Farnam Creek
Farnam Creek is a park in Kansas, at a recorded elevation of 362 m. Table Mounds stands 456 m to the west-northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Acorns Resort, a park 0.6 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 187 miles off. 29 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 362 m
How to reach it
- 187.4 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Acorns Resort: 0.6 mi
- City of Milford Park: 1.4 mi
- Flagstop RV and Resort Park: 1.5 mi
- School Creek Park: 1.6 mi
- Milford State Park: 3.1 mi
- Magic School: 6.1 mi
- Buffalo Soldier Memorial: 8.5 mi
- Jacob Benton Callen Fountain: 9.4 mi
- Junction City and Geary County Law Enforcement Memorial: 9.5 mi
- State of Kansas Vietnam Veterans Memorial: 9.5 mi
- Custer Hill: 5.6 mi
- Four Way Divide: 5.7 mi
- Harvey Hill: 5.8 mi
- Randolph Hill: 6.2 mi
- Macomb Hill: 6.9 mi
- Kansas First Territorial Capitol: 8.9 mi
- Cavalry Musuem: 9.0 mi
- Geary County Historical Society Museum: 9.4 mi
- Starcke House Museum: 9.4 mi
- Arts & Memories Museum: 10.9 mi
- Ernie Barrett: 17.0 mi
- Bill Snyder: 17.0 mi
- Martin Luther King Jr. Bust: 17.4 mi
- Bosco Clock Tower: 17.5 mi
- Johnny Kaw Statue: 17.9 mi
- Kansas Landscape Arboretum: 6.5 mi
- Willis Prarie: 13.0 mi
- VMI Land Tract: 14.7 mi
- Michael-Ross Audubon Preserve: 16.1 mi
- Stockdale Recreation Area: 17.0 mi
- site of old UP Turntable and Roundhouse: 8.8 mi
- Locomotive 6072: 8.8 mi
- Site of old Union Pacific Engine Shops: 8.8 mi
- Lander Park Carousel: 23.2 mi
- Abilene Convention & Visitors Bureau: 23.2 mi
- Backstop Ridge: 6.2 mi
- Republican Point: 6.7 mi
- Sherman Heights: 7.1 mi
- Williston Point: 8.3 mi
- Pawnee Point: 8.8 mi
- Collins Lane Gardens: 17.3 mi
- Kansas State University Gardens: 17.4 mi
- Rose Garden: 17.8 mi
- Meadowlark Hills Community Garden: 18.1 mi
- Riley Lane Garden: 18.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Farnam Creek. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Table Mounds | WNW 299° | 456 m | 22.8 mi |
| Potato Hill | WNW 297° | 445 m | 23.4 mi |
| Tobyne Hill | WNW 302° | 431 m | 23.5 mi |
| Custer Hill | ESE 117° | 411 m | 5.6 mi |
| Four Way Divide | SE 125° | 410 m | 5.7 mi |
| Morris Hill | ESE 123° | 406 m | 7.0 mi |
| Twin Mounds | NW 309° | 406 m | 20.1 mi |
| Randolph Hill | ESE 110° | 404 m | 6.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:32 | 19:05 | 19:40 |
| June solstice | 06:02 | 20:18 | 20:58 |
| September equinox | 07:16 | 18:51 | 19:26 |
| December solstice | 07:44 | 16:27 | 17:09 |
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 | 33 | 44 | 54 | 64 | 74 | 79 | 77 | 69 | 57 | 43 | 33 |
| Precip in | 0.7 | 1.1 | 2.0 | 3.1 | 5.2 | 4.8 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 2.8 | 2.3 | 1.4 | 1.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Milford Lake, 5 mi away.
- Ring-necked Snake3 obs
- Ring-billed Gull2 obs
- Great Plains Skink2 obs
- winecup mallow2 obs
- Six-lined Racerunner2 obs
- Huron Skipper2 obs
- Great Blue Heron1 obs
- European Starling1 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/1072448457
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