303545556574787768574434
Precip in1.11.42.33.95.45.24.24.43.53.02.01.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Olathe Johnson CO Executive AP, 10 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/8641640038

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