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VMI Land Tract

VMI Land Tract from directly overhead

VMI Land Tract is a nature reserve in Kansas, at a modelled elevation of 314 m. Custer Hill stands 411 m to the west-southwest, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is StoneHaven Park, a park 0.7 miles away. Native Stone Scenic Byway passes 19 miles off. 27 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Future Park being Developed by Manhattan, Kansas

What to expect

Operated by
Manhattan Parks and Recreation

How to reach it

Coordinates39.16033, -96.63055

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • StoneHaven Park: 0.7 mi
  • Roger Schultz Community Park: 1.0 mi
  • Stagg Hill Park: 1.1 mi
  • Ledgestone Park: 1.3 mi
  • Warner Memorial Park: 1.4 mi
Historic sites: 31
  • Kansas Forest Service Honor Grove: 2.7 mi
  • K-State Sesquicentennial Monument: 3.3 mi
  • World War II Memorial: 3.3 mi
  • Vietnam War Memorial: 3.4 mi
  • Bluemont Bell: 3.4 mi
Peaks: 27
  • Stagg Hill: 1.4 mi
  • Sunset Hill: 2.3 mi
  • Longview Hill: 2.5 mi
  • Rocky Hill: 2.6 mi
  • Prospect Hill: 4.3 mi
Museums: 17
  • Riley County Museum: 2.9 mi
  • Beach Museum of Art: 3.3 mi
  • Wolf House Museum: 3.8 mi
  • Wonder Workshop Children's Museum: 3.8 mi
  • Museum of Art and Light: 3.9 mi
Nature reserves: 13
Artworks: 10
  • Martin Luther King Jr. Bust: 3.2 mi
  • Bosco Clock Tower: 3.2 mi
  • Johnny Kaw Statue: 3.3 mi
  • Ernie Barrett: 3.4 mi
  • Bill Snyder: 3.4 mi
Gardens: 6
Cliffs: 6
Attractions: 6
  • Locomotive 6072: 9.5 mi
  • Site of old Union Pacific Engine Shops: 13.2 mi
  • site of old UP Turntable and Roundhouse: 13.3 mi
  • Missile Silo Home: 16.3 mi
  • The Yellow Brick Road: 17.7 mi
Ghost towns: 2

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of VMI Land Tract. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Custer HillWSW 252°411 m10.3 mi
Four Way DivideWSW 249°410 m10.8 mi
Morris HillWSW 243°406 m10.0 mi
Randolph HillWSW 253°404 m9.3 mi
Caisson HillWSW 243°402 m9.4 mi
Harvey HillWSW 247°401 m11.4 mi
Carpenter HillWSW 251°400 m8.6 mi
Mount EphraimNE 38°400 m20.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3119:0319:39
June solstice06:0120:1720:57
September equinox07:1518:5019:25
December solstice07:4316:2517:08

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F293445556575807769564332
Precip in0.71.01.83.14.64.84.04.62.72.21.51.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Manhattan Asos, 3 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1293784008

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