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Exploration Place - Science and Discovery Center

Exploration Place - Science and Discovery Center is a museum in Kansas, at a recorded elevation of 396 m. The nearest named place is Vietnamese American Community Memorial, a historic site 0.1 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 129 miles off.

The story

Exploration Place is a science museum located on the west side of the Arkansas River in the Delano neighborhood of Wichita, Kansas, United States. It is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit institution.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Dates from 2000-04-01.

Wikidata Q5421320, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
396 m

What to expect

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates37.68949, -97.34730

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Veterans’ Memorial Park: 0.1 mi
  • Mayor's Pine Grove: 0.4 mi
  • South Riverside Park: 0.4 mi
  • A. Price Woodward Jr. Park: 0.4 mi
  • Finlay Ross Park: 0.5 mi
Artworks: 53
  • The Night Sky: 0.9 mi
  • 99 Words and Phraises Coined by Shakespeare: 1.0 mi
  • Strength Through the Spirit of Growth: 1.2 mi
  • Plains of Creativity and Kindness is Magic: 1.3 mi
  • Love Anyway: 1.3 mi
Attractions: 16
Historic sites: 10
  • Vietnamese American Community Memorial: 0.1 mi
  • Vietnam War Memorial: 0.1 mi
  • Keeper of the Plains: 0.2 mi
  • Final Call: 1.5 mi
  • Kansas Fallen Firefighters Memorial: 1.5 mi
Gardens: 3
  • Hilltop Community Garden: 3.5 mi
  • Mulvane Community Garden: 15.2 mi
  • Bartlett Arboretum: 20.9 mi
Beaches: 3
  • Swim Beach: 16.2 mi
  • Swim Beach: 16.2 mi
  • Swim Beach: 24.1 mi
Picnic sites: 2
Ghost towns: 1

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3419:0719:42
June solstice06:0920:1620:55
September equinox07:1818:5319:28
December solstice07:4216:3417:15

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333747566676817971584635
Precip in0.81.22.23.05.25.23.94.33.12.81.61.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Wichita WX, 6 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/133195442

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