Black Bob Park
Black Bob Park is a park in Kansas, at a modelled elevation of 331 m. Miller Hill stands 342 m to the east-southeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Heritage Trail Greenway, a park 0.4 miles away. Frontier Military Historic Byway passes 4.1 miles off. 6 named summits stand within 25 miles.
How to reach it
- 4.1 mi off the Frontier Military Historic Byway
- 19.0 mi off the Spirit of Kansas City
- 20.1 mi off the Cliff Drive
Overlooks nearby
- Bird Watching Blind · 5 mi
- Kaw Point · 19 mi
- Scarrit Point · 21 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Heritage Trail Greenway: 0.4 mi
- Olathe Girls Softball Complex: 0.6 mi
- Parkhill Manor Park: 0.6 mi
- Haven Park: 0.7 mi
- Blackbob School Park: 0.8 mi
- Harvest Prayer Sculpture and Campus Mall: 1.9 mi
- Sprout: 3.8 mi
- Theb: 4.3 mi
- Grazing Giraffes: 4.8 mi
- Elephant Taking A Bath: 4.8 mi
- Deanna Rose Children's Farmstead: 3.0 mi
- M101: 3.4 mi
- Candy Cane Lane: 10.3 mi
- Old Red Bridge Love Locks: 10.8 mi
- Concorde Nose: 13.9 mi
- Cannon: 3.4 mi
- Miller’s Wood Sports Complex: 3.5 mi
- Austin's Park Memorial: 4.1 mi
- 9/11 Memorial: 4.9 mi
- Korean War Veterans Memorial: 5.6 mi
- Museum of Deaf History, Arts & Culture: 3.6 mi
- Kansas City Automotive Museum: 4.2 mi
- Historic State Bank of Stanley Building: 4.3 mi
- Ensor Park and Museum: 5.1 mi
- Museum at Prairiefire: 5.7 mi
- Argentine Limestone Outcrop: 6.8 mi
- Argentine Limestone Outcrop: 9.1 mi
- Hertha-Bethany Falls-Winterset Limestone Outcrop: 13.8 mi
- Badger Ridge: 14.8 mi
- Argentine Limestone Outcrop: 15.3 mi
- Monarch Garden: 3.1 mi
- Bee Garden: 3.1 mi
- Bird Garden: 3.1 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 3.1 mi
- Pollinator Prarie: 3.1 mi
- Blue Valley Wilderness Science Center Wilderness Area: 6.5 mi
- Saeger Woods Conservation Area: 9.7 mi
- Heartland Overlook Preserve: 12.7 mi
- Hillsdale Recreation Area: 14.8 mi
- Children's Memorial Butterfly Garden: 18.8 mi
- Overland Park: 4.4 mi
- Overland Park: 4.4 mi
- Observation Bluff: 16.2 mi
- Miller Hill: 17.9 mi
- Bowler Hill: 19.4 mi
- Powell: 13.1 mi
- West Union: 16.1 mi
- Quindaro Townsite: 21.0 mi
- Kimpton: 22.9 mi
- Franklin: 23.3 mi
- Swim Beach: 12.4 mi
- Windsurfer Beach: 15.2 mi
- Miola Beach: 19.3 mi
- Swimming Beach: 24.5 mi
- Cedar Lake Falls: 5.2 mi
- Turkey Creek Falls: 12.6 mi
- Line Creek Double Falls: 24.9 mi
- Watts Mill: 9.8 mi
- Pioneer Spring: 24.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Black Bob Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miller Hill | ESE 107° | 342 m | 17.9 mi |
| Bowler Hill | E 84° | 330 m | 19.4 mi |
| Blue Mound | W 278° | 318 m | 23.3 mi |
| Observation Bluff | WNW 282° | 277 m | 16.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:23 | 18:56 | 19:31 |
| June solstice | 05:55 | 20:08 | 20:48 |
| September equinox | 07:07 | 18:43 | 19:18 |
| December solstice | 07:35 | 16:19 | 17:01 |
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 | 30 | 35 | 45 | 55 | 65 | 74 | 78 | 77 | 68 | 57 | 44 | 34 |
| Precip in | 1.1 | 1.4 | 2.3 | 3.9 | 5.4 | 5.2 | 4.2 | 4.4 | 3.5 | 3.0 | 2.0 | 1.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Olathe Johnson CO Executive AP, under a mile away.
- American Robin257 obs
- House Finch229 obs
- Northern Cardinal228 obs
- Mourning Dove158 obs
- Common Grackle123 obs
- House Sparrow114 obs
- Blue Jay85 obs
- Dark-eyed Junco64 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/37693469
Day trips start here
- Olathe · 3 mi
- Lenexa · 7 mi
- Overland Park · 10 mi
- Kansas City · 19 mi
- Kansas City Area · 19 mi
- Kansas City · 19 mi
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