Prairie Center Park
Prairie Center Park is a park in Kansas, at a modelled elevation of 314 m. Miller Hill stands 342 m to the east-southeast, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Ernie Miller Park & Nature Center, a park 0.4 miles away. Frontier Military Historic Byway passes 5.5 miles off. 9 named summits stand within 25 miles.
How to reach it
- 5.5 mi off the Frontier Military Historic Byway
- 19.8 mi off the Spirit of Kansas City
- 21.4 mi off the Cliff Drive
- 29.2 mi off the Glacial Hills Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Bird Watching Blind · 11 mi
- Kaw Point · 20 mi
- Scarrit Point · 23 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Ernie Miller Park & Nature Center: 0.4 mi
- Persimmon Hill Greenway HOA Park: 0.7 mi
- Prairie Center Park North: 0.7 mi
- Rolling Ridge School Park: 1.0 mi
- Calamity Line Park: 1.1 mi
- Theb: 1.5 mi
- Sprout: 1.7 mi
- Harvest Prayer Sculpture and Campus Mall: 3.7 mi
- Trails West: 4.7 mi
- "The Serpent": 7.2 mi
- M101: 2.3 mi
- Deanna Rose Children's Farmstead: 7.7 mi
- Candy Cane Lane: 12.3 mi
- Grinter Place State Historic Site: 13.4 mi
- Old Red Bridge Love Locks: 15.0 mi
- Cannon: 2.3 mi
- Miller’s Wood Sports Complex: 8.2 mi
- Austin's Park Memorial: 8.4 mi
- 9/11 Memorial: 8.8 mi
- Veterans Memorial Plaza: 8.9 mi
- Museum of Deaf History, Arts & Culture: 1.9 mi
- Kansas City Automotive Museum: 5.0 mi
- Monticello Community Historical Society: 6.1 mi
- Ensor Park and Museum: 6.9 mi
- Gardner Historical Museum: 7.1 mi
- Argentine Limestone Outcrop: 6.6 mi
- Argentine Limestone Outcrop: 9.8 mi
- Badger Ridge: 15.5 mi
- Argentine Limestone Outcrop: 16.5 mi
- Westerville Limestone Outcrop: 16.6 mi
- Green Tech Garden: 0.6 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 2.4 mi
- Prairie Grasses and Wildflower Garden: 2.4 mi
- Pollinator Prarie: 2.4 mi
- Bird Garden: 2.4 mi
- Blue Valley Wilderness Science Center Wilderness Area: 11.9 mi
- Hillsdale Recreation Area: 14.2 mi
- Saeger Woods Conservation Area: 14.6 mi
- Heartland Overlook Preserve: 16.3 mi
- Douglas State Fishing Lake and Wildlife Area: 18.2 mi
- Overland Park: 9.4 mi
- Overland Park: 9.4 mi
- Observation Bluff: 10.9 mi
- Blue Mound: 18.1 mi
- Mount Oread: 22.3 mi
- Franklin: 18.0 mi
- Powell: 18.3 mi
- Quindaro Townsite: 20.7 mi
- West Union: 21.4 mi
- Prairie City: 21.7 mi
- Cedar Lake Falls: 3.0 mi
- Turkey Creek Falls: 13.0 mi
- Line Creek Double Falls: 24.8 mi
- Angel Falls: 25.0 mi
- Swim Beach: 7.0 mi
- Windsurfer Beach: 15.6 mi
- Miola Beach: 20.9 mi
- Watts Mill: 13.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Prairie Center Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miller Hill | ESE 109° | 342 m | 23.4 mi |
| Bowler Hill | E 90° | 330 m | 24.3 mi |
| Blue Mound | W 273° | 318 m | 18.1 mi |
| Fowler Hill | SW 235° | 318 m | 22.3 mi |
| Mount Oread | WNW 283° | 316 m | 22.3 mi |
| Shank Hill | W 270° | 304 m | 22.3 mi |
| Observation Bluff | W 276° | 277 m | 10.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:24 | 18:56 | 19:32 |
| June solstice | 05:55 | 20:09 | 20:49 |
| September equinox | 07:08 | 18:43 | 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, 5 mi away.
- White-tailed Deer46 obs
- North American Wheel Bug34 obs
- Carolina horsenettle30 obs
- Asian Lady Beetle28 obs
- Common Eastern Bumble Bee27 obs
- Brown-belted Bumble Bee27 obs
- Great Blue Heron26 obs
- Common Five-lined Skink26 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/105427984
Day trips start here
- Olathe · 2 mi
- Lenexa · 7 mi
- Overland Park · 11 mi
- Kansas City · 19 mi
- Kansas City · 20 mi
- Kansas City Area · 20 mi
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