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Arleta Park

Arleta Park from directly overhead

Arleta Park is a park in Missouri, at a recorded elevation of 263 m. Miller Hill stands 342 m to the south-southeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Fairyland Park, a park 0.4 miles away. Spirit of Kansas City passes 8.3 miles off. 11 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
263 m

How to reach it

Coordinates38.98681, -94.55943

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Historic sites
Artworks
Museums
Attractions
  • Elephants: 2.0 mi
  • Chilean Flamingos: 2.0 mi
  • Lowland Gorillas: 2.1 mi
  • Black Mangabeys: 2.1 mi
  • Crowned Cranes: 2.1 mi
Gardens: 27
  • Monarch Waystation: 2.4 mi
  • Japanese Garden: 3.7 mi
  • Rose Garden: 3.8 mi
  • Manheim Gardens: 4.4 mi
  • Rosedale Community Garden: 5.0 mi
Nature reserves: 16
Peaks: 11
  • Overland Park: 10.2 mi
  • Overland Park: 10.2 mi
  • Bowler Hill: 11.2 mi
  • Miller Hill: 15.7 mi
  • Arsenal Hill: 16.8 mi
Ghost towns: 5
Waterfalls: 3
  • Turkey Creek Falls: 7.7 mi
  • Line Creek Double Falls: 15.1 mi
  • Cedar Lake Falls: 18.3 mi
Picnic sites: 2
Beaches: 2
  • Swimming Beach: 11.9 mi
  • Swim Beach: 22.8 mi
Springs: 1
  • Pioneer Spring: 10.8 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Miller HillSSE 155°342 m15.7 mi
Bowler HillSE 128°330 m11.2 mi
Rattlesnake HillE 98°306 m22.0 mi
Nebo HillNE 35°291 m19.0 mi
Monkey MountainE 86°289 m20.3 mi
Minter HillE 86°288 m17.9 mi
Sni-A-Bar PointE 85°286 m20.4 mi
Bone HillENE 70°282 m24.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2318:5519:30
June solstice05:5420:0820:48
September equinox07:0718:4219:17
December solstice07:3416:1817:00

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Jun, Aug–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313646576777817971584535
Precip in1.01.52.13.95.15.34.44.73.83.21.81.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Kansas City Dwtn AP, 10 mi away.

  • mayapple30 obs
  • Amur honeysuckle27 obs
  • Brown-belted Bumble Bee26 obs
  • Ring-necked Snake24 obs
  • bloodroot24 obs
  • false rue anemone24 obs
  • river oats24 obs
  • red columbine23 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/555895627

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