Kensington Park
Kensington Park is a park in Kansas, at a modelled elevation of 318 m. Miller Hill stands 342 m to the east-southeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is 9/11 Memorial, a historic site 0.6 miles away. Frontier Military Historic Byway passes 0.3 miles off. 5 named summits stand within 25 miles.
How to reach it
- 0.3 mi off the Frontier Military Historic Byway
- 14.9 mi off the Spirit of Kansas City
- 15.8 mi off the Cliff Drive
Overlooks nearby
- Bird Watching Blind · 7 mi
- Kaw Point · 15 mi
- Scarrit Point · 17 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- 9/11 Memorial: 0.6 mi
- Austin's Park Memorial: 1.0 mi
- Korean War Veterans Memorial: 1.1 mi
- Miller’s Wood Sports Complex: 1.7 mi
- Ali Kemp Memorial: 3.4 mi
- Windham Creek Park: 0.8 mi
- Windham Hill Park: 1.0 mi
- Shannon Valley Park: 1.4 mi
- Cobblestone Park: 1.5 mi
- Miller Woods Recreation Complex: 1.5 mi
- Shim Sham Shimmy: 1.5 mi
- Hybrid Circle: 1.7 mi
- Spirit of Dick Molamphy: 2.1 mi
- I Beam Tuning Fork: 2.3 mi
- Cloud Gate: 2.5 mi
- Deanna Rose Children's Farmstead: 1.8 mi
- Candy Cane Lane: 6.0 mi
- Old Red Bridge Love Locks: 6.8 mi
- M101: 6.9 mi
- Concorde Nose: 9.5 mi
- Argentine Limestone Outcrop: 2.4 mi
- Argentine Limestone Outcrop: 8.2 mi
- Hertha-Bethany Falls-Winterset Limestone Outcrop: 9.5 mi
- Badger Ridge: 10.8 mi
- Argentine Limestone Outcrop: 11.1 mi
- Wonderscope Children Museum: 2.4 mi
- Museum at Prairiefire: 2.7 mi
- Historic State Bank of Stanley Building: 3.6 mi
- Kansas City Automotive Museum: 3.7 mi
- Johnson County Museum: 4.8 mi
- Resident Gardens: 2.2 mi
- K-State Garden Gallery: 5.6 mi
- Sar-Ko-Par Trails Community Garden: 5.6 mi
- Herb Garden: 5.8 mi
- Prairie Grasses and Wildflower Garden: 6.2 mi
- Blue Valley Wilderness Science Center Wilderness Area: 5.9 mi
- Saeger Woods Conservation Area: 6.6 mi
- Heartland Overlook Preserve: 8.3 mi
- Children's Memorial Butterfly Garden: 15.1 mi
- Hillsdale Recreation Area: 19.3 mi
- Overland Park: 2.7 mi
- Overland Park: 2.7 mi
- Bowler Hill: 16.2 mi
- Miller Hill: 16.3 mi
- Observation Bluff: 19.0 mi
- Powell: 14.1 mi
- West Union: 16.6 mi
- Quindaro Townsite: 17.4 mi
- Kimpton: 21.7 mi
- Delaware City: 24.0 mi
- Swim Beach: 15.0 mi
- Windsurfer Beach: 19.6 mi
- Swimming Beach: 20.4 mi
- Miola Beach: 23.3 mi
- Turkey Creek Falls: 9.0 mi
- Cedar Lake Falls: 9.2 mi
- Line Creek Double Falls: 21.0 mi
- Watts Mill: 5.5 mi
- Family Picnic Area: 22.1 mi
- Pioneer Spring: 20.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Kensington Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miller Hill | ESE 121° | 342 m | 16.3 mi |
| Bowler Hill | E 94° | 330 m | 16.2 mi |
| Observation Bluff | W 271° | 277 m | 19.0 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 | 19:18 |
| December solstice | 07:35 | 16:19 | 17:01 |
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, 4 mi away.
- North American Wheel Bug18 obs
- common pawpaw18 obs
- Japanese Beetle18 obs
- Amur honeysuckle17 obs
- Great Blue Heron16 obs
- Mallard15 obs
- American Robin15 obs
- Common Snapping Turtle14 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/210532384
Day trips start here
- Lenexa · 4 mi
- Olathe · 6 mi
- Overland Park · 6 mi
- Kansas City · 15 mi
- Kansas City Area · 15 mi
- Kansas City · 15 mi
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