Massacre Memorial State Park
Massacre Memorial State Park is a park in Kansas, at a recorded elevation of 291 m. Guthrie Mountain stands 309 m to the southwest, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Spy Mound, a peak 1.0 miles away. Frontier Military Historic Byway passes 2.7 miles off. 100 named places lie within 25 miles, 22 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 291 m
How to reach it
- 2.7 mi off the Frontier Military Historic Byway
- 88.7 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
100 named places within 25 miles
- Linn County Park: 6.4 mi
- Linn Valley Lakes Community Recreation: 7.6 mi
- Linn Valley Veterans Memorial Park: 7.6 mi
- Hurley Field: 8.6 mi
- LaCygne Community Park: 8.9 mi
- Spy Mound: 1.0 mi
- Graves Mound: 4.7 mi
- Summers Mound: 4.8 mi
- Walley Mound: 6.9 mi
- Graveyard Mound: 7.9 mi
- Linn Valley Lakes Veterans Memorial: 7.6 mi
- World War 2 Memorial: 9.0 mi
- Fort Africa (Toothman Farm): 10.2 mi
- World War Veterans Monument: 15.7 mi
- Bates County Veterans Tribute: 15.7 mi
- La Cygne Wildlife Area: 8.0 mi
- Miami State Fishing Lake: 13.5 mi
- Louisburg Middle Creek State Fishing Lake: 16.0 mi
- Old Town State Access Area: 16.9 mi
- Harmony Mission Lake Conservation Area: 17.1 mi
- Linn County Museum: 9.0 mi
- Bates County Museum: 14.6 mi
- Frontier Village Museum: 17.1 mi
- Osawatomie Museum Foundation: 23.4 mi
- Miami County Kansas Historical Society & Museum: 24.5 mi
- Linn Valley Lakes Swimming Beach: 8.9 mi
- Miola Beach: 24.6 mi
- Rest Area Rte 69 & 52: 3.2 mi
- John Brown: 23.7 mi
- Paola Community Garden: 24.6 mi
- Louisburg Cider Mill: 24.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Massacre Memorial State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Guthrie Mountain | SW 216° | 309 m | 24.8 mi |
| Long Mound | ENE 79° | 300 m | 19.2 mi |
| Christiansen Mound | NNE 25° | 299 m | 18.7 mi |
| Herrell Hill | NNE 27° | 299 m | 20.1 mi |
| Spy Mound | ESE 119° | 296 m | 1.0 mi |
| Osburn Mound | NNE 26° | 295 m | 18.4 mi |
| Round Mound | E 80° | 295 m | 20.2 mi |
| Masters Hill | NNE 31° | 294 m | 19.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:23 | 18:56 | 19:31 |
| June solstice | 05:56 | 20:06 | 20:46 |
| September equinox | 07:07 | 18:42 | 19:17 |
| December solstice | 07:32 | 16:21 | 17:02 |
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 | 30 | 35 | 45 | 55 | 65 | 75 | 79 | 77 | 69 | 58 | 45 | 35 |
| Precip in | 1.6 | 1.9 | 2.8 | 4.5 | 6.3 | 5.6 | 4.4 | 3.7 | 4.3 | 3.5 | 2.9 | 2.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Butler 4W, 12 mi away.
- Monarch5 obs
- Red-headed Woodpecker4 obs
- eastern poison ivy4 obs
- eastern redbud2 obs
- chicory2 obs
- great mullein2 obs
- black raspberry2 obs
- bristly greenbrier2 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.
National Register of Historic Places, reference 71000317OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358631658
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