Craig Crossing Park
Craig Crossing Park is a park in Kansas, at a modelled elevation of 256 m. Miller Hill stands 342 m to the east-southeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is 87th Lane Access Park, a park 0.4 miles away. Frontier Military Historic Byway passes 2.0 miles off. 9 named summits stand within 25 miles.
How to reach it
- 2.0 mi off the Frontier Military Historic Byway
- 14.9 mi off the Spirit of Kansas City
- 16.8 mi off the Cliff Drive
- 24.6 mi off the Glacial Hills Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Bird Watching Blind · 13 mi
- Kaw Point · 15 mi
- Scarrit Point · 18 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- 87th Lane Access Park: 0.4 mi
- Prairie Star Parkway Access Park: 0.9 mi
- Mill Creek Streamway Park: 1.1 mi
- Buffalo Meadows Park: 1.4 mi
- Shawnee Mission Park: 1.5 mi
- Argentine Limestone Outcrop: 1.3 mi
- Argentine Limestone Outcrop: 7.9 mi
- Badger Ridge: 10.7 mi
- Argentine Limestone Outcrop: 12.1 mi
- Westerville Limestone Outcrop: 12.1 mi
- Monticello Community Historical Society: 2.8 mi
- Legler Barn Museum: 3.0 mi
- Kansas City Automotive Museum: 4.2 mi
- Johnson County Historical Museum: 4.5 mi
- The 1950's All - Electric House Museum: 4.5 mi
- "The Serpent": 3.0 mi
- Rolling Magic: 3.3 mi
- Theb: 4.9 mi
- Sprout: 5.5 mi
- Hybrid Circle: 6.2 mi
- M101: 6.5 mi
- Grinter Place State Historic Site: 8.1 mi
- Deanna Rose Children's Farmstead: 8.3 mi
- Candy Cane Lane: 8.8 mi
- Atlas 9: 10.7 mi
- Cannon: 6.5 mi
- AT&T Pocket Park: 6.6 mi
- Helen S. Cuddy Rose Garden: 7.6 mi
- Vietnam War Memorial: 7.7 mi
- Clock Tower: 7.8 mi
- Herb Garden: 3.0 mi
- Sar-Ko-Par Trails Community Garden: 3.1 mi
- K-State Garden Gallery: 3.5 mi
- Green Tech Garden: 5.8 mi
- Prairie Grasses and Wildflower Garden: 5.9 mi
- Blue Valley Wilderness Science Center Wilderness Area: 13.1 mi
- Heartland Overlook Preserve: 13.8 mi
- Saeger Woods Conservation Area: 14.0 mi
- Parma Woods Conservation Area: 16.9 mi
- Charlotte Sawyers Nature Area: 17.3 mi
- Overland Park: 10.0 mi
- Overland Park: 10.0 mi
- Observation Bluff: 13.2 mi
- Blue Mound: 20.2 mi
- Bowler Hill: 23.1 mi
- Quindaro Townsite: 15.5 mi
- Delaware City: 18.5 mi
- Franklin: 19.6 mi
- Powell: 20.8 mi
- West Union: 23.7 mi
- Cedar Lake Falls: 8.2 mi
- Turkey Creek Falls: 8.3 mi
- Line Creek Double Falls: 19.6 mi
- Angel Falls: 20.4 mi
- Swim Beach: 9.2 mi
- Windsurfer Beach: 20.8 mi
- Watts Mill: 11.3 mi
- Pioneer Spring: 23.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Craig Crossing Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miller Hill | ESE 122° | 342 m | 23.9 mi |
| Pilot Knob | NNW 344° | 336 m | 24.0 mi |
| Bowler Hill | ESE 103° | 330 m | 23.1 mi |
| Blue Mound | WSW 259° | 318 m | 20.2 mi |
| Mount Oread | W 270° | 316 m | 23.5 mi |
| Shank Hill | WSW 258° | 304 m | 24.6 mi |
| Observation Bluff | WSW 253° | 277 m | 13.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:24 | 18:56 | 19:31 |
| June solstice | 05:55 | 20:09 | 20:49 |
| September equinox | 07:08 | 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 | 29 | 34 | 44 | 55 | 65 | 74 | 79 | 77 | 69 | 57 | 45 | 34 |
| Precip in | 1.3 | 1.7 | 2.5 | 4.1 | 5.3 | 5.2 | 4.7 | 4.5 | 4.2 | 3.0 | 2.4 | 1.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Olathe 3E, 6 mi away.
- Ring-necked Snake135 obs
- Great Blue Heron64 obs
- Common Watersnake50 obs
- Blanchard's Cricket Frog49 obs
- Pond Slider45 obs
- Eastern Pondhawk45 obs
- Amur honeysuckle45 obs
- Eastern Copperhead45 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/502451009
Day trips start here
- Lenexa · 4 mi
- Olathe · 6 mi
- Overland Park · 8 mi
- Kansas City · 14 mi
- Kansas City · 16 mi
- Kansas City Area · 16 mi
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