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Heritage Park

Heritage Park from directly overhead

Heritage Park is a park in Kansas, at a modelled elevation of 305 m. Miller Hill stands 342 m to the east, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Heritage Park Golf Course, a park 0.4 miles away. Frontier Military Historic Byway passes 4.3 miles off. 8 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Johnson County Park and Recreation District
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates38.82398, -94.75673

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Heritage Park Golf Course: 0.4 mi
  • Stonebridge Trails HOA Park: 1.1 mi
  • Woodland Creek Pool: 1.3 mi
  • Stonebridge Village Park: 1.5 mi
  • Arbor Landing Park: 1.7 mi
Artworks
  • Harvest Prayer Sculpture and Campus Mall: 3.7 mi
  • Copper Hopper Chopper by David Seitzinger: 3.8 mi
  • Jazz I by Tom Corbin: 3.9 mi
  • Jazz II by Tom Corbin: 3.9 mi
  • Little scoundrel: 3.9 mi
Historic sites
  • Cannon: 4.4 mi
  • Miller’s Wood Sports Complex: 5.1 mi
  • Austin's Park Memorial: 5.8 mi
  • Veterans Memorial Plaza: 6.4 mi
  • Quantrill's Raids and the Military Road 1862: 6.5 mi
Attractions
Cliffs: 56
Museums: 53
  • Ensor Park and Museum: 3.2 mi
  • Historic State Bank of Stanley Building: 5.0 mi
  • Museum of Deaf History, Arts & Culture: 5.0 mi
  • Kansas City Automotive Museum: 6.5 mi
  • Museum at Prairiefire: 6.9 mi
Gardens: 26
  • Monarch Garden: 4.6 mi
  • Butterfly Garden: 4.6 mi
  • Bee Garden: 4.6 mi
  • Bird Garden: 4.6 mi
  • Pollinator Prarie: 4.6 mi
Nature reserves: 10
Peaks: 8
  • Overland Park: 5.5 mi
  • Overland Park: 5.5 mi
  • Observation Bluff: 16.7 mi
  • Miller Hill: 17.6 mi
  • Bowler Hill: 20.0 mi
Ghost towns: 6
Beaches: 3
  • Swim Beach: 13.2 mi
  • Windsurfer Beach: 13.2 mi
  • Miola Beach: 17.0 mi
Waterfalls: 2
  • Cedar Lake Falls: 5.2 mi
  • Turkey Creek Falls: 14.9 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Watts Mill: 11.5 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Miller HillE 100°342 m17.6 mi
Bowler HillENE 77°330 m20.0 mi
Blue MoundWNW 284°318 m23.6 mi
Fowler HillWSW 250°318 m24.5 mi
Bieger MoundSE 143°289 m24.5 mi
Observation BluffWNW 290°277 m16.7 mi
Conditions

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 °F303545556574787768574434
Precip in1.11.42.33.95.45.24.24.43.53.02.01.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Olathe Johnson CO Executive AP, 2 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • American Robin253 obs
  • House Finch231 obs
  • Northern Cardinal225 obs
  • Mourning Dove155 obs
  • Common Grackle122 obs
  • House Sparrow112 obs
  • Blue Jay80 obs
  • Dark-eyed Junco61 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/52314171

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