Prairie Park Nature Center
Prairie Park Nature Center is a museum in Kansas, at a modelled elevation of 265 m. Coon Point stands 338 m to the west-northwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Chaparral Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 136 miles off. 9 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- City of Lawrence
- Fee
- No
How to reach it
- 135.9 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
- 23.7 mi off the Frontier Military Historic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Bird Watching Blind · 30 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Chaparral Park: 0.3 mi
- Hand Park: 0.6 mi
- Haskell Rail-Trail: 0.7 mi
- Chief Jim McSwain Park: 1.2 mi
- Park Hill Park #2: 1.3 mi
- Haskell Cultural Center and Museum: 1.1 mi
- Natural History Museum: 2.3 mi
- Watkins Museum of History: 2.4 mi
- Spencer Museum of Art: 2.4 mi
- Booth Family Hall of Athletics: 2.5 mi
- MacKomics Studio: 1.5 mi
- Chesty Lion: 1.9 mi
- The Jayhawk Nest: 2.3 mi
- Moses: 2.3 mi
- Relay Race: 5.6 mi
- Lawrence Community Orchard: 1.9 mi
- Lawrence Community Garden: 2.8 mi
- Monarch Watch Garden: 2.8 mi
- Audio-Reader Sensory Garden: 2.9 mi
- Little Prairie Community Garden: 4.5 mi
- Breezedale: 1.3 mi
- Breezedale: 1.3 mi
- Victory Eagle-WWI Memorial: 2.4 mi
- Phog Allen: 2.5 mi
- Memorial Campanile & Carillon: 2.5 mi
- Kanza Southwind Nature Preserve: 4.6 mi
- Conrad & Viola McGrew Nature Preserve: 5.1 mi
- Fitch Natural History Reservation: 7.2 mi
- Archery Only Area: 7.4 mi
- McColl Nature Reserve: 7.5 mi
- Franklin: 2.1 mi
- Prairie City: 11.9 mi
- Twin Mound: 15.2 mi
- Hackett: 15.4 mi
- Coburn: 15.8 mi
- Blue Mound: 2.7 mi
- Mount Oread: 2.8 mi
- Shank Hill: 3.9 mi
- Sanders Mound: 6.7 mi
- Observation Bluff: 9.2 mi
- Lawrence Arts Center: 2.5 mi
- Locomotive #1073: 3.0 mi
- The Teepee at Teepee Junction: 4.7 mi
- Midland Railway Baldwin City Depot: 11.0 mi
- Constitution Hall State Historic Site: 12.4 mi
- Bloomington Beach: 8.4 mi
- Swim Beach: 13.1 mi
- Windsurfer Beach: 24.9 mi
- Wakarusa River Falls: 5.7 mi
- Cedar Lake Falls: 20.6 mi
- Overlook Park Shelter 1: 6.7 mi
- Overlook Park Shelter 2: 6.8 mi
- Argentine Limestone Outcrop: 22.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Prairie Park Nature Center. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coon Point | WNW 294° | 338 m | 12.3 mi |
| Blue Mound | SE 138° | 318 m | 2.7 mi |
| Fowler Hill | S 174° | 318 m | 16.0 mi |
| Nolan Hill | NNW 339° | 317 m | 13.0 mi |
| Mount Oread | NW 316° | 316 m | 2.8 mi |
| Twin Mounds | WSW 251° | 316 m | 15.6 mi |
| Shank Hill | SW 219° | 304 m | 3.9 mi |
| Sanders Mound | W 270° | 288 m | 6.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:25 | 18:58 | 19:33 |
| June solstice | 05:56 | 20:10 | 20:50 |
| September equinox | 07:09 | 18:44 | 19:20 |
| December solstice | 07:37 | 16:21 | 17:03 |
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 | 29 | 33 | 44 | 54 | 65 | 75 | 79 | 78 | 69 | 57 | 44 | 33 |
| Precip in | 1.0 | 1.5 | 2.3 | 4.1 | 5.1 | 5.7 | 4.3 | 4.6 | 3.9 | 3.2 | 2.0 | 1.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lawrence, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/173108121
Day trips start here
- Olathe · 22 mi
- Lenexa · 26 mi
- Overland Park · 29 mi
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