Overlook Park
Overlook Park is a park in Kansas, at a modelled elevation of 283 m. Stenger Hill stands 371 m to the west-southwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Overlook Park Shelter 2, a picnic site 0.2 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 138 miles off. 11 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- United States Army Corps of Engineers
How to reach it
- 137.8 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
- 26.0 mi off the Native Stone Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Clinton State Park: 1.0 mi
- Clinton Wildlife Area: 1.5 mi
- Quail Run Park: 2.7 mi
- Quail Run Park: 2.7 mi
- Pat Dawson Billings Nature Area: 2.9 mi
- Wakarusa River Valley Heritage Museum: 2.5 mi
- Booth Family Hall of Athletics: 5.0 mi
- Spencer Museum of Art: 5.5 mi
- Natural History Museum: 5.5 mi
- Haskell Cultural Center and Museum: 5.9 mi
- Relay Race: 3.3 mi
- Chesty Lion: 5.4 mi
- The Jayhawk Nest: 5.6 mi
- MacKomics Studio: 5.6 mi
- Moses: 5.6 mi
- U.S. Navy Polaris Missile: 4.8 mi
- Phog Allen: 5.0 mi
- Vietnam War Memorial: 5.2 mi
- Korean War Memorial: 5.2 mi
- Memorial Campanile & Carillon: 5.4 mi
- Kanza Southwind Nature Preserve: 2.4 mi
- Conrad & Viola McGrew Nature Preserve: 2.6 mi
- Archery Only Area: 2.7 mi
- McColl Nature Reserve: 10.0 mi
- Fitch Natural History Reservation: 10.2 mi
- Monarch Watch Garden: 4.3 mi
- Audio-Reader Sensory Garden: 5.3 mi
- Little Prairie Community Garden: 5.5 mi
- Lawrence Community Garden: 5.7 mi
- Lawrence Community Orchard: 6.4 mi
- Locomotive #1073: 6.1 mi
- Lawrence Arts Center: 6.2 mi
- The Teepee at Teepee Junction: 7.4 mi
- Constitution Hall State Historic Site: 7.8 mi
- Democratic Headquarters [historic]: 7.9 mi
- Sanders Mound: 0.5 mi
- Mount Oread: 5.2 mi
- Shank Hill: 5.6 mi
- Coon Point: 6.3 mi
- Blue Mound: 9.0 mi
- Franklin: 9.0 mi
- Twin Mound: 9.2 mi
- Richland: 11.2 mi
- Coburn: 13.2 mi
- Prairie City: 14.2 mi
- Overlook Park Shelter 2: 0.2 mi
- Overlook Park Shelter 1: 0.2 mi
- Snyders Cabin: 22.4 mi
- Bloomington Beach: 2.6 mi
- Swim Beach: 20.0 mi
- Wakarusa River Falls: 1.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Overlook Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stenger Hill | WSW 251° | 371 m | 23.3 mi |
| Burnett Mound | WNW 283° | 344 m | 21.6 mi |
| Coon Point | NW 315° | 338 m | 6.3 mi |
| Blue Mound | ESE 106° | 318 m | 9.0 mi |
| Fowler Hill | SSE 152° | 318 m | 18.5 mi |
| Nolan Hill | N 11° | 317 m | 11.9 mi |
| Mount Oread | ENE 73° | 316 m | 5.2 mi |
| Twin Mounds | SW 235° | 316 m | 9.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:26 | 18:58 | 19:34 |
| June solstice | 05:57 | 20:11 | 20:51 |
| September equinox | 07:10 | 18:45 | 19:20 |
| December solstice | 07:37 | 16:21 | 17:03 |
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 | 28 | 33 | 44 | 54 | 64 | 73 | 78 | 77 | 68 | 56 | 43 | 33 |
| Precip in | 0.8 | 1.3 | 2.0 | 3.9 | 5.0 | 5.5 | 3.8 | 4.6 | 4.0 | 3.3 | 1.9 | 1.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Clinton Lake, under a mile away.
- Yellow Garden Spider46 obs
- Bald Eagle33 obs
- White-tailed Deer33 obs
- Amur honeysuckle33 obs
- purple crownvetch33 obs
- North American Wheel Bug31 obs
- green antelopehorns30 obs
- Osage-orange27 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/220725308
Day trips start here
- Olathe · 29 mi
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