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Miller Memorial Park

Miller Memorial Park from directly overhead

Miller Memorial Park is a park in Kansas, at a modelled elevation of 241 m. Pilot Knob stands 336 m to the north, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Gathering Place Park, a park 0.6 miles away. Frontier Military Historic Byway passes 9.7 miles off. 10 named summits stand within 25 miles.

How to reach it

Coordinates38.97950, -94.96144

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Gathering Place Park: 0.6 mi
  • Riverfest Park: 0.7 mi
  • Lexington & Commerce Park: 1.2 mi
  • Lexington Lake Park: 2.5 mi
  • Sunflower Nature Park: 3.9 mi
Museums
Artworks
  • Theb: 9.7 mi
  • Sprout: 10.2 mi
  • Dragon Statue: 10.4 mi
  • "The Serpent": 10.9 mi
  • Rolling Magic: 11.3 mi
Historic sites
Attractions
Gardens: 31
  • Green Tech Garden: 8.7 mi
  • K-State Garden Gallery: 9.9 mi
  • Herb Garden: 10.9 mi
  • Prairie Grasses and Wildflower Garden: 10.9 mi
  • Pollinator Prarie: 10.9 mi
Peaks: 10
Waterfalls: 5
  • Cedar Lake Falls: 10.9 mi
  • Turkey Creek Falls: 15.1 mi
  • Angel Falls: 18.7 mi
  • Wakarusa River Falls: 19.7 mi
  • Line Creek Double Falls: 24.2 mi
Ghost towns: 5
Beaches: 3
  • Swim Beach: 4.6 mi
  • Windsurfer Beach: 21.7 mi
  • Bloomington Beach: 22.4 mi
Picnic sites: 3
  • Watts Mill: 19.3 mi
  • Overlook Park Shelter 1: 20.5 mi
  • Overlook Park Shelter 2: 20.6 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Miller Memorial Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Pilot KnobN 3°336 m22.0 mi
Blue MoundWSW 246°318 m12.9 mi
Fowler HillSSW 212°318 m22.5 mi
Nolan HillWNW 296°317 m20.4 mi
Mount OreadW 266°316 m15.6 mi
Shank HillWSW 249°304 m17.3 mi
Sanders MoundW 261°288 m20.6 mi
Observation BluffSW 223°277 m6.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2418:5719:32
June solstice05:5520:1020:50
September equinox07:0818:4319:19
December solstice07:3616:1917:02

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283343536373777667554332
Precip in1.21.62.54.05.25.54.54.54.33.42.21.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bonner Springs, 7 mi away.

  • Ornate Box Turtle11 obs
  • Pink Heelsplitter9 obs
  • North American Wheel Bug7 obs
  • Fragile Papershell7 obs
  • Wild Turkey5 obs
  • great mullein5 obs
  • Hackberry Emperor5 obs
  • Blanchard's Cricket Frog5 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/482053216

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