South Lake Park
South Lake Park is a park in Kansas, at a modelled elevation of 305 m. Miller Hill stands 342 m to the southeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Johnson County Museum, a museum 0.3 miles away. Frontier Military Historic Byway passes 3.2 miles off. 8 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
How to reach it
- 3.2 mi off the Frontier Military Historic Byway
- 10.0 mi off the Spirit of Kansas City
- 11.1 mi off the Cliff Drive
- 26.6 mi off the Glacial Hills Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Kaw Point · 10 mi
- Bird Watching Blind · 12 mi
- Scarrit Point · 12 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Johnson County Museum: 0.3 mi
- Overland Park Historical Society: 0.8 mi
- Shawnee Town Museum: 4.4 mi
- Legler Barn Museum: 4.6 mi
- Wonderscope Children Museum: 4.7 mi
- Blackbird: 0.6 mi
- A Great Place to Land: 0.6 mi
- William Strang: 0.8 mi
- Gateway: 1.6 mi
- Embracing Heart: 1.7 mi
- Thompson Park: 0.7 mi
- City Hall Park: 0.7 mi
- Cherokee Park: 0.7 mi
- Osage Park: 0.8 mi
- Clock Tower Plaza Park: 0.8 mi
- Clock Tower: 0.8 mi
- AT&T Pocket Park: 2.3 mi
- Vietnam War Memorial: 2.6 mi
- Helen S. Cuddy Rose Garden: 2.7 mi
- Pearl Harbor Park: 3.6 mi
- Candy Cane Lane: 1.4 mi
- East Building: 4.9 mi
- Concorde Nose: 5.1 mi
- Old Red Bridge Love Locks: 6.4 mi
- Deanna Rose Children's Farmstead: 6.8 mi
- Argentine Limestone Outcrop: 2.7 mi
- Badger Ridge: 5.9 mi
- Argentine Limestone Outcrop: 6.3 mi
- Westerville Limestone Outcrop: 6.4 mi
- Hertha-Bethany Falls-Winterset Limestone Outcrop: 7.1 mi
- Helen S. Cuddy Rose Garden: 2.7 mi
- Sar-Ko-Par Trails Community Garden: 4.4 mi
- Shanna Morrison Memorial Rose Garden: 4.5 mi
- Herb Garden: 4.6 mi
- Rose Garden: 5.9 mi
- Heartland Overlook Preserve: 6.4 mi
- Saeger Woods Conservation Area: 8.2 mi
- Blue Valley Wilderness Science Center Wilderness Area: 10.0 mi
- Children's Memorial Butterfly Garden: 14.2 mi
- Green Hills of Platte Wildlife Preserve: 14.5 mi
- Overland Park: 7.2 mi
- Overland Park: 7.2 mi
- Bowler Hill: 16.1 mi
- Miller Hill: 18.4 mi
- Observation Bluff: 20.6 mi
- Quindaro Townsite: 12.5 mi
- Powell: 18.3 mi
- Delaware City: 20.1 mi
- West Union: 20.4 mi
- Kimpton: 24.1 mi
- Turkey Creek Falls: 4.3 mi
- Cedar Lake Falls: 12.8 mi
- Line Creek Double Falls: 16.1 mi
- Angel Falls: 23.0 mi
- Swim Beach: 16.6 mi
- Swimming Beach: 18.1 mi
- Windsurfer Beach: 24.3 mi
- Watts Mill: 4.3 mi
- Family Picnic Area: 18.7 mi
- Pioneer Spring: 16.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of South Lake Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miller Hill | SE 136° | 342 m | 18.4 mi |
| Bowler Hill | ESE 111° | 330 m | 16.1 mi |
| Nebo Hill | NE 46° | 291 m | 23.7 mi |
| Minter Hill | E 85° | 288 m | 24.1 mi |
| Observation Bluff | WSW 258° | 277 m | 20.6 mi |
| Arsenal Hill | NE 42° | 277 m | 21.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:23 | 18:56 | 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–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, 8 mi away.
- American Robin44 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel41 obs
- Red-tailed Hawk32 obs
- Mallard31 obs
- Northern Cardinal31 obs
- House Sparrow24 obs
- Eastern Cottontail24 obs
- Mourning Dove23 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/254566805
Day trips start here
- Overland Park · 1 mi
- Lenexa · 3 mi
- Olathe · 9 mi
- Kansas City · 10 mi
- Kansas City Area · 10 mi
- Kansas City · 10 mi
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