Shawnee Mission Park
Shawnee Mission Park is a park in Kansas, at a modelled elevation of 290 m. Miller Hill stands 342 m to the southeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Shawnee Mission Park Disc Golf, a park 0.4 miles away. Frontier Military Historic Byway passes 1.0 miles off. 8 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Johnson County Park and Recreation District
How to reach it
- 1.0 mi off the Frontier Military Historic Byway
- 13.4 mi off the Spirit of Kansas City
- 15.3 mi off the Cliff Drive
- 23.7 mi off the Glacial Hills Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Bird Watching Blind · 14 mi
- Kaw Point · 14 mi
- Scarrit Point · 16 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Shawnee Mission Park Disc Golf: 0.4 mi
- Central Green Park: 0.7 mi
- WaterCrest Residential: 0.9 mi
- Mill Creek Streamway Park: 1.2 mi
- Ad Astra Park: 1.3 mi
- Argentine Limestone Outcrop: 0.9 mi
- Argentine Limestone Outcrop: 7.3 mi
- Badger Ridge: 9.2 mi
- Argentine Limestone Outcrop: 10.6 mi
- Westerville Limestone Outcrop: 10.6 mi
- Legler Barn Museum: 2.0 mi
- Johnson County Historical Museum: 3.0 mi
- The 1950's All - Electric House Museum: 3.0 mi
- Legler Barn Museum: 3.0 mi
- Monticello Community Historical Society: 3.7 mi
- "The Serpent": 2.0 mi
- Rolling Magic: 2.3 mi
- Chief Charles Bluejacket Statue: 5.0 mi
- Embracing Heart: 5.5 mi
- Hybrid Circle: 5.9 mi
- AT&T Pocket Park: 5.3 mi
- Helen S. Cuddy Rose Garden: 6.3 mi
- Vietnam War Memorial: 6.3 mi
- Clock Tower: 6.6 mi
- Cannon: 7.7 mi
- Grinter Place State Historic Site: 6.7 mi
- Candy Cane Lane: 7.6 mi
- M101: 7.7 mi
- Deanna Rose Children's Farmstead: 8.5 mi
- Atlas 9: 9.6 mi
- Herb Garden: 2.0 mi
- Sar-Ko-Par Trails Community Garden: 2.2 mi
- K-State Garden Gallery: 4.5 mi
- Shanna Morrison Memorial Rose Garden: 5.6 mi
- Helen S. Cuddy Rose Garden: 6.3 mi
- Heartland Overlook Preserve: 12.9 mi
- Blue Valley Wilderness Science Center Wilderness Area: 13.3 mi
- Saeger Woods Conservation Area: 13.5 mi
- Parma Woods Conservation Area: 15.7 mi
- Charlotte Sawyers Nature Area: 15.9 mi
- Overland Park: 10.0 mi
- Overland Park: 10.0 mi
- Observation Bluff: 14.5 mi
- Blue Mound: 21.5 mi
- Bowler Hill: 22.4 mi
- Quindaro Townsite: 14.0 mi
- Delaware City: 17.5 mi
- Franklin: 20.8 mi
- Powell: 21.2 mi
- West Union: 23.9 mi
- Turkey Creek Falls: 6.8 mi
- Cedar Lake Falls: 9.6 mi
- Line Creek Double Falls: 18.2 mi
- Angel Falls: 19.7 mi
- Swim Beach: 10.6 mi
- Windsurfer Beach: 22.1 mi
- Swimming Beach: 24.5 mi
- Watts Mill: 10.5 mi
- Family Picnic Area: 24.6 mi
- Pioneer Spring: 22.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Shawnee Mission Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miller Hill | SE 125° | 342 m | 23.7 mi |
| Pilot Knob | NNW 341° | 336 m | 23.3 mi |
| Bowler Hill | ESE 106° | 330 m | 22.4 mi |
| Blue Mound | WSW 256° | 318 m | 21.5 mi |
| Mount Oread | W 267° | 316 m | 24.6 mi |
| Observation Bluff | WSW 250° | 277 m | 14.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:24 | 18:56 | 19:31 |
| 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, 7 mi away.
- Amur honeysuckle57 obs
- Blanchard's Cricket Frog53 obs
- mayapple50 obs
- Eastern Copperhead46 obs
- common milkweed44 obs
- Great Blue Heron41 obs
- coralberry40 obs
- Western Ratsnake37 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/41442371
Day trips start here
- Lenexa · 4 mi
- Olathe · 7 mi
- Overland Park · 7 mi
- Kansas City · 13 mi
- Kansas City · 14 mi
- Kansas City Area · 14 mi
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