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Frisco Lake Park

Frisco Lake Park from directly overhead

Frisco Lake Park is a park in Kansas, at a modelled elevation of 320 m. Miller Hill stands 342 m to the east-southeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Monarch Garden, a garden 0.3 miles away. Frontier Military Historic Byway passes 5.2 miles off. 9 named summits stand within 25 miles.

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Coordinates38.87320, -94.80546

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
  • Cannon: 0.5 mi
  • Miller’s Wood Sports Complex: 6.0 mi
  • Austin's Park Memorial: 6.3 mi
  • 9/11 Memorial: 6.9 mi
  • Korean War Veterans Memorial: 7.4 mi
Attractions
Parks
Artworks
  • Sprout: 0.9 mi
  • Harvest Prayer Sculpture and Campus Mall: 1.3 mi
  • Theb: 1.6 mi
  • Trails West: 3.7 mi
  • Hybrid Circle: 6.3 mi
Museums: 59
  • Museum of Deaf History, Arts & Culture: 0.7 mi
  • Kansas City Automotive Museum: 3.9 mi
  • Ensor Park and Museum: 5.3 mi
  • Legler Barn Museum: 7.2 mi
  • Historic State Bank of Stanley Building: 7.2 mi
Cliffs: 56
Gardens: 29
  • Monarch Garden: 0.3 mi
  • Butterfly Garden: 0.3 mi
  • Bee Garden: 0.4 mi
  • Bird Garden: 0.4 mi
  • Pollinator Prarie: 0.4 mi
Nature reserves: 15
Peaks: 9
  • Overland Park: 7.1 mi
  • Overland Park: 7.1 mi
  • Observation Bluff: 13.3 mi
  • Blue Mound: 20.4 mi
  • Miller Hill: 20.9 mi
Ghost towns: 6
Waterfalls: 3
  • Cedar Lake Falls: 2.9 mi
  • Turkey Creek Falls: 12.7 mi
  • Line Creek Double Falls: 24.9 mi
Beaches: 3
  • Swim Beach: 9.4 mi
  • Windsurfer Beach: 15.0 mi
  • Miola Beach: 19.8 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Watts Mill: 11.8 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Miller HillESE 108°342 m20.9 mi
Bowler HillE 87°330 m22.1 mi
Blue MoundW 276°318 m20.4 mi
Fowler HillWSW 240°318 m23.5 mi
Mount OreadWNW 284°316 m24.7 mi
Shank HillW 273°304 m24.6 mi
Observation BluffW 280°277 m13.3 mi
Conditions

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.

Wildlife nearby
  • Monarch28 obs
  • Western Honey Bee23 obs
  • Goldenrod Soldier Beetle23 obs
  • American Robin21 obs
  • Amur honeysuckle21 obs
  • Red-tailed Hawk19 obs
  • Differential Grasshopper19 obs
  • Central Stoneroller19 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/41012641

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