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Kansas State Historical Society - Center for Historical Research

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Kansas State Historical Society - Center for Historical Research is a museum in Kansas, at a recorded elevation of 277 m. Buffalo Mound stands 387 m to the west, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Kansas Museum of History, a museum less than a tenth of a mile away. Native Stone Scenic Byway passes 3.3 miles off. 9 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
277 m

What to expect

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates39.05656, -95.77575

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Kaw River State Park: 1.3 mi
  • MacLennan Park: 1.6 mi
  • Hillsdale Park: 1.9 mi
  • Family Park: 2.0 mi
  • Danbury Park: 2.2 mi
Artworks: 18
  • Topeka Land of Dreams: 2.2 mi
  • A City Alive: 3.4 mi
  • Ichabod Statue: 4.1 mi
  • Small Colorful Nature: 4.3 mi
  • City of Gardens: 4.6 mi
Attractions: 9
  • Menninger Clock Tower: 1.0 mi
  • West Lawn Memorial Gardens: 2.1 mi
  • Carousel: 2.4 mi
  • First Presbyterian Church: 5.2 mi
  • Kansas State Capitol: 5.2 mi
Gardens: 9
  • Doran Rock Garden: 2.3 mi
  • Reinish Rose Garden: 2.4 mi
  • Doris Firestone Joss Garden: 4.1 mi
  • Harvey Garden: 4.3 mi
  • Meditation Garden: 4.9 mi
Peaks: 9
  • Hickory Knob: 3.7 mi
  • Burnett Mound: 3.9 mi
  • Peanaz Hill: 12.0 mi
  • Stenger Hill: 15.6 mi
  • Buffalo Mound: 16.0 mi
Historic sites: 7
  • Trail: 0.1 mi
  • Munn Memorial: 2.6 mi
  • All War Memorial: 2.7 mi
  • Walnut Grove Methodist Episcopal Church: 5.2 mi
  • Kansas Veterans' Memorial: 5.3 mi
Picnic sites: 3
  • Snyders Cabin: 2.3 mi
  • Overlook Park Shelter 2: 24.7 mi
  • Overlook Park Shelter 1: 24.8 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Cliffs: 1
  • Echo Cliff: 12.5 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Paxico Rest Area: 18.6 mi
Beaches: 1
  • Bloomington Beach: 24.2 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Kansas State Historical Society - Center for Historical Research. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Buffalo MoundW 271°387 m16.0 mi
Stenger HillS 176°371 m15.6 mi
Burnett MoundSSE 147°344 m3.9 mi
Coon PointE 101°338 m19.1 mi
Tabor HillWNW 283°329 m16.7 mi
Twin MoundsSE 131°316 m20.4 mi
Peanaz HillNW 307°315 m12.0 mi
Sanders MoundESE 110°288 m24.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2719:0019:35
June solstice05:5820:1320:53
September equinox07:1118:4719:22
December solstice07:3916:2217:05

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F293444556575787769574433
Precip in0.91.32.23.95.35.04.24.43.52.92.01.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Topeka - NWS, 8 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/358646665

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