James Place Park
James Place Park is a park in Kansas, at a recorded elevation of 260 m. Miller Hill stands 342 m to the southeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Pinehurst East Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Frontier Military Historic Byway passes 2.3 miles off. 8 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 260 m
How to reach it
- 2.3 mi off the Frontier Military Historic Byway
- 11.9 mi off the Spirit of Kansas City
- 12.8 mi off the Cliff Drive
- 28.8 mi off the Glacial Hills Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Bird Watching Blind · 10 mi
- Kaw Point · 12 mi
- Scarrit Point · 14 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Pinehurst East Park: 0.1 mi
- Pinehurst West Park: 0.3 mi
- Nall Park: 0.6 mi
- Brookridge Park: 0.8 mi
- Molamphy Park: 0.9 mi
- Pierced Sky: 0.2 mi
- Spirit of Dick Molamphy: 0.9 mi
- I Beam Tuning Fork: 1.0 mi
- Converge: 1.0 mi
- Cobalt Colts Ambulance: 1.2 mi
- Argentine Limestone Outcrop: 0.7 mi
- Hertha-Bethany Falls-Winterset Limestone Outcrop: 6.9 mi
- Badger Ridge: 8.0 mi
- Argentine Limestone Outcrop: 8.1 mi
- Westerville Limestone Outcrop: 8.3 mi
- Johnson County Museum: 2.0 mi
- Wonderscope Children Museum: 2.5 mi
- Overland Park Historical Society: 3.0 mi
- Museum at Prairiefire: 4.1 mi
- Kansas City Automotive Museum: 5.4 mi
- Korean War Veterans Memorial: 2.1 mi
- Ali Kemp Memorial: 2.7 mi
- 9/11 Memorial: 2.9 mi
- Clock Tower: 3.0 mi
- Austin's Park Memorial: 3.8 mi
- Candy Cane Lane: 3.1 mi
- Deanna Rose Children's Farmstead: 4.9 mi
- Old Red Bridge Love Locks: 5.1 mi
- Concorde Nose: 6.4 mi
- East Building: 6.7 mi
- Resident Gardens: 4.3 mi
- Helen S. Cuddy Rose Garden: 4.9 mi
- Sar-Ko-Par Trails Community Garden: 5.3 mi
- Herb Garden: 5.5 mi
- Shanna Morrison Memorial Rose Garden: 6.7 mi
- Heartland Overlook Preserve: 5.9 mi
- Saeger Woods Conservation Area: 6.3 mi
- Blue Valley Wilderness Science Center Wilderness Area: 7.8 mi
- Children's Memorial Butterfly Garden: 13.4 mi
- Green Hills of Platte Wildlife Preserve: 16.7 mi
- Overland Park: 5.0 mi
- Overland Park: 5.0 mi
- Bowler Hill: 15.0 mi
- Miller Hill: 16.6 mi
- Observation Bluff: 20.8 mi
- Quindaro Townsite: 14.7 mi
- Powell: 16.0 mi
- West Union: 18.2 mi
- Kimpton: 22.2 mi
- Delaware City: 22.2 mi
- Turkey Creek Falls: 6.5 mi
- Cedar Lake Falls: 11.9 mi
- Line Creek Double Falls: 18.1 mi
- Swim Beach: 16.7 mi
- Swimming Beach: 18.0 mi
- Windsurfer Beach: 22.7 mi
- Watts Mill: 3.2 mi
- Family Picnic Area: 19.3 mi
- Pioneer Spring: 17.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of James Place Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miller Hill | SE 132° | 342 m | 16.6 mi |
| Bowler Hill | ESE 104° | 330 m | 15.0 mi |
| Nebo Hill | NE 41° | 291 m | 24.9 mi |
| Minter Hill | E 80° | 288 m | 23.9 mi |
| Observation Bluff | W 264° | 277 m | 20.8 mi |
| Arsenal Hill | NE 38° | 277 m | 22.5 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 | 07:35 | 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 Squirrel53 obs
- American Robin43 obs
- Canada Goose32 obs
- Mallard31 obs
- Western Honey Bee25 obs
- Northern Cardinal23 obs
- Amur honeysuckle22 obs
- Red-tailed Hawk21 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/148742469
Day trips start here
- Overland Park · 3 mi
- Lenexa · 4 mi
- Olathe · 9 mi
- Kansas City · 12 mi
- Kansas City Area · 12 mi
- Kansas City · 12 mi
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