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Arrowhead Park

Arrowhead Park from directly overhead

Arrowhead Park is a park in Kansas, at a recorded elevation of 313 m. Miller Hill stands 342 m to the east-southeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Indian Creek Greenway, a park 0.5 miles away. Frontier Military Historic Byway passes 5.9 miles off. 7 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
313 m

How to reach it

Coordinates38.85902, -94.78820

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Artworks
  • Harvest Prayer Sculpture and Campus Mall: 1.1 mi
  • Sprout: 2.3 mi
  • Theb: 2.9 mi
  • Trails West: 3.4 mi
  • Hybrid Circle: 6.2 mi
Historic sites
  • Cannon: 1.6 mi
  • Miller’s Wood Sports Complex: 5.2 mi
  • Austin's Park Memorial: 5.7 mi
  • 9/11 Memorial: 6.4 mi
  • Korean War Veterans Memorial: 7.0 mi
Attractions
Museums: 55
  • Museum of Deaf History, Arts & Culture: 2.0 mi
  • Kansas City Automotive Museum: 4.3 mi
  • Ensor Park and Museum: 4.4 mi
  • Historic State Bank of Stanley Building: 6.2 mi
  • Museum at Prairiefire: 7.5 mi
Gardens: 27
  • Monarch Garden: 1.6 mi
  • Butterfly Garden: 1.6 mi
  • Bee Garden: 1.6 mi
  • Bird Garden: 1.6 mi
  • Pollinator Prarie: 1.6 mi
Nature reserves: 14
Peaks: 7
  • Overland Park: 6.2 mi
  • Overland Park: 6.2 mi
  • Observation Bluff: 14.4 mi
  • Miller Hill: 19.8 mi
  • Bowler Hill: 21.3 mi
Ghost towns: 6
Beaches: 3
  • Swim Beach: 10.6 mi
  • Windsurfer Beach: 14.4 mi
  • Miola Beach: 19.0 mi
Waterfalls: 2
  • Cedar Lake Falls: 3.4 mi
  • Turkey Creek Falls: 13.2 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Watts Mill: 11.4 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Miller HillESE 106°342 m19.8 mi
Bowler HillE 85°330 m21.3 mi
Blue MoundW 279°318 m21.4 mi
Fowler HillWSW 243°318 m23.9 mi
Observation BluffWNW 284°277 m14.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2418:5619:31
June solstice05:5520:0920:48
September equinox07:0818:4319:18
December solstice07:3516:1917:01

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F293444556574797769574534
Precip in1.31.72.54.15.35.24.74.54.23.02.41.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Olathe 3E, 3 mi away.

  • Monarch27 obs
  • Red-tailed Hawk25 obs
  • Goldenrod Soldier Beetle20 obs
  • Central Stoneroller19 obs
  • American Robin18 obs
  • North American Wheel Bug18 obs
  • Differential Grasshopper16 obs
  • Great Blue Heron15 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/122057845

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