Forest Creek Park
Forest Creek Park is a park in Kansas, at a modelled elevation of 289 m. Miller Hill stands 342 m to the east-southeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Indian Creek Greenway, a park 0.3 miles away. Frontier Military Historic Byway passes 2.2 miles off. 6 named summits stand within 25 miles.
How to reach it
- 2.2 mi off the Frontier Military Historic Byway
- 15.9 mi off the Spirit of Kansas City
- 17.1 mi off the Cliff Drive
- 29.7 mi off the Glacial Hills Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Bird Watching Blind · 8 mi
- Kaw Point · 16 mi
- Scarrit Point · 18 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Indian Creek Greenway: 0.3 mi
- Heatherstone Park: 0.4 mi
- Westgate Park: 0.6 mi
- Westgate Park: 0.6 mi
- Eastbrooke Greenway: 0.8 mi
- Kansas City Automotive Museum: 1.7 mi
- Museum of Deaf History, Arts & Culture: 4.3 mi
- Wonderscope Children Museum: 4.7 mi
- Historic State Bank of Stanley Building: 4.7 mi
- Museum at Prairiefire: 4.8 mi
- Hybrid Circle: 2.2 mi
- Harvest Prayer Sculpture and Campus Mall: 3.0 mi
- Shim Sham Shimmy: 3.7 mi
- Spirit of Dick Molamphy: 3.9 mi
- I Beam Tuning Fork: 4.2 mi
- Deanna Rose Children's Farmstead: 2.4 mi
- M101: 4.7 mi
- Candy Cane Lane: 7.3 mi
- Old Red Bridge Love Locks: 9.1 mi
- East Building: 10.9 mi
- Austin's Park Memorial: 2.7 mi
- Miller’s Wood Sports Complex: 2.8 mi
- 9/11 Memorial: 2.9 mi
- Korean War Veterans Memorial: 3.3 mi
- Cannon: 4.7 mi
- Argentine Limestone Outcrop: 4.1 mi
- Argentine Limestone Outcrop: 6.8 mi
- Hertha-Bethany Falls-Winterset Limestone Outcrop: 11.6 mi
- Badger Ridge: 11.6 mi
- Argentine Limestone Outcrop: 12.2 mi
- K-State Garden Gallery: 3.4 mi
- Prairie Grasses and Wildflower Garden: 4.0 mi
- Pollinator Prarie: 4.0 mi
- Bird Garden: 4.0 mi
- Bee Garden: 4.0 mi
- Blue Valley Wilderness Science Center Wilderness Area: 7.2 mi
- Saeger Woods Conservation Area: 8.8 mi
- Heartland Overlook Preserve: 10.5 mi
- Children's Memorial Butterfly Garden: 17.4 mi
- Hillsdale Recreation Area: 17.7 mi
- Overland Park: 4.1 mi
- Overland Park: 4.1 mi
- Observation Bluff: 16.7 mi
- Miller Hill: 18.3 mi
- Bowler Hill: 18.5 mi
- Powell: 15.0 mi
- West Union: 17.8 mi
- Quindaro Townsite: 17.9 mi
- Delaware City: 23.4 mi
- Kimpton: 23.6 mi
- Swim Beach: 12.7 mi
- Windsurfer Beach: 18.3 mi
- Miola Beach: 22.4 mi
- Swimming Beach: 22.6 mi
- Cedar Lake Falls: 7.1 mi
- Turkey Creek Falls: 9.5 mi
- Line Creek Double Falls: 21.7 mi
- Watts Mill: 7.6 mi
- Family Picnic Area: 24.0 mi
- Pioneer Spring: 21.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Forest Creek Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miller Hill | ESE 117° | 342 m | 18.3 mi |
| Bowler Hill | E 93° | 330 m | 18.5 mi |
| Blue Mound | W 271° | 318 m | 23.9 mi |
| Observation Bluff | W 272° | 277 m | 16.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:23 | 18:56 | 19:31 |
| June solstice | 05:55 | 20:08 | 20:48 |
| September equinox | 07:07 | 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, 2 mi away.
- American Robin214 obs
- Swainson's Thrush167 obs
- Dark-eyed Junco94 obs
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird85 obs
- House Finch83 obs
- Common Yellowthroat76 obs
- Mourning Dove72 obs
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo51 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/107501599
Day trips start here
- Lenexa · 4 mi
- Olathe · 4 mi
- Overland Park · 7 mi
- Kansas City · 16 mi
- Kansas City Area · 16 mi
- Kansas City · 16 mi
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