Clifton Park
Clifton Park is a park in Kansas, at a modelled elevation of 269 m. Pilot Knob stands 336 m to the northwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Trolley Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Spirit of Kansas City passes 2.2 miles off. 11 named summits stand within 25 miles.
How to reach it
- 2.2 mi off the Spirit of Kansas City
- 4.9 mi off the Cliff Drive
- 7.9 mi off the Frontier Military Historic Byway
- 19.9 mi off the Glacial Hills Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Kaw Point · 2 mi
- Scarrit Point · 6 mi
- Bird Watching Blind · 21 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Trolley Park: 0.3 mi
- Flatiron Park: 0.5 mi
- Prescott Park: 0.6 mi
- City Park: 0.6 mi
- Bethany Park: 0.8 mi
- Strawberry Hill Museum & Center: 2.0 mi
- Airline History Museum: 3.0 mi
- TWA Museum: 3.5 mi
- The Box Gallery: 3.8 mi
- Science City: 3.9 mi
- Anthology of Argentine Mural: 2.2 mi
- Preceding On: 2.5 mi
- Bull Wall: 2.8 mi
- John Brown: 3.1 mi
- The Hereford Bull: 3.2 mi
- Kansas City Stock Yards: 2.7 mi
- Historical Marker: 2.7 mi
- Kansas City: 2.8 mi
- Slavery in Kansas City: 3.2 mi
- Lynching in America: 3.3 mi
- Badger Ridge: 3.2 mi
- Westerville Limestone Outcrop: 3.6 mi
- Argentine Limestone Outcrop: 3.8 mi
- Hertha-Bethany Falls-Winterset Limestone Outcrop: 8.8 mi
- Winterset Limestone Outcrop: 9.0 mi
- Breakout KC: 3.7 mi
- Hallmark Visitors Center: 4.2 mi
- American Jazz Walk of Fame: 5.0 mi
- East Building: 5.2 mi
- Pedestal Mounted Traffic Light: 5.3 mi
- SoHo Loft Rooftop Garden: 3.6 mi
- Children's Mercy Community Garden: 4.2 mi
- Valentine Community Garden: 4.3 mi
- School Garden: 4.3 mi
- Rosedale Community Garden: 4.6 mi
- Green Hills of Platte Wildlife Preserve: 5.4 mi
- Northwood Park: 6.5 mi
- Charlotte Sawyers Nature Area: 8.1 mi
- Parma Woods Conservation Area: 9.1 mi
- Amity Woods Nature Park: 10.3 mi
- Arsenal Hill: 14.8 mi
- Overland Park: 16.3 mi
- Overland Park: 16.3 mi
- Nebo Hill: 17.6 mi
- Pilot Knob: 20.2 mi
- Turkey Creek Falls: 5.2 mi
- Line Creek Double Falls: 7.1 mi
- Angel Falls: 17.2 mi
- Cedar Lake Falls: 20.6 mi
- Swimming Beach: 18.1 mi
- Little Platte Swim Beach: 21.6 mi
- Swim Beach: 21.6 mi
- Quindaro Townsite: 3.5 mi
- Delaware City: 13.6 mi
- Watts Mill: 11.5 mi
- Family Picnic Area: 15.9 mi
- Pioneer Spring: 13.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Clifton Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pilot Knob | NW 312° | 336 m | 20.2 mi |
| Hancock Hill | NW 320° | 331 m | 23.9 mi |
| Bowler Hill | SE 137° | 330 m | 20.4 mi |
| Wagner Point | NW 319° | 326 m | 23.2 mi |
| Government Hill | NW 317° | 324 m | 22.9 mi |
| Sentinel Hill | NW 317° | 322 m | 23.6 mi |
| Nebo Hill | ENE 65° | 291 m | 17.6 mi |
| Minter Hill | ESE 107° | 288 m | 24.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:23 | 18:56 | 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, 4 mi away.
- Northern Cardinal32 obs
- House Finch21 obs
- American Robin12 obs
- House Sparrow12 obs
- Blue Jay9 obs
- Downy Woodpecker8 obs
- Summer Tanager6 obs
- Common Grackle5 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/513047165
Day trips start here
- Kansas City · 2 mi
- Kansas City · 4 mi
- Kansas City Area · 4 mi
- Overland Park · 8 mi
- Lenexa · 11 mi
- Independence · 13 mi
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