Oak Park
Oak Park is a park in Kansas, at a recorded elevation of 287 m. Miller Hill stands 342 m to the southeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Valleybrooke Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Frontier Military Historic Byway passes 0.3 miles off. 7 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 287 m
How to reach it
- 0.3 mi off the Frontier Military Historic Byway
- 13.2 mi off the Spirit of Kansas City
- 14.5 mi off the Cliff Drive
- 27.7 mi off the Glacial Hills Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Bird Watching Blind · 10 mi
- Kaw Point · 14 mi
- Scarrit Point · 16 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Valleybrooke Park: 0.3 mi
- Rosehill East Park: 0.5 mi
- Rosehill Park: 0.8 mi
- Flat Rock Creek Tennis Courts: 0.9 mi
- Flat Rock Creek Park: 1.0 mi
- Hybrid Circle: 1.1 mi
- Embracing Heart: 1.8 mi
- Spirit of Dick Molamphy: 2.5 mi
- Rolling Magic: 2.8 mi
- Pierced Sky: 2.8 mi
- Kansas City Automotive Museum: 2.6 mi
- Legler Barn Museum: 3.0 mi
- Johnson County Museum: 3.5 mi
- Overland Park Historical Society: 4.1 mi
- Wonderscope Children Museum: 4.4 mi
- Argentine Limestone Outcrop: 2.6 mi
- Argentine Limestone Outcrop: 5.7 mi
- Badger Ridge: 8.9 mi
- Argentine Limestone Outcrop: 9.6 mi
- Westerville Limestone Outcrop: 9.7 mi
- Korean War Veterans Memorial: 2.9 mi
- 9/11 Memorial: 3.2 mi
- Austin's Park Memorial: 3.7 mi
- Clock Tower: 4.2 mi
- AT&T Pocket Park: 4.3 mi
- Deanna Rose Children's Farmstead: 4.3 mi
- Candy Cane Lane: 4.9 mi
- M101: 6.9 mi
- Old Red Bridge Love Locks: 8.1 mi
- East Building: 8.3 mi
- Sar-Ko-Par Trails Community Garden: 2.9 mi
- Herb Garden: 3.0 mi
- K-State Garden Gallery: 4.5 mi
- Resident Gardens: 5.0 mi
- Helen S. Cuddy Rose Garden: 5.4 mi
- Blue Valley Wilderness Science Center Wilderness Area: 8.7 mi
- Saeger Woods Conservation Area: 8.7 mi
- Heartland Overlook Preserve: 8.9 mi
- Children's Memorial Butterfly Garden: 16.4 mi
- Green Hills of Platte Wildlife Preserve: 17.3 mi
- Overland Park: 5.4 mi
- Overland Park: 5.4 mi
- Observation Bluff: 17.7 mi
- Bowler Hill: 17.9 mi
- Miller Hill: 18.8 mi
- Quindaro Townsite: 15.2 mi
- Powell: 16.9 mi
- West Union: 19.4 mi
- Delaware City: 21.2 mi
- Kimpton: 24.3 mi
- Turkey Creek Falls: 6.8 mi
- Cedar Lake Falls: 9.3 mi
- Line Creek Double Falls: 19.0 mi
- Angel Falls: 23.8 mi
- Swim Beach: 13.7 mi
- Windsurfer Beach: 21.0 mi
- Swimming Beach: 21.0 mi
- Watts Mill: 6.2 mi
- Family Picnic Area: 22.0 mi
- Pioneer Spring: 19.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Oak Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miller Hill | SE 125° | 342 m | 18.8 mi |
| Bowler Hill | E 101° | 330 m | 17.9 mi |
| Blue Mound | W 265° | 318 m | 24.9 mi |
| Observation Bluff | W 263° | 277 m | 17.7 mi |
| Arsenal Hill | NE 43° | 277 m | 24.7 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 | 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, 4 mi away.
- American Robin218 obs
- Swainson's Thrush167 obs
- Dark-eyed Junco97 obs
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird87 obs
- House Finch83 obs
- Common Yellowthroat75 obs
- Mourning Dove66 obs
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo52 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/468749307
Day trips start here
- Lenexa · 1 mi
- Overland Park · 4 mi
- Olathe · 6 mi
- Kansas City Area · 13 mi
- Kansas City · 13 mi
- Kansas City · 14 mi
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