Miller Woods Recreation Complex
Miller Woods Recreation Complex is a park in Kansas, at a recorded elevation of 291 m. Miller Hill stands 342 m to the east-southeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Miller’s Wood Sports Complex, a historic site 0.2 miles away. Frontier Military Historic Byway passes 0.9 miles off. 5 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 291 m
How to reach it
- 0.9 mi off the Frontier Military Historic Byway
- 16.3 mi off the Spirit of Kansas City
- 17.1 mi off the Cliff Drive
Overlooks nearby
- Bird Watching Blind · 6 mi
- Kaw Point · 17 mi
- Scarrit Point · 18 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Miller’s Wood Sports Complex: 0.2 mi
- Austin's Park Memorial: 0.6 mi
- 9/11 Memorial: 1.5 mi
- Korean War Veterans Memorial: 2.3 mi
- Ali Kemp Memorial: 3.8 mi
- Nottingham South Park: 0.6 mi
- Windham Creek Park: 0.7 mi
- Nottingham Forest Park: 0.8 mi
- Windham Hill Park: 1.0 mi
- Wellington Park: 1.1 mi
- Deanna Rose Children's Farmstead: 0.6 mi
- M101: 6.6 mi
- Old Red Bridge Love Locks: 7.2 mi
- Candy Cane Lane: 7.4 mi
- Concorde Nose: 10.7 mi
- Historic State Bank of Stanley Building: 2.1 mi
- Museum at Prairiefire: 2.2 mi
- Wonderscope Children Museum: 2.9 mi
- Prairie Oak Nature Center: 4.0 mi
- Oxford School: 4.0 mi
- Prairie Fire: 2.3 mi
- Shim Sham Shimmy: 2.5 mi
- Cloud Gate: 2.8 mi
- Grazing Giraffes: 3.0 mi
- Elephant Taking A Bath: 3.0 mi
- Argentine Limestone Outcrop: 3.7 mi
- Argentine Limestone Outcrop: 9.3 mi
- Hertha-Bethany Falls-Winterset Limestone Outcrop: 10.2 mi
- Badger Ridge: 12.3 mi
- Argentine Limestone Outcrop: 12.5 mi
- Resident Gardens: 1.4 mi
- Prairie Grasses and Wildflower Garden: 6.0 mi
- Pollinator Prarie: 6.0 mi
- Bird Garden: 6.0 mi
- Bee Garden: 6.0 mi
- Blue Valley Wilderness Science Center Wilderness Area: 4.6 mi
- Saeger Woods Conservation Area: 6.4 mi
- Heartland Overlook Preserve: 9.1 mi
- Children's Memorial Butterfly Garden: 15.3 mi
- Hillsdale Recreation Area: 18.3 mi
- Overland Park: 1.4 mi
- Overland Park: 1.4 mi
- Miller Hill: 15.6 mi
- Bowler Hill: 16.1 mi
- Observation Bluff: 19.2 mi
- Powell: 12.7 mi
- West Union: 15.3 mi
- Quindaro Townsite: 18.9 mi
- Kimpton: 20.8 mi
- Swim Beach: 15.2 mi
- Windsurfer Beach: 18.4 mi
- Swimming Beach: 20.9 mi
- Miola Beach: 21.9 mi
- Cedar Lake Falls: 8.7 mi
- Turkey Creek Falls: 10.5 mi
- Line Creek Double Falls: 22.5 mi
- Watts Mill: 6.3 mi
- Family Picnic Area: 22.9 mi
- Pioneer Spring: 21.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Miller Woods Recreation Complex. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miller Hill | ESE 116° | 342 m | 15.6 mi |
| Bowler Hill | E 88° | 330 m | 16.1 mi |
| Observation Bluff | W 275° | 277 m | 19.2 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 | 30 | 35 | 45 | 55 | 65 | 74 | 78 | 77 | 68 | 57 | 44 | 34 |
| Precip in | 1.1 | 1.4 | 2.3 | 3.9 | 5.4 | 5.2 | 4.2 | 4.4 | 3.5 | 3.0 | 2.0 | 1.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Olathe Johnson CO Executive AP, 3 mi away.
- Japanese Beetle14 obs
- American Robin12 obs
- Common Snapping Turtle12 obs
- Mourning Dove11 obs
- Western Honey Bee11 obs
- Great Blue Heron10 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel10 obs
- Asian Lady Beetle10 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/358644595
Day trips start here
- Lenexa · 5 mi
- Olathe · 6 mi
- Overland Park · 7 mi
- Kansas City · 16 mi
- Kansas City Area · 16 mi
- Kansas City · 16 mi
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