Franklin Park
Franklin Park is a park in Kansas, at a modelled elevation of 292 m. Miller Hill stands 342 m to the southeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Meadowbrook Park, a park 0.8 miles away. Frontier Military Historic Byway passes 4.4 miles off. 10 named summits stand within 25 miles.
Family friendly park, good for birthday parties and intramural sports.
How to reach it
- 4.4 mi off the Frontier Military Historic Byway
- 9.6 mi off the Spirit of Kansas City
- 10.3 mi off the Cliff Drive
- 27.7 mi off the Glacial Hills Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Kaw Point · 10 mi
- Scarrit Point · 11 mi
- Bird Watching Blind · 12 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Meadowbrook Park: 0.8 mi
- Osage Park: 1.1 mi
- Harmon Park Swale: 1.2 mi
- Austin Harmon Park: 1.2 mi
- Santa Fe Trail Park: 1.3 mi
- Gateway: 0.8 mi
- Cobalt Colts Ambulance: 1.3 mi
- William Strang: 2.0 mi
- A Great Place to Land: 2.0 mi
- Wild Boar of Florence: 2.2 mi
- Candy Cane Lane: 1.2 mi
- Concorde Nose: 3.9 mi
- East Building: 4.3 mi
- Old Red Bridge Love Locks: 4.8 mi
- Elephants: 6.3 mi
- Johnson County Museum: 1.6 mi
- Overland Park Historical Society: 2.0 mi
- John Wornall House Museum: 4.0 mi
- Wonderscope Children Museum: 4.5 mi
- The National Museum of Toys and Miniatures: 5.1 mi
- Clock Tower: 2.0 mi
- Frank T. Riley Memorial: 3.3 mi
- Gateway to the Avenue of Trees Memorial: 3.5 mi
- Pearl Harbor Park: 3.5 mi
- Vietnam War Memorial: 3.6 mi
- Argentine Limestone Outcrop: 3.2 mi
- Hertha-Bethany Falls-Winterset Limestone Outcrop: 5.2 mi
- Argentine Limestone Outcrop: 5.8 mi
- Badger Ridge: 6.0 mi
- Westerville Limestone Outcrop: 6.0 mi
- Helen S. Cuddy Rose Garden: 3.7 mi
- Rose Garden: 4.9 mi
- Japanese Garden: 4.9 mi
- Rosedale Community Garden: 5.4 mi
- School Garden: 5.6 mi
- Heartland Overlook Preserve: 4.5 mi
- Saeger Woods Conservation Area: 7.0 mi
- Blue Valley Wilderness Science Center Wilderness Area: 9.7 mi
- Children's Memorial Butterfly Garden: 12.4 mi
- Green Hills of Platte Wildlife Preserve: 14.6 mi
- Overland Park: 7.3 mi
- Overland Park: 7.3 mi
- Bowler Hill: 14.3 mi
- Miller Hill: 17.1 mi
- Arsenal Hill: 20.1 mi
- Quindaro Townsite: 12.7 mi
- Powell: 17.8 mi
- West Union: 19.7 mi
- Delaware City: 21.1 mi
- Kimpton: 22.7 mi
- Turkey Creek Falls: 5.1 mi
- Cedar Lake Falls: 14.2 mi
- Line Creek Double Falls: 15.9 mi
- Angel Falls: 24.2 mi
- Watts Mill: 2.7 mi
- Family Picnic Area: 17.1 mi
- Swimming Beach: 16.2 mi
- Swim Beach: 18.4 mi
- Pioneer Spring: 14.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Franklin Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miller Hill | SE 140° | 342 m | 17.1 mi |
| Bowler Hill | ESE 114° | 330 m | 14.3 mi |
| Nebo Hill | NE 42° | 291 m | 22.5 mi |
| Monkey Mountain | E 84° | 289 m | 24.7 mi |
| Minter Hill | E 84° | 288 m | 22.2 mi |
| Sni-A-Bar Point | E 83° | 286 m | 24.8 mi |
| Arsenal Hill | NE 38° | 277 m | 20.1 mi |
| Observation Bluff | W 259° | 277 m | 22.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:23 | 18:56 | 19:31 |
| June solstice | 05:54 | 20:08 | 20:48 |
| September equinox | 07:07 | 18:42 | 19:17 |
| December solstice | 07:35 | 16:18 | 17:00 |
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, 9 mi away.
- American Robin31 obs
- Red-tailed Hawk28 obs
- Mourning Dove26 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel25 obs
- Asian Lady Beetle25 obs
- Western Honey Bee24 obs
- House Sparrow20 obs
- Barred Owl20 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/283205545
Day trips start here
- Overland Park · 2 mi
- Lenexa · 5 mi
- Kansas City · 9 mi
- Kansas City Area · 9 mi
- Kansas City · 10 mi
- Olathe · 11 mi
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