Children's Memorial Butterfly Garden
Children's Memorial Butterfly Garden is a nature reserve in Missouri, at a modelled elevation of 291 m. Miller Hill stands 342 m to the south, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Lowenstein Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Cliff Drive passes 14 miles off. 19 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Lee's Summit Parks and Recreation
How to reach it
- 13.9 mi off the Cliff Drive
- 14.2 mi off the Frontier Military Historic Byway
- 14.7 mi off the Spirit of Kansas City
- 22.2 mi off the Old Trails Road
Overlooks nearby
- Scarrit Point · 15 mi
- Kaw Point · 17 mi
- Bird Watching Blind · 17 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Lowenstein Park: 0.1 mi
- Summit Park: 1.0 mi
- Winterset Park Nature Area: 1.2 mi
- Charles David Hartman Park: 1.3 mi
- Peale Park: 1.5 mi
- Natural Bridge: 1.6 mi
- Chimpanzees: 7.5 mi
- Leopard Tortoise: 7.6 mi
- Yellow-billed Stork: 7.6 mi
- Crocodile: 7.6 mi
- Lee's Summit History Museum: 2.2 mi
- Raytown Historical Society & Museum: 6.3 mi
- Truman Farm Home: 6.4 mi
- Grandview Train Museum: 6.7 mi
- Battle of Westport Visitor Center: 8.7 mi
- Ruskin Heights Tornado Memorial: 5.0 mi
- Brooking Cemetery: 7.3 mi
- Harvey E. "Jack" Gold: 7.6 mi
- World War Memorial: 7.7 mi
- Jimmy Golden: 7.9 mi
- Dining Bell: 5.1 mi
- Terra Cotta Warriors: 8.2 mi
- The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled: 8.4 mi
- Hygeia: 8.6 mi
- The Boy Scout by Robert Tait McKenzie: 9.1 mi
- Monarch Waystation: 7.6 mi
- Blue Springs Community Garden: 9.7 mi
- Manheim Gardens: 11.9 mi
- Japanese Garden: 12.1 mi
- Rose Garden: 12.1 mi
- Bowler Hill: 2.9 mi
- Miller Hill: 10.1 mi
- Minter Hill: 11.4 mi
- Monkey Mountain: 13.7 mi
- Sni-A-Bar Point: 13.9 mi
- Heartland Overlook Preserve: 7.9 mi
- Saeger Woods Conservation Area: 9.1 mi
- Burr Oaks' Glades Reservation Area: 10.6 mi
- Lone Jack Lake Conservation Area: 11.9 mi
- Blue Valley Wilderness Science Center Wilderness Area: 13.7 mi
- Kimpton: 14.7 mi
- West Union: 17.2 mi
- Powell: 17.3 mi
- Quindaro Townsite: 20.5 mi
- Turkey Creek Falls: 16.4 mi
- Line Creek Double Falls: 21.7 mi
- Cedar Lake Falls: 23.9 mi
- Watts Mill: 10.2 mi
- Family Picnic Area: 11.4 mi
- Swimming Beach: 6.9 mi
- Pioneer Spring: 11.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Children's Memorial Butterfly Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miller Hill | S 186° | 342 m | 10.1 mi |
| Bowler Hill | SSE 157° | 330 m | 2.9 mi |
| Brookhart Hill | S 171° | 309 m | 21.0 mi |
| Kohler Hill | SSE 161° | 307 m | 20.6 mi |
| Rattlesnake Hill | E 85° | 306 m | 14.1 mi |
| Wagon Knob | E 87° | 305 m | 24.5 mi |
| Staley Mound | SE 142° | 299 m | 19.3 mi |
| Schindorff Hill | SE 146° | 297 m | 17.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:22 | 18:55 | 19:30 |
| June solstice | 05:53 | 20:07 | 20:47 |
| September equinox | 07:06 | 18:41 | 19:16 |
| December solstice | 07:34 | 16:17 | 17:00 |
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 | 31 | 35 | 45 | 56 | 65 | 75 | 79 | 77 | 69 | 57 | 45 | 35 |
| Precip in | 1.0 | 1.4 | 2.1 | 4.2 | 5.7 | 5.0 | 4.6 | 4.5 | 3.1 | 3.4 | 2.1 | 1.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lees Summit Muni AP, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/1206524064
Day trips start here
- Lee's Summit · 2 mi
- Independence · 11 mi
- Overland Park · 14 mi
- Kansas City · 15 mi
- Kansas City Area · 15 mi
- Kansas City · 17 mi
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