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Fairview Park

Fairview Park from directly overhead

Fairview Park is a park in Kansas, at a recorded elevation of 308 m. Miller Hill stands 342 m to the east-southeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Chestnut Street Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Frontier Military Historic Byway passes 4.8 miles off. 9 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
308 m

How to reach it

Coordinates38.88708, -94.82255

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Artworks
  • Sprout: 0.4 mi
  • Theb: 0.4 mi
  • Harvest Prayer Sculpture and Campus Mall: 2.4 mi
  • Trails West: 4.4 mi
  • Hybrid Circle: 6.6 mi
Attractions
Historic sites
  • Cannon: 1.3 mi
  • Miller’s Wood Sports Complex: 6.9 mi
  • Austin's Park Memorial: 7.2 mi
  • 9/11 Memorial: 7.6 mi
  • Korean War Veterans Memorial: 8.0 mi
Museums: 59
  • Museum of Deaf History, Arts & Culture: 0.7 mi
  • Kansas City Automotive Museum: 4.0 mi
  • Ensor Park and Museum: 6.4 mi
  • Monticello Community Historical Society: 6.6 mi
  • Legler Barn Museum: 6.7 mi
Gardens: 32
  • Prairie Grasses and Wildflower Garden: 1.1 mi
  • Pollinator Prarie: 1.1 mi
  • Bird Garden: 1.1 mi
  • Butterfly Garden: 1.1 mi
  • Bee Garden: 1.1 mi
Nature reserves: 16
Peaks: 9
  • Overland Park: 8.1 mi
  • Overland Park: 8.1 mi
  • Observation Bluff: 12.2 mi
  • Blue Mound: 19.4 mi
  • Miller Hill: 22.1 mi
Ghost towns: 6
Waterfalls: 3
  • Cedar Lake Falls: 3.1 mi
  • Turkey Creek Falls: 12.4 mi
  • Line Creek Double Falls: 24.4 mi
Beaches: 3
  • Swim Beach: 8.3 mi
  • Windsurfer Beach: 15.6 mi
  • Miola Beach: 20.7 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Watts Mill: 12.3 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Miller HillESE 109°342 m22.1 mi
Bowler HillE 90°330 m23.0 mi
Blue MoundW 274°318 m19.4 mi
Fowler HillWSW 237°318 m23.2 mi
Mount OreadWNW 283°316 m23.6 mi
Shank HillW 270°304 m23.6 mi
Observation BluffW 277°277 m12.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2418:5619:31
June solstice05:5520:0920:49
September equinox07:0818:4319:18
December solstice07:3516:1917:01

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F293444556574797769574534
Precip in1.31.72.54.15.35.24.74.54.23.02.41.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Olathe 3E, 3 mi away.

  • White-tailed Deer42 obs
  • Amur honeysuckle25 obs
  • rattlesnake master25 obs
  • Carolina horsenettle23 obs
  • North American Wheel Bug22 obs
  • garlic mustard21 obs
  • Western Honey Bee20 obs
  • butterfly milkweed20 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/272201693

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