Linwood Park
Linwood Park is a park in Kansas, at a recorded elevation of 289 m. Miller Hill stands 342 m to the southeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Empire Estates Park, a park 0.5 miles away. Frontier Military Historic Byway passes 4.1 miles off. 10 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 289 m
How to reach it
- 4.1 mi off the Frontier Military Historic Byway
- 11.1 mi off the Spirit of Kansas City
- 11.7 mi off the Cliff Drive
- 29.2 mi off the Glacial Hills Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Bird Watching Blind · 11 mi
- Kaw Point · 12 mi
- Scarrit Point · 13 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Empire Estates Park: 0.5 mi
- Roe Park: 0.8 mi
- Foxhill North Park: 0.8 mi
- Garden Labyrinth: 0.9 mi
- Nall Hills Park: 1.1 mi
- Soaring: 0.8 mi
- Cobalt Colts Ambulance: 1.2 mi
- Gateway: 1.3 mi
- Monarchs Cow Parade: 1.5 mi
- Converge: 1.9 mi
- Argentine Limestone Outcrop: 2.4 mi
- Hertha-Bethany Falls-Winterset Limestone Outcrop: 5.1 mi
- Argentine Limestone Outcrop: 7.4 mi
- Westerville Limestone Outcrop: 7.6 mi
- Badger Ridge: 7.6 mi
- Johnson County Museum: 2.5 mi
- Wonderscope Children Museum: 3.0 mi
- Overland Park Historical Society: 3.3 mi
- Museum at Prairiefire: 4.7 mi
- John Wornall House Museum: 5.2 mi
- Ali Kemp Memorial: 2.6 mi
- Statue of Saint Teresa: 3.2 mi
- Clock Tower: 3.3 mi
- Korean War Veterans Memorial: 3.5 mi
- Frank T. Riley Memorial: 3.9 mi
- Candy Cane Lane: 2.8 mi
- Old Red Bridge Love Locks: 3.6 mi
- Concorde Nose: 5.2 mi
- East Building: 5.9 mi
- Deanna Rose Children's Farmstead: 6.2 mi
- Resident Gardens: 5.2 mi
- Helen S. Cuddy Rose Garden: 5.2 mi
- Japanese Garden: 6.2 mi
- Rose Garden: 6.2 mi
- Sar-Ko-Par Trails Community Garden: 6.8 mi
- Heartland Overlook Preserve: 4.1 mi
- Saeger Woods Conservation Area: 5.4 mi
- Blue Valley Wilderness Science Center Wilderness Area: 8.1 mi
- Children's Memorial Butterfly Garden: 11.7 mi
- Green Hills of Platte Wildlife Preserve: 16.2 mi
- Overland Park: 5.9 mi
- Overland Park: 5.9 mi
- Bowler Hill: 13.4 mi
- Miller Hill: 15.7 mi
- Arsenal Hill: 21.1 mi
- Quindaro Townsite: 14.3 mi
- Powell: 16.2 mi
- West Union: 18.1 mi
- Kimpton: 21.3 mi
- Delaware City: 22.7 mi
- Turkey Creek Falls: 6.6 mi
- Cedar Lake Falls: 13.6 mi
- Line Creek Double Falls: 17.5 mi
- Swimming Beach: 16.2 mi
- Swim Beach: 18.5 mi
- Windsurfer Beach: 24.1 mi
- Watts Mill: 1.5 mi
- Family Picnic Area: 17.5 mi
- Pioneer Spring: 15.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Linwood Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miller Hill | SE 137° | 342 m | 15.7 mi |
| Bowler Hill | ESE 108° | 330 m | 13.4 mi |
| Nebo Hill | NE 39° | 291 m | 23.4 mi |
| Monkey Mountain | E 80° | 289 m | 24.5 mi |
| Minter Hill | E 80° | 288 m | 22.1 mi |
| Sni-A-Bar Point | E 80° | 286 m | 24.6 mi |
| Arsenal Hill | NE 35° | 277 m | 21.1 mi |
| Observation Bluff | W 263° | 277 m | 22.6 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 | 07:34 | 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, 8 mi away.
- Eastern Gray Squirrel58 obs
- American Robin40 obs
- Northern Cardinal28 obs
- Amur honeysuckle24 obs
- Great Blue Heron21 obs
- Red-tailed Hawk21 obs
- Canada Goose20 obs
- ground-ivy20 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 node/358644555
Day trips start here
- Overland Park · 3 mi
- Lenexa · 5 mi
- Olathe · 10 mi
- Kansas City · 11 mi
- Kansas City Area · 11 mi
- Kansas City · 11 mi
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