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Heatherstone Park

Heatherstone Park from directly overhead

Heatherstone Park is a park in Kansas, at a modelled elevation of 304 m. Miller Hill stands 342 m to the east-southeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Indian Creek Greenway, a park 0.3 miles away. Frontier Military Historic Byway passes 2.1 miles off. 6 named summits stand within 25 miles.

How to reach it

Coordinates38.90456, -94.74442

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Museums: 60
  • Kansas City Automotive Museum: 1.3 mi
  • Museum of Deaf History, Arts & Culture: 4.0 mi
  • Legler Barn Museum: 4.6 mi
  • Wonderscope Children Museum: 5.1 mi
  • Historic State Bank of Stanley Building: 5.1 mi
Artworks
  • Hybrid Circle: 2.3 mi
  • Harvest Prayer Sculpture and Campus Mall: 2.9 mi
  • Shim Sham Shimmy: 4.1 mi
  • Theb: 4.1 mi
  • Spirit of Dick Molamphy: 4.2 mi
Attractions
Historic sites
  • Austin's Park Memorial: 3.1 mi
  • Miller’s Wood Sports Complex: 3.2 mi
  • 9/11 Memorial: 3.3 mi
  • Korean War Veterans Memorial: 3.6 mi
  • Cannon: 4.5 mi
Gardens: 27
  • K-State Garden Gallery: 3.0 mi
  • Prairie Grasses and Wildflower Garden: 3.7 mi
  • Pollinator Prarie: 3.7 mi
  • Bird Garden: 3.7 mi
  • Bee Garden: 3.7 mi
Nature reserves: 12
Peaks: 6
  • Overland Park: 4.5 mi
  • Overland Park: 4.6 mi
  • Observation Bluff: 16.3 mi
  • Miller Hill: 18.7 mi
  • Bowler Hill: 18.9 mi
Ghost towns: 6
Beaches: 4
  • Swim Beach: 12.3 mi
  • Windsurfer Beach: 18.3 mi
  • Miola Beach: 22.5 mi
  • Swimming Beach: 22.9 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • Cedar Lake Falls: 6.9 mi
  • Turkey Creek Falls: 9.4 mi
  • Line Creek Double Falls: 21.7 mi
Picnic sites: 2
Springs: 1
  • Pioneer Spring: 22.1 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Miller HillESE 117°342 m18.7 mi
Bowler HillE 93°330 m18.9 mi
Blue MoundW 270°318 m23.5 mi
Observation BluffW 271°277 m16.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2318:5619:31
June solstice05:5520:0820:48
September equinox07:0718:4319:18
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, 2 mi away.

  • American Robin213 obs
  • Swainson's Thrush164 obs
  • Dark-eyed Junco97 obs
  • Ruby-throated Hummingbird85 obs
  • House Finch82 obs
  • Common Yellowthroat77 obs
  • Mourning Dove67 obs
  • Yellow-billed Cuckoo51 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/82986395

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