Shawnee Mission State Park
Shawnee Mission State Park is a park in Kansas, at a recorded elevation of 279 m. Miller Hill stands 342 m to the south-southeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is East Building, a attraction 0.1 miles away. Spirit of Kansas City passes 5.3 miles off. 11 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 279 m
What to expect
How to reach it
- 5.3 mi off the Spirit of Kansas City
- 6.2 mi off the Cliff Drive
- 8.1 mi off the Frontier Military Historic Byway
- 24.6 mi off the Glacial Hills Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Kaw Point · 6 mi
- Scarrit Point · 7 mi
- Bird Watching Blind · 17 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- East Building: 0.1 mi
- Concorde Nose: 1.6 mi
- Candy Cane Lane: 3.7 mi
- Pedestal Mounted Traffic Light: 4.0 mi
- Hallmark Visitors Center: 4.1 mi
- Sweany Park: 0.4 mi
- Joe D. Dennis Park: 0.7 mi
- Granada Park: 0.8 mi
- Carpenter Park: 0.9 mi
- Kathy Lyon Flora Park: 0.9 mi
- Damsel in Blue: 0.7 mi
- Surfing 3: 0.8 mi
- Pylon: 0.8 mi
- Aldi Staircase: 0.9 mi
- Sunflowers: 0.9 mi
- Bent & Ward Houses: 1.3 mi
- Battle of Westport Union Flanking Movement: 1.5 mi
- Pearl Harbor Park: 1.6 mi
- Battle of Westport Monument: 1.6 mi
- Confederate Position: 1.6 mi
- Argentine Limestone Outcrop: 1.5 mi
- Westerville Limestone Outcrop: 1.7 mi
- Badger Ridge: 2.3 mi
- Hertha-Bethany Falls-Winterset Limestone Outcrop: 6.2 mi
- Wea Shale Outcrop?: 6.6 mi
- John Wornall House Museum: 2.1 mi
- The National Museum of Toys and Miniatures: 2.3 mi
- Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art: 2.3 mi
- Harris-Kearney House: 2.5 mi
- Greenlease Gallery: 2.8 mi
- Rosedale Community Garden: 1.1 mi
- School Garden: 1.3 mi
- Rose Garden: 1.6 mi
- Japanese Garden: 1.7 mi
- Valentine Community Garden: 2.7 mi
- Heartland Overlook Preserve: 6.4 mi
- Green Hills of Platte Wildlife Preserve: 10.4 mi
- Saeger Woods Conservation Area: 10.7 mi
- Northwood Park: 11.3 mi
- Charlotte Sawyers Nature Area: 13.2 mi
- Overland Park: 11.6 mi
- Overland Park: 11.6 mi
- Bowler Hill: 16.0 mi
- Arsenal Hill: 16.4 mi
- Nebo Hill: 18.9 mi
- Turkey Creek Falls: 3.4 mi
- Line Creek Double Falls: 11.6 mi
- Cedar Lake Falls: 17.6 mi
- Angel Falls: 21.5 mi
- Quindaro Townsite: 8.6 mi
- Delaware City: 18.1 mi
- Powell: 22.0 mi
- West Union: 23.7 mi
- Watts Mill: 6.4 mi
- Family Picnic Area: 14.8 mi
- Swimming Beach: 15.4 mi
- Swim Beach: 20.5 mi
- Pioneer Spring: 12.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Shawnee Mission State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miller Hill | SSE 149° | 342 m | 20.2 mi |
| Pilot Knob | NW 318° | 336 m | 24.7 mi |
| Bowler Hill | SE 129° | 330 m | 16.0 mi |
| Nebo Hill | NE 50° | 291 m | 18.9 mi |
| Monkey Mountain | E 94° | 289 m | 23.9 mi |
| Minter Hill | E 96° | 288 m | 21.5 mi |
| Sni-A-Bar Point | E 93° | 286 m | 23.9 mi |
| Arsenal Hill | NE 46° | 277 m | 16.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:23 | 18:55 | 19:31 |
| June solstice | 05:54 | 20:08 | 20:48 |
| September equinox | 07:07 | 18:42 | 19:17 |
| December solstice | 07:35 | 16:18 | 17:00 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Jun, Aug–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 31 | 36 | 46 | 57 | 67 | 77 | 81 | 79 | 71 | 58 | 45 | 35 |
| Precip in | 1.0 | 1.5 | 2.1 | 3.9 | 5.1 | 5.3 | 4.4 | 4.7 | 3.8 | 3.2 | 1.8 | 1.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Kansas City Dwtn AP, 7 mi away.
- Eastern Gray Squirrel45 obs
- Mallard44 obs
- American Robin41 obs
- Eastern Cottontail35 obs
- Western Honey Bee35 obs
- Mourning Dove34 obs
- Monarch33 obs
- House Sparrow32 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/1182390064
Day trips start here
- Overland Park · 4 mi
- Kansas City · 5 mi
- Kansas City Area · 5 mi
- Kansas City · 6 mi
- Lenexa · 8 mi
- Independence · 12 mi
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