Jacob L. Loose Memorial Park
Jacob L. Loose Memorial Park is a park in Missouri, at a modelled elevation of 282 m. Miller Hill stands 342 m to the south-southeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Japanese Garden, a garden 0.1 miles away. Spirit of Kansas City passes 5.2 miles off. 10 named summits stand within 25 miles.
How to reach it
- 5.2 mi off the Spirit of Kansas City
- 5.5 mi off the Cliff Drive
- 9.0 mi off the Frontier Military Historic Byway
- 25.7 mi off the Glacial Hills Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Kaw Point · 6 mi
- Scarrit Point · 6 mi
- Bird Watching Blind · 17 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Adam: 0.1 mi
- Eve: 0.1 mi
- Jacob L. Loose Monument: 0.1 mi
- The Wagon Master: 0.5 mi
- Lo Spinario Statue: 0.6 mi
- The French and the Osage: 0.1 mi
- First Home of the Kansas City Country Club: 0.1 mi
- Battle of Westport Monument: 0.2 mi
- McGhee's Charge: 0.2 mi
- Union Artillery: 0.2 mi
- Countryside Park: 0.6 mi
- Cancer Survivors Park: 0.7 mi
- Brookside Park: 0.7 mi
- Brookside Triangle Park: 0.8 mi
- Linda Hall Library Arboretum: 0.8 mi
- The National Museum of Toys and Miniatures: 0.7 mi
- John Wornall House Museum: 1.1 mi
- Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art: 1.1 mi
- Greenlease Gallery: 1.2 mi
- Harris-Kearney House: 1.6 mi
- Concorde Nose: 0.9 mi
- East Building: 1.6 mi
- Pedestal Mounted Traffic Light: 2.9 mi
- Hallmark Visitors Center: 3.5 mi
- Trumpeter Swans: 3.9 mi
- Argentine Limestone Outcrop: 2.1 mi
- Westerville Limestone Outcrop: 2.4 mi
- Badger Ridge: 3.6 mi
- Wea Shale Outcrop?: 5.0 mi
- Hertha-Bethany Falls-Winterset Limestone Outcrop: 5.1 mi
- Japanese Garden: 0.1 mi
- Rose Garden: 0.1 mi
- Rosedale Community Garden: 1.3 mi
- School Garden: 1.6 mi
- Manheim Gardens: 1.8 mi
- Heartland Overlook Preserve: 5.5 mi
- Saeger Woods Conservation Area: 10.4 mi
- Green Hills of Platte Wildlife Preserve: 10.7 mi
- Northwood Park: 11.6 mi
- Children's Memorial Butterfly Garden: 12.1 mi
- Overland Park: 12.0 mi
- Overland Park: 12.0 mi
- Bowler Hill: 14.7 mi
- Arsenal Hill: 15.3 mi
- Nebo Hill: 17.8 mi
- Quindaro Townsite: 9.1 mi
- Delaware City: 19.3 mi
- Powell: 21.8 mi
- West Union: 23.4 mi
- Kimpton: 24.9 mi
- Turkey Creek Falls: 5.0 mi
- Line Creek Double Falls: 11.7 mi
- Cedar Lake Falls: 18.7 mi
- Angel Falls: 22.8 mi
- Watts Mill: 6.3 mi
- Family Picnic Area: 13.3 mi
- Swimming Beach: 13.8 mi
- Swim Beach: 21.9 mi
- Pioneer Spring: 10.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Jacob L. Loose Memorial Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miller Hill | SSE 154° | 342 m | 19.3 mi |
| Bowler Hill | SE 133° | 330 m | 14.7 mi |
| Rattlesnake Hill | ESE 104° | 306 m | 24.4 mi |
| Nebo Hill | NE 46° | 291 m | 17.8 mi |
| Monkey Mountain | E 95° | 289 m | 22.2 mi |
| Minter Hill | E 96° | 288 m | 19.8 mi |
| Sni-A-Bar Point | E 94° | 286 m | 22.3 mi |
| Arsenal Hill | NE 41° | 277 m | 15.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:23 | 18:55 | 19:31 |
| June solstice | 05:54 | 20:08 | 20:48 |
| September equinox | 07:07 | 18:42 | 19:17 |
| December solstice | 07:35 | 16:18 | 17:00 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Jun, Aug–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 31 | 36 | 46 | 57 | 67 | 77 | 81 | 79 | 71 | 58 | 45 | 35 |
| Precip in | 1.0 | 1.5 | 2.1 | 3.9 | 5.1 | 5.3 | 4.4 | 4.7 | 3.8 | 3.2 | 1.8 | 1.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Kansas City Dwtn AP, 7 mi away.
- American Robin136 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel122 obs
- Monarch111 obs
- Mallard101 obs
- Eastern Cottontail89 obs
- Western Honey Bee87 obs
- Mourning Dove76 obs
- Pond Slider76 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/159933836
Day trips start here
- Kansas City · 5 mi
- Kansas City Area · 5 mi
- Overland Park · 5 mi
- Kansas City · 6 mi
- Lenexa · 9 mi
- Independence · 10 mi
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