Hawthorne Valley Park
Hawthorne Valley Park is a park in Kansas, at a recorded elevation of 263 m. Miller Hill stands 342 m to the southeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Cloud Gate, a artwork 0.4 miles away. Frontier Military Historic Byway passes 1.9 miles off. 9 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 263 m
How to reach it
- 1.9 mi off the Frontier Military Historic Byway
- 14.2 mi off the Spirit of Kansas City
- 14.7 mi off the Cliff Drive
Overlooks nearby
- Bird Watching Blind · 8 mi
- Kaw Point · 15 mi
- Scarrit Point · 16 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Cloud Gate: 0.4 mi
- Leawood Fine Art Gallery: 0.7 mi
- Shim Sham Shimmy: 1.5 mi
- Prairie Fire: 1.6 mi
- Monarchs Cow Parade: 1.7 mi
- Tomahawk South Park: 0.5 mi
- Beth Torah Park: 0.8 mi
- Nottingham Downs Park: 1.0 mi
- Relaxation Courtyard: 1.1 mi
- The Backyard: 1.1 mi
- Ali Kemp Memorial: 0.7 mi
- Korean War Veterans Memorial: 1.9 mi
- 9/11 Memorial: 2.1 mi
- Austin's Park Memorial: 2.7 mi
- Statue of Saint Teresa: 2.8 mi
- Deanna Rose Children's Farmstead: 3.7 mi
- Old Red Bridge Love Locks: 4.1 mi
- Candy Cane Lane: 5.6 mi
- Concorde Nose: 8.3 mi
- East Building: 8.9 mi
- Wonderscope Children Museum: 0.4 mi
- Museum at Prairiefire: 1.6 mi
- Prairie Oak Nature Center: 3.3 mi
- Oxford School: 3.3 mi
- Historic State Bank of Stanley Building: 3.8 mi
- Resident Gardens: 2.2 mi
- Sar-Ko-Par Trails Community Garden: 7.5 mi
- Helen S. Cuddy Rose Garden: 7.7 mi
- Herb Garden: 7.7 mi
- K-State Garden Gallery: 8.3 mi
- Saeger Woods Conservation Area: 4.0 mi
- Blue Valley Wilderness Science Center Wilderness Area: 5.1 mi
- Heartland Overlook Preserve: 6.0 mi
- Children's Memorial Butterfly Garden: 12.3 mi
- Green Hills of Platte Wildlife Preserve: 19.2 mi
- Overland Park: 2.9 mi
- Overland Park: 2.9 mi
- Bowler Hill: 13.4 mi
- Miller Hill: 14.1 mi
- Observation Bluff: 21.8 mi
- Powell: 13.3 mi
- West Union: 15.5 mi
- Quindaro Townsite: 17.2 mi
- Kimpton: 19.6 mi
- Swim Beach: 17.7 mi
- Swimming Beach: 17.8 mi
- Windsurfer Beach: 21.4 mi
- Miola Beach: 24.5 mi
- Turkey Creek Falls: 9.2 mi
- Cedar Lake Falls: 11.7 mi
- Line Creek Double Falls: 20.5 mi
- Watts Mill: 3.3 mi
- Family Picnic Area: 19.8 mi
- Pioneer Spring: 18.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Hawthorne Valley Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miller Hill | SE 127° | 342 m | 14.1 mi |
| Bowler Hill | E 95° | 330 m | 13.4 mi |
| Brookhart Hill | SE 141° | 309 m | 24.8 mi |
| Snowball Hill | SE 142° | 295 m | 24.6 mi |
| Minter Hill | ENE 73° | 288 m | 23.4 mi |
| Observation Bluff | W 271° | 277 m | 21.8 mi |
| Arsenal Hill | NNE 32° | 277 m | 24.0 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 | 07:34 | 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, 6 mi away.
- Eastern Gray Squirrel26 obs
- Canada Goose21 obs
- Amur honeysuckle17 obs
- Great Blue Heron15 obs
- North American Wheel Bug13 obs
- Mallard12 obs
- Monarch12 obs
- Red-tailed Hawk10 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/1172867640
Day trips start here
- Lenexa · 6 mi
- Overland Park · 6 mi
- Olathe · 9 mi
- Kansas City · 14 mi
- Kansas City Area · 14 mi
- Kansas City · 14 mi
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