Molamphy Park
Molamphy Park is a park in Kansas, at a recorded elevation of 301 m. Miller Hill stands 342 m to the southeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Spirit of Dick Molamphy, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. Frontier Military Historic Byway passes 1.7 miles off. 7 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 301 m
How to reach it
- 1.7 mi off the Frontier Military Historic Byway
- 12.8 mi off the Spirit of Kansas City
- 13.6 mi off the Cliff Drive
- 29.2 mi off the Glacial Hills Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Bird Watching Blind · 9 mi
- Kaw Point · 13 mi
- Scarrit Point · 15 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Spirit of Dick Molamphy: 0.0 mi
- I Beam Tuning Fork: 0.6 mi
- Pierced Sky: 0.8 mi
- Converge: 1.0 mi
- Shim Sham Shimmy: 1.2 mi
- Argentine Limestone Outcrop: 0.2 mi
- Hertha-Bethany Falls-Winterset Limestone Outcrop: 7.7 mi
- Argentine Limestone Outcrop: 8.1 mi
- Badger Ridge: 8.8 mi
- Argentine Limestone Outcrop: 9.0 mi
- Summercrest Park: 0.4 mi
- Pinehurst West Park: 0.9 mi
- James Place Park: 0.9 mi
- Pinehurst East Park: 1.0 mi
- Brookridge Park: 1.0 mi
- Korean War Veterans Memorial: 1.3 mi
- 9/11 Memorial: 2.0 mi
- Ali Kemp Memorial: 2.6 mi
- Austin's Park Memorial: 2.9 mi
- Clock Tower: 3.7 mi
- Candy Cane Lane: 3.9 mi
- Deanna Rose Children's Farmstead: 4.0 mi
- Old Red Bridge Love Locks: 5.5 mi
- Concorde Nose: 7.3 mi
- East Building: 7.5 mi
- Wonderscope Children Museum: 2.1 mi
- Johnson County Museum: 2.7 mi
- Museum at Prairiefire: 3.6 mi
- Overland Park Historical Society: 3.7 mi
- Kansas City Automotive Museum: 4.7 mi
- Resident Gardens: 3.6 mi
- Sar-Ko-Par Trails Community Garden: 5.1 mi
- Herb Garden: 5.3 mi
- Helen S. Cuddy Rose Garden: 5.6 mi
- K-State Garden Gallery: 6.8 mi
- Saeger Woods Conservation Area: 6.3 mi
- Heartland Overlook Preserve: 6.6 mi
- Blue Valley Wilderness Science Center Wilderness Area: 7.2 mi
- Children's Memorial Butterfly Garden: 13.9 mi
- Green Hills of Platte Wildlife Preserve: 17.4 mi
- Overland Park: 4.3 mi
- Overland Park: 4.3 mi
- Bowler Hill: 15.3 mi
- Miller Hill: 16.5 mi
- Observation Bluff: 20.2 mi
- Quindaro Townsite: 15.4 mi
- Powell: 15.5 mi
- West Union: 17.8 mi
- Kimpton: 22.1 mi
- Delaware City: 22.7 mi
- Turkey Creek Falls: 7.2 mi
- Cedar Lake Falls: 11.0 mi
- Line Creek Double Falls: 19.0 mi
- Swim Beach: 16.1 mi
- Swimming Beach: 18.7 mi
- Windsurfer Beach: 21.8 mi
- Watts Mill: 3.8 mi
- Family Picnic Area: 20.1 mi
- Pioneer Spring: 18.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Molamphy Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miller Hill | SE 129° | 342 m | 16.5 mi |
| Bowler Hill | E 101° | 330 m | 15.3 mi |
| Minter Hill | ENE 78° | 288 m | 24.5 mi |
| Observation Bluff | W 266° | 277 m | 20.2 mi |
| Arsenal Hill | NE 38° | 277 m | 23.4 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 | 07:35 | 16:18 | 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, 6 mi away.
- Eastern Gray Squirrel52 obs
- American Robin37 obs
- Mallard35 obs
- common pawpaw35 obs
- Canada Goose31 obs
- Amur honeysuckle29 obs
- Great Blue Heron20 obs
- Northern Cardinal19 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/623070949
Day trips start here
- Lenexa · 4 mi
- Overland Park · 4 mi
- Olathe · 8 mi
- Kansas City · 13 mi
- Kansas City Area · 13 mi
- Kansas City · 13 mi
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