Ellis Railroad Museum
Ellis Railroad Museum is a museum in Kansas, at a modelled elevation of 646 m. Round House Rock stands 715 m to the south-southwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Playworld Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Smoky Valley Scenic Byway passes 9.8 miles off. 85 named places lie within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Fee
- Yes
- Step-free access
- No
How to reach it
- 9.8 mi off the Smoky Valley Scenic Byway
85 named places within 25 miles
- Playworld Park: 0.0 mi
- Memorial Park: 0.1 mi
- Bickle-Schmidt Sports Complex: 11.5 mi
- Kings Gate Park: 11.7 mi
- Wilson Wildlife Area: 12.1 mi
- Geese Statue: 12.3 mi
- FHSU Students: 12.5 mi
- A Place of Peace: 12.5 mi
- Pioneer Tower: 12.5 mi
- Birth of a Physicist: 12.5 mi
- Chrysler Boyhood Home and Museum: 0.1 mi
- Ellis County Historical Society: 13.1 mi
- Sternberg Museum of Natural History: 14.4 mi
- Kansas Merci Boxcar: 14.7 mi
- Trego County Historical Society Museum: 17.8 mi
- Fort Hays Rose Garden: 12.6 mi
- Geneva Dies Memorial Garden: 13.3 mi
- Cedar Bluff State Park: 15.9 mi
- Plainville Township Lake: 23.6 mi
- Fort Hays Historic Site: 12.8 mi
- Round House Rock: 15.0 mi
- Cedar Bluff: 17.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Ellis Railroad Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Round House Rock | SSW 199° | 715 m | 15.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:43 | 19:15 | 19:50 |
| June solstice | 06:14 | 20:28 | 21:08 |
| September equinox | 07:27 | 19:02 | 19:37 |
| December solstice | 07:54 | 16:38 | 17:20 |
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 | 52 | 63 | 74 | 79 | 77 | 69 | 55 | 42 | 32 |
| Precip in | 0.5 | 0.7 | 1.2 | 2.0 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 3.0 | 1.8 | 1.6 | 0.9 | 0.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cedar Bluff DAM, 13 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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