Ellis County Historical Society
Ellis County Historical Society is a museum in Kansas, at a modelled elevation of 607 m. Round House Rock stands 715 m to the west-southwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Street Singer, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. Smoky Valley Scenic Byway passes 21 miles off. 86 named places lie within 25 miles, 2 of them named summits.
The story
church building in Hays, Kansas
Dates from 1879.
Wikidata Q5453585, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What to expect
How to reach it
- 21.1 mi off the Smoky Valley Scenic Byway
86 named places within 25 miles
- Union Pacific Park: 0.2 mi
- Lark's Park: 0.3 mi
- Treat Playground: 0.3 mi
- Municipal Park: 0.3 mi
- Pratt Optimist Soccer Fields: 0.3 mi
- Street Singer: 0.0 mi
- Limestone Christmas Tree: 0.0 mi
- James Butler "Wild Bill" Hickok Statue: 0.2 mi
- Hadley Memorial: 0.2 mi
- Children of the Heavenly Father: 0.2 mi
- Kansas Merci Boxcar: 1.7 mi
- Sternberg Museum of Natural History: 2.2 mi
- Ellis Railroad Museum: 13.1 mi
- Chrysler Boyhood Home and Museum: 13.1 mi
- Barbed Wire Museum: 23.9 mi
- Fort Hays Rose Garden: 0.5 mi
- Geneva Dies Memorial Garden: 1.7 mi
- Round House Rock: 19.6 mi
- King Hill: 21.0 mi
- Cedar Bluff State Park: 24.5 mi
- Plainville Township Lake: 24.8 mi
- Fort Hays Historic Site: 0.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Ellis County Historical Society. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Round House Rock | WSW 242° | 715 m | 19.6 mi |
| King Hill | NNE 29° | 587 m | 21.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:42 | 19:14 | 19:50 |
| June solstice | 06:13 | 20:27 | 21:07 |
| September equinox | 07:26 | 19:01 | 19:36 |
| December solstice | 07:53 | 16:37 | 17:19 |
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 | 30 | 33 | 43 | 53 | 64 | 75 | 80 | 77 | 69 | 55 | 42 | 31 |
| Precip in | 0.6 | 0.8 | 1.3 | 2.1 | 3.6 | 3.0 | 3.9 | 3.5 | 2.1 | 1.7 | 0.9 | 0.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hays 1 S, under a mile away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/577710654
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