Fairyland Park
Fairyland Park is a park in Missouri, at a recorded elevation of 286 m. Miller Hill stands 342 m to the south-southeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Arleta Park, a park 0.4 miles away. Spirit of Kansas City passes 8.2 miles off. 11 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 286 m
How to reach it
- 8.2 mi off the Spirit of Kansas City
- 8.3 mi off the Cliff Drive
- 9.0 mi off the Frontier Military Historic Byway
- 26.6 mi off the Old Trails Road
Overlooks nearby
- Scarrit Point · 9 mi
- Kaw Point · 9 mi
- Bird Watching Blind · 15 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Arleta Park: 0.4 mi
- Noble Park: 0.5 mi
- Blenheim Park: 1.2 mi
- Wilbur H. Dunn Park: 1.5 mi
- Tower Park: 1.5 mi
- Joyce Clyde Hall: 1.2 mi
- Leroy Robert "Satchel" Paige: 1.3 mi
- Historical Marker: 1.3 mi
- American War Mothers Memorial Fountain: 1.4 mi
- Delbert J. Haff Memorial: 1.4 mi
- Statue of Liberty Replica: 1.3 mi
- The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled: 1.8 mi
- Terra Cotta Warriors: 2.0 mi
- The Eagle: 3.0 mi
- Venetian Relief: 3.1 mi
- Battle of Westport Visitor Center: 1.5 mi
- John Wornall House Museum: 2.9 mi
- Greenlease Gallery: 3.2 mi
- The National Museum of Toys and Miniatures: 3.3 mi
- Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art: 4.4 mi
- Elephants: 1.7 mi
- Chilean Flamingos: 1.7 mi
- Lowland Gorillas: 1.8 mi
- Black Mangabeys: 1.8 mi
- Crowned Cranes: 1.8 mi
- Monarch Waystation: 2.1 mi
- Japanese Garden: 3.8 mi
- Rose Garden: 3.9 mi
- Manheim Gardens: 4.4 mi
- Rosedale Community Garden: 5.1 mi
- Heartland Overlook Preserve: 2.1 mi
- Saeger Woods Conservation Area: 7.4 mi
- Children's Memorial Butterfly Garden: 8.5 mi
- Blue Valley Wilderness Science Center Wilderness Area: 11.8 mi
- Green Hills of Platte Wildlife Preserve: 14.3 mi
- Overland Park: 10.5 mi
- Overland Park: 10.5 mi
- Bowler Hill: 11.0 mi
- Miller Hill: 15.6 mi
- Arsenal Hill: 16.6 mi
- Quindaro Townsite: 12.9 mi
- Powell: 18.9 mi
- West Union: 20.2 mi
- Kimpton: 21.1 mi
- Delaware City: 23.1 mi
- Turkey Creek Falls: 7.9 mi
- Line Creek Double Falls: 15.0 mi
- Cedar Lake Falls: 18.6 mi
- Watts Mill: 4.3 mi
- Family Picnic Area: 12.5 mi
- Swimming Beach: 11.5 mi
- Swim Beach: 23.2 mi
- Pioneer Spring: 10.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Fairyland Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miller Hill | SSE 156° | 342 m | 15.6 mi |
| Bowler Hill | SE 129° | 330 m | 11.0 mi |
| Rattlesnake Hill | E 98° | 306 m | 21.7 mi |
| Nebo Hill | NE 34° | 291 m | 18.7 mi |
| Monkey Mountain | E 86° | 289 m | 20.0 mi |
| Minter Hill | E 87° | 288 m | 17.5 mi |
| Sni-A-Bar Point | E 85° | 286 m | 20.1 mi |
| Bone Hill | ENE 70° | 282 m | 23.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:23 | 18:55 | 19:30 |
| June solstice | 05:54 | 20:08 | 20:48 |
| September equinox | 07:07 | 18:42 | 19:17 |
| December solstice | 07:34 | 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, 10 mi away.
- Amur honeysuckle28 obs
- false rue anemone27 obs
- river oats27 obs
- Ring-necked Snake26 obs
- mayapple25 obs
- Brown-belted Bumble Bee24 obs
- Reflexed Wild Ginger22 obs
- House Sparrow21 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.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358030106
Day trips start here
- Overland Park · 6 mi
- Kansas City · 8 mi
- Kansas City Area · 8 mi
- Independence · 10 mi
- Kansas City · 10 mi
- Lenexa · 10 mi
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