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English Landing Park

English Landing Park from directly overhead

English Landing Park is a park in Missouri, at a modelled elevation of 224 m. Pilot Knob stands 336 m to the west-northwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Sullivan Nature Sanctuary, a park 0.3 miles away. Spirit of Kansas City passes 5.8 miles off. 9 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates39.18534, -94.67960

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Sullivan Nature Sanctuary: 0.3 mi
  • Pocket Park: 0.4 mi
  • Platte Landing Park: 0.5 mi
  • Bruce R Watkins Park: 0.7 mi
  • Adams Park: 0.8 mi
Artworks
  • John Brown: 2.7 mi
  • Monarch Sculpture: 3.7 mi
  • Giant Chair: 3.9 mi
  • Preceding On: 6.1 mi
  • Divine Mercy Statue: 6.2 mi
Historic sites
Museums
Attractions
Gardens: 27
Nature reserves: 23
  • Green Hills of Platte Wildlife Preserve: 1.8 mi
  • Northwood Park: 2.6 mi
  • Charlotte Sawyers Nature Area: 3.1 mi
  • Amity Woods Nature Park: 4.6 mi
  • Parma Woods Conservation Area: 4.7 mi
Peaks: 9
  • Arsenal Hill: 14.6 mi
  • Pilot Knob: 15.8 mi
  • Nebo Hill: 17.4 mi
  • Government Hill: 18.1 mi
  • Wagner Point: 18.3 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • Line Creek Double Falls: 3.8 mi
  • Turkey Creek Falls: 10.5 mi
  • Angel Falls: 13.3 mi
Beaches: 3
  • Little Platte Swim Beach: 16.7 mi
  • Swimming Beach: 22.0 mi
  • Swim Beach: 24.5 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Picnic sites: 2
Rest areas: 2
  • Dearborn Rest Area (Northbound): 20.9 mi
  • Dearborn Truck Parking (Southbound): 20.9 mi
Springs: 1
  • Pioneer Spring: 15.7 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Pilot KnobWNW 299°336 m15.8 mi
Hancock HillNW 313°331 m18.9 mi
Wagner PointNW 310°326 m18.3 mi
Government HillNW 308°324 m18.1 mi
Sentinel HillNW 308°322 m18.8 mi
Nebo HillE 84°291 m17.4 mi
Arsenal HillE 86°277 m14.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2318:5619:31
June solstice05:5320:0920:49
September equinox07:0718:4219:17
December solstice07:3516:1717:00

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Jun, Aug–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313646576777817971584535
Precip in1.01.52.13.95.15.34.44.73.83.21.81.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Kansas City Dwtn AP, 6 mi away.

  • common pawpaw62 obs
  • Ebony Jewelwing54 obs
  • Reflexed Wild Ginger38 obs
  • mayapple33 obs
  • common jewelweed31 obs
  • rough horsetail25 obs
  • White-tailed Deer24 obs
  • Virginia Springbeauty21 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.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/511846215

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