Museum at Prairiefire
Museum at Prairiefire is a museum in Kansas, at a modelled elevation of 292 m. Miller Hill stands 342 m to the east-southeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Prairie Fire, a artwork 0.1 miles away. Frontier Military Historic Byway passes 1.3 miles off. 8 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
The Museum at Prairiefire is a museum in Overland Park, Kansas. The museum is a 42,000 square foot facility that opened in May 2014 and has received honors for its architecture style. The museum carries displays created by other museums, such as American Museum of Natural History. Prairiefire secured a partnership with the American Museum of Natural History and displayed two main traveling exhibits annually that lasted until 2018. When this partnership expired, plans were made to convert the traveling exhibit space into a permanent exhibit named "Kansas Revealed", though this has been repeatedly delayed. In 2024, Prairiefire announced a partnership with the National College Baseball Hall of Fame to open a permanent space at the museum.
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Dates from 2014.
Wikidata Q21197518, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What to expect
- Fee
- Yes
How to reach it
- 1.3 mi off the Frontier Military Historic Byway
- 15.8 mi off the Spirit of Kansas City
- 16.3 mi off the Cliff Drive
Overlooks nearby
- Bird Watching Blind · 6 mi
- Kaw Point · 16 mi
- Scarrit Point · 17 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Prairie Fire: 0.1 mi
- Cloud Gate: 1.3 mi
- Shim Sham Shimmy: 2.3 mi
- Leawood Fine Art Gallery: 2.4 mi
- Grazing Giraffes: 2.8 mi
- Beth Torah Park: 1.3 mi
- Gezer Park: 1.3 mi
- Nottingham Downs Park: 1.6 mi
- Hawthorne Valley Park: 1.6 mi
- Regency Lake Park: 1.6 mi
- Austin's Park Memorial: 2.1 mi
- 9/11 Memorial: 2.2 mi
- Ali Kemp Memorial: 2.3 mi
- Miller’s Wood Sports Complex: 2.3 mi
- Korean War Veterans Memorial: 2.5 mi
- Deanna Rose Children's Farmstead: 2.8 mi
- Old Red Bridge Love Locks: 5.3 mi
- Candy Cane Lane: 7.1 mi
- M101: 8.8 mi
- Concorde Nose: 9.9 mi
- Argentine Limestone Outcrop: 3.7 mi
- Hertha-Bethany Falls-Winterset Limestone Outcrop: 8.6 mi
- Bethany Falls & Winterset Limestone Outcrops: 10.5 mi
- Normal Fault in cliff: 10.7 mi
- Normal Fault in cliff: 10.7 mi
- Wonderscope Children Museum: 1.7 mi
- Prairie Oak Nature Center: 2.2 mi
- Oxford School: 2.2 mi
- Historic State Bank of Stanley Building: 2.2 mi
- Johnson County Museum: 6.1 mi
- Resident Gardens: 0.9 mi
- K-State Garden Gallery: 8.2 mi
- Sar-Ko-Par Trails Community Garden: 8.2 mi
- Prairie Grasses and Wildflower Garden: 8.2 mi
- Pollinator Prarie: 8.2 mi
- Blue Valley Wilderness Science Center Wilderness Area: 3.6 mi
- Saeger Woods Conservation Area: 4.1 mi
- Heartland Overlook Preserve: 7.4 mi
- Children's Memorial Butterfly Garden: 13.1 mi
- Hillsdale Recreation Area: 19.9 mi
- Overland Park: 1.5 mi
- Overland Park: 1.5 mi
- Miller Hill: 13.6 mi
- Bowler Hill: 13.9 mi
- Observation Bluff: 21.4 mi
- Powell: 11.9 mi
- West Union: 14.2 mi
- Quindaro Townsite: 18.8 mi
- Kimpton: 19.0 mi
- Swim Beach: 17.4 mi
- Swimming Beach: 18.9 mi
- Windsurfer Beach: 19.9 mi
- Miola Beach: 22.9 mi
- Turkey Creek Falls: 10.7 mi
- Cedar Lake Falls: 10.9 mi
- Line Creek Double Falls: 22.1 mi
- Watts Mill: 4.8 mi
- Family Picnic Area: 21.2 mi
- Pioneer Spring: 19.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Museum at Prairiefire. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miller Hill | ESE 121° | 342 m | 13.6 mi |
| Bowler Hill | E 88° | 330 m | 13.9 mi |
| Brookhart Hill | SE 137° | 309 m | 23.9 mi |
| Snowball Hill | SE 139° | 295 m | 23.7 mi |
| Minter Hill | ENE 70° | 288 m | 24.3 mi |
| Observation Bluff | W 275° | 277 m | 21.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:23 | 18:56 | 19:31 |
| June solstice | 05:54 | 20:08 | 20:48 |
| September equinox | 07:07 | 18:42 | 19:17 |
| December solstice | 07:34 | 16:19 | 17:01 |
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 | 35 | 45 | 55 | 65 | 74 | 78 | 77 | 68 | 57 | 44 | 34 |
| Precip in | 1.1 | 1.4 | 2.3 | 3.9 | 5.4 | 5.2 | 4.2 | 4.4 | 3.5 | 3.0 | 2.0 | 1.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Olathe Johnson CO Executive AP, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/335645393
Day trips start here
- Lenexa · 7 mi
- Overland Park · 7 mi
- Olathe · 8 mi
- Lee's Summit · 15 mi
- Kansas City · 16 mi
- Kansas City Area · 16 mi
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