Bethany Park
Bethany Park is a park in Kansas, at a recorded elevation of 271 m. Miller Hill stands 342 m to the south-southeast, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Prescott Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Spirit of Kansas City passes 1.5 miles off. 12 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 271 m
How to reach it
- 1.5 mi off the Spirit of Kansas City
- 4.1 mi off the Cliff Drive
- 8.6 mi off the Frontier Military Historic Byway
- 20.5 mi off the Glacial Hills Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Kaw Point · 2 mi
- Scarrit Point · 5 mi
- Bird Watching Blind · 21 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Prescott Park: 0.2 mi
- Lally Park: 0.3 mi
- Flatiron Park: 0.3 mi
- St. Luke's Lutheran Church Park: 0.6 mi
- Trolley Park: 0.6 mi
- Strawberry Hill Museum & Center: 1.3 mi
- Airline History Museum: 2.4 mi
- TWA Museum: 2.7 mi
- The Box Gallery: 3.0 mi
- Science City: 3.1 mi
- Preceding On: 1.8 mi
- Bull Wall: 2.0 mi
- The Hereford Bull: 2.4 mi
- Anthology of Argentine Mural: 2.5 mi
- Air Play: 2.6 mi
- Kansas City Stock Yards: 1.9 mi
- Historical Marker: 1.9 mi
- Kansas City: 2.0 mi
- Slavery in Kansas City: 2.4 mi
- Lynching in America: 2.5 mi
- Breakout KC: 2.9 mi
- Hallmark Visitors Center: 3.4 mi
- American Jazz Walk of Fame: 4.2 mi
- Pedestal Mounted Traffic Light: 4.5 mi
- East Building: 4.9 mi
- Westerville Limestone Outcrop: 3.2 mi
- Badger Ridge: 3.2 mi
- Argentine Limestone Outcrop: 3.4 mi
- Hertha-Bethany Falls-Winterset Limestone Outcrop: 8.0 mi
- Winterset Limestone Outcrop: 8.3 mi
- SoHo Loft Rooftop Garden: 2.8 mi
- Children's Mercy Community Garden: 3.4 mi
- Valentine Community Garden: 3.6 mi
- School Garden: 3.9 mi
- Rosedale Community Garden: 4.2 mi
- Green Hills of Platte Wildlife Preserve: 5.5 mi
- Northwood Park: 6.5 mi
- Charlotte Sawyers Nature Area: 8.6 mi
- Parma Woods Conservation Area: 9.7 mi
- Amity Woods Nature Park: 10.5 mi
- Arsenal Hill: 14.1 mi
- Overland Park: 16.2 mi
- Overland Park: 16.3 mi
- Nebo Hill: 16.9 mi
- Bowler Hill: 19.8 mi
- Turkey Creek Falls: 5.5 mi
- Line Creek Double Falls: 6.9 mi
- Angel Falls: 17.9 mi
- Cedar Lake Falls: 20.9 mi
- Swimming Beach: 17.4 mi
- Little Platte Swim Beach: 21.5 mi
- Swim Beach: 22.2 mi
- Quindaro Townsite: 3.7 mi
- Delaware City: 14.3 mi
- Watts Mill: 11.3 mi
- Family Picnic Area: 15.2 mi
- Pioneer Spring: 12.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Bethany Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miller Hill | SSE 154° | 342 m | 24.8 mi |
| Pilot Knob | NW 310° | 336 m | 20.8 mi |
| Hancock Hill | NW 319° | 331 m | 24.5 mi |
| Bowler Hill | SE 138° | 330 m | 19.8 mi |
| Wagner Point | NW 317° | 326 m | 23.8 mi |
| Government Hill | NW 315° | 324 m | 23.5 mi |
| Sentinel Hill | NW 316° | 322 m | 24.2 mi |
| Nebo Hill | ENE 64° | 291 m | 16.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:23 | 18:55 | 19:31 |
| June solstice | 05:54 | 20:09 | 20:49 |
| September equinox | 07:07 | 18:42 | 19:17 |
| December solstice | 07:35 | 16:18 | 17:00 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Jun, Aug–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 31 | 36 | 46 | 57 | 67 | 77 | 81 | 79 | 71 | 58 | 45 | 35 |
| Precip in | 1.0 | 1.5 | 2.1 | 3.9 | 5.1 | 5.3 | 4.4 | 4.7 | 3.8 | 3.2 | 1.8 | 1.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Kansas City Dwtn AP, 3 mi away.
- Northern Cardinal34 obs
- House Finch20 obs
- American Robin18 obs
- House Sparrow16 obs
- European Starling8 obs
- Downy Woodpecker8 obs
- Blue Jay7 obs
- Summer Tanager7 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/561914106
Day trips start here
- Kansas City · 1 mi
- Kansas City · 3 mi
- Kansas City Area · 3 mi
- Overland Park · 8 mi
- Lenexa · 11 mi
- Independence · 12 mi
Take the scenic way to Bethany Park.
Byway plans around your taste, verified places, real weather and opening hours — then opens every leg in Google Maps with one tap.