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Gage Park

Gage Park from directly overhead

Gage Park is a park in Kansas, at a modelled elevation of 294 m. Buffalo Mound stands 387 m to the west, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Reinish Rose Garden, a garden 0.1 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 151 miles off. 10 named summits stand within 25 miles.

How to reach it

Coordinates39.05478, -95.72932

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Discovery Center Pagoda: 0.3 mi
  • Hughes Park: 0.4 mi
  • Danbury Park: 0.7 mi
  • Washburn Park: 0.9 mi
  • Ward Parkway Park: 1.0 mi
Artworks: 19
  • Topeka Land of Dreams: 1.5 mi
  • Ichabod Statue: 1.8 mi
  • Small Colorful Nature: 1.9 mi
  • City of Gardens: 2.5 mi
  • WREN Radio Station Bird Statue: 2.6 mi
Peaks: 10
  • Burnett Mound: 3.1 mi
  • Hickory Knob: 6.2 mi
  • Peanaz Hill: 14.1 mi
  • Stenger Hill: 15.5 mi
  • Coon Point: 16.7 mi
Gardens: 9
  • Reinish Rose Garden: 0.1 mi
  • Doran Rock Garden: 0.2 mi
  • Doris Firestone Joss Garden: 1.9 mi
  • Harvey Garden: 2.1 mi
  • Meditation Garden: 2.4 mi
Attractions: 9
Historic sites: 7
  • Munn Memorial: 0.2 mi
  • All War Memorial: 0.3 mi
  • Trail: 2.5 mi
  • Kansas Veterans' Memorial: 2.8 mi
  • Walnut Grove Methodist Episcopal Church: 2.8 mi
Ghost towns: 4
Picnic sites: 3
  • Snyders Cabin: 0.2 mi
  • Overlook Park Shelter 2: 22.3 mi
  • Overlook Park Shelter 1: 22.4 mi
Cliffs: 1
  • Echo Cliff: 14.5 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Paxico Rest Area: 21.1 mi
Beaches: 1
  • Bloomington Beach: 22.0 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Wakarusa River Falls: 23.5 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Buffalo MoundW 272°387 m18.5 mi
Stenger HillS 185°371 m15.5 mi
Burnett MoundS 187°344 m3.1 mi
Coon PointESE 102°338 m16.7 mi
Tabor HillWNW 282°329 m19.2 mi
Nolan HillE 81°317 m23.2 mi
Twin MoundsSE 136°316 m18.6 mi
Peanaz HillWNW 301°315 m14.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2719:0019:35
June solstice05:5820:1320:53
September equinox07:1118:4619:22
December solstice07:3916:2217:04

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F293444556575787769574433
Precip in0.91.32.23.95.35.04.24.43.52.92.01.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Topeka - NWS, 5 mi away.

  • Italian Wall Lizard59 obs
  • Black Swallowtail49 obs
  • Monarch41 obs
  • Amur honeysuckle30 obs
  • Wood Duck26 obs
  • common pawpaw25 obs
  • Mourning Dove24 obs
  • Woodhouse's Toad24 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/429698205

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