Overland Park Arboretum and Botanical Gardens
Overland Park Arboretum and Botanical Gardens is a park in Kansas, at a recorded elevation of 292 m. Miller Hill stands 342 m to the east, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Copper Hopper Chopper by David Seitzinger, a artwork 0.2 miles away. Frontier Military Historic Byway passes 0.8 miles off. 18 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 292 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- City of Overland Park
How to reach it
- 0.8 mi off the Frontier Military Historic Byway
- 21.9 mi off the Spirit of Kansas City
- 22.5 mi off the Cliff Drive
Overlooks nearby
- Bird Watching Blind · 1 mi
- Kaw Point · 22 mi
- Scarrit Point · 23 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Copper Hopper Chopper by David Seitzinger: 0.2 mi
- Jazz II by Tom Corbin: 0.2 mi
- Jazz I by Tom Corbin: 0.2 mi
- Little scoundrel: 0.2 mi
- Geometric stratum by Tom Brewitz: 0.3 mi
- Model Train Exhibit: 0.2 mi
- Kemper Farm (In Development): 0.5 mi
- Arthur & Betty Verhaeghe Park: 2.3 mi
- Camp Branch Glade: 2.7 mi
- Four Lakes Park: 3.0 mi
- Quantrill's Raids and the Military Road 1862: 2.6 mi
- Miller’s Wood Sports Complex: 5.6 mi
- Austin's Park Memorial: 6.4 mi
- 9/11 Memorial: 7.3 mi
- Richards-Gebaur Memorial Airport: 7.8 mi
- Deanna Rose Children's Farmstead: 5.6 mi
- M101: 8.3 mi
- Old Red Bridge Love Locks: 10.9 mi
- Louisburg Cider Mill: 12.6 mi
- Candy Cane Lane: 13.1 mi
- Argentine Limestone Outcrop: 9.4 mi
- Argentine Limestone Outcrop: 14.3 mi
- Hertha-Bethany Falls-Winterset Limestone Outcrop: 14.5 mi
- Bethany Falls & Winterset Limestone Outcrops: 15.3 mi
- Normal Fault in cliff: 15.5 mi
- Historic State Bank of Stanley Building: 4.1 mi
- Prairie Oak Nature Center: 5.5 mi
- Oxford School: 5.6 mi
- Ensor Park and Museum: 6.1 mi
- Museum at Prairiefire: 6.2 mi
- Resident Gardens: 5.8 mi
- Monarch Garden: 8.3 mi
- Bee Garden: 8.3 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 8.3 mi
- Bird Garden: 8.3 mi
- Overland Park: 5.0 mi
- Overland Park: 5.0 mi
- Miller Hill: 13.9 mi
- Bowler Hill: 17.1 mi
- Observation Bluff: 20.7 mi
- Blue Valley Wilderness Science Center Wilderness Area: 3.6 mi
- Saeger Woods Conservation Area: 8.6 mi
- Heartland Overlook Preserve: 13.3 mi
- Hillsdale Recreation Area: 14.9 mi
- Children's Memorial Butterfly Garden: 17.3 mi
- Powell: 7.8 mi
- West Union: 10.8 mi
- Kimpton: 18.2 mi
- Quindaro Townsite: 24.7 mi
- Windsurfer Beach: 14.4 mi
- Miola Beach: 16.7 mi
- Swim Beach: 17.2 mi
- Swimming Beach: 23.8 mi
- Cedar Lake Falls: 9.2 mi
- Turkey Creek Falls: 16.3 mi
- Watts Mill: 11.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Overland Park Arboretum and Botanical Gardens. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miller Hill | E 95° | 342 m | 13.9 mi |
| Bowler Hill | ENE 69° | 330 m | 17.1 mi |
| Brookhart Hill | ESE 123° | 309 m | 21.7 mi |
| Kohler Hill | ESE 116° | 307 m | 24.0 mi |
| Herrell Hill | SE 144° | 299 m | 22.2 mi |
| Christiansen Mound | SSE 148° | 299 m | 22.2 mi |
| Snowball Hill | SE 124° | 295 m | 21.3 mi |
| Osburn Mound | SSE 148° | 295 m | 22.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:23 | 18:56 | 19:31 |
| June solstice | 05:55 | 20:08 | 20:48 |
| September equinox | 07:07 | 18:42 | 19:17 |
| December solstice | 07:34 | 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, 5 mi away.
- American Bullfrog38 obs
- Downy Woodpecker35 obs
- Northern Cardinal32 obs
- Tufted Titmouse30 obs
- common pawpaw29 obs
- Monarch26 obs
- Ebony Jewelwing26 obs
- Red-bellied Woodpecker24 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.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/132046510
Day trips start here
- Olathe · 8 mi
- Lenexa · 11 mi
- Overland Park · 13 mi
- Lee's Summit · 19 mi
- Kansas City · 22 mi
- Kansas City Area · 22 mi
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