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Griffith Ball Park

Griffith Ball Park from directly overhead

Griffith Ball Park is a park in Kansas, at a modelled elevation of 311 m. Custer Hill stands 411 m to the west-southwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Sojourner Truth Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Native Stone Scenic Byway passes 17 miles off. 27 named summits stand within 25 miles.

How to reach it

Coordinates39.17372, -96.57488

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Sojourner Truth Park: 0.1 mi
  • Douglas Park: 0.2 mi
  • Longs Park: 0.4 mi
  • Colorado Park: 0.5 mi
  • City Park: 0.6 mi
Historic sites: 31
  • Riley County Veterans Memorial: 0.8 mi
  • Amanda Arnold Arch: 0.8 mi
  • Vietnam War Memorial: 1.0 mi
  • World War II Memorial: 1.0 mi
  • K-State Sesquicentennial Monument: 1.1 mi
Peaks: 27
  • Rocky Hill: 0.6 mi
  • Longview Hill: 0.9 mi
  • Sunset Hill: 1.1 mi
  • Prospect Hill: 1.2 mi
  • Stagg Hill: 2.3 mi
Museums: 16
  • Wonder Workshop Children's Museum: 0.7 mi
  • Museum of Art and Light: 0.8 mi
  • Flint Hills Discovery Center: 0.8 mi
  • Wolf House Museum: 0.8 mi
  • Union Pacific Train Depot: 0.9 mi
Artworks: 10
  • Johnny Kaw Statue: 0.4 mi
  • Anotacoes: 0.8 mi
  • Martin Luther King Jr. Bust: 1.1 mi
  • Bosco Clock Tower: 1.1 mi
  • S: 1.2 mi
Gardens: 6
Cliffs: 6
Attractions: 6
Ghost towns: 2

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Custer HillWSW 252°411 m13.4 mi
Four Way DivideWSW 250°410 m13.9 mi
Morris HillWSW 246°406 m13.0 mi
Randolph HillWSW 253°404 m12.4 mi
Caisson HillWSW 245°402 m12.5 mi
Harvey HillWSW 248°401 m14.5 mi
Carpenter HillWSW 251°400 m11.7 mi
Mount EphraimNNE 32°400 m17.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3119:0319:38
June solstice06:0120:1620:57
September equinox07:1518:5019:25
December solstice07:4316:2517:07

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F293444546575807869574333
Precip in0.61.12.23.45.25.54.64.43.42.51.61.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Manhattan, 2 mi away.

  • Eastern Fox Squirrel131 obs
  • Eastern Cottontail76 obs
  • Asian Lady Beetle73 obs
  • American Robin69 obs
  • Monarch67 obs
  • Western Honey Bee65 obs
  • Amur honeysuckle52 obs
  • North American Wheel Bug51 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/55208801

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