Southglen Park
Southglen Park is a park in Kansas, at a modelled elevation of 313 m. Blue Mound stands 318 m to the west, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Forest view park, a park 1.4 miles away. Frontier Military Historic Byway passes 5.6 miles off. 7 named summits stand within 25 miles.
How to reach it
- 5.6 mi off the Frontier Military Historic Byway
- 19.1 mi off the Spirit of Kansas City
- 21.0 mi off the Cliff Drive
- 26.8 mi off the Glacial Hills Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Bird Watching Blind · 13 mi
- Kaw Point · 19 mi
- Scarrit Point · 22 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Forest view park: 1.4 mi
- Prairie Center Park North: 2.0 mi
- Persimmon Hill Greenway HOA Park: 2.4 mi
- Prairie Center Park: 2.6 mi
- Ernie Miller Park & Nature Center: 2.7 mi
- Theb: 3.5 mi
- Sprout: 4.1 mi
- Harvest Prayer Sculpture and Campus Mall: 5.9 mi
- "The Serpent": 6.9 mi
- Rolling Magic: 7.2 mi
- M101: 4.9 mi
- Deanna Rose Children's Farmstead: 9.6 mi
- Grinter Place State Historic Site: 12.0 mi
- Candy Cane Lane: 12.5 mi
- Atlas 9: 13.9 mi
- Cannon: 4.9 mi
- Miller’s Wood Sports Complex: 10.1 mi
- Austin's Park Memorial: 10.1 mi
- 9/11 Memorial: 10.3 mi
- Korean War Veterans Memorial: 10.5 mi
- Monticello Community Historical Society: 3.8 mi
- Museum of Deaf History, Arts & Culture: 4.3 mi
- Kansas City Automotive Museum: 6.0 mi
- Legler Barn Museum: 6.9 mi
- Gardner Historical Museum: 8.4 mi
- Argentine Limestone Outcrop: 5.2 mi
- Argentine Limestone Outcrop: 10.8 mi
- Badger Ridge: 14.9 mi
- Argentine Limestone Outcrop: 16.2 mi
- Westerville Limestone Outcrop: 16.3 mi
- Green Tech Garden: 2.9 mi
- K-State Garden Gallery: 4.0 mi
- Prairie Grasses and Wildflower Garden: 4.7 mi
- Pollinator Prarie: 4.8 mi
- Bird Garden: 4.8 mi
- Blue Valley Wilderness Science Center Wilderness Area: 14.1 mi
- Hillsdale Recreation Area: 16.0 mi
- Saeger Woods Conservation Area: 16.2 mi
- Heartland Overlook Preserve: 17.2 mi
- Douglas State Fishing Lake and Wildlife Area: 17.9 mi
- Observation Bluff: 9.5 mi
- Overland Park: 11.4 mi
- Overland Park: 11.4 mi
- Blue Mound: 16.7 mi
- Mount Oread: 20.5 mi
- Franklin: 16.3 mi
- Quindaro Townsite: 19.5 mi
- Powell: 20.8 mi
- Delaware City: 21.2 mi
- Prairie City: 21.5 mi
- Cedar Lake Falls: 5.4 mi
- Turkey Creek Falls: 12.5 mi
- Angel Falls: 22.6 mi
- Line Creek Double Falls: 23.7 mi
- Wakarusa River Falls: 24.2 mi
- Swim Beach: 5.5 mi
- Windsurfer Beach: 17.6 mi
- Miola Beach: 23.2 mi
- Watts Mill: 14.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Southglen Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Mound | W 266° | 318 m | 16.7 mi |
| Fowler Hill | SW 228° | 318 m | 22.6 mi |
| Mount Oread | W 278° | 316 m | 20.5 mi |
| Shank Hill | W 264° | 304 m | 21.1 mi |
| Observation Bluff | W 264° | 277 m | 9.5 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, 7 mi away.
- Eastern Copperhead59 obs
- Lone Star Tick44 obs
- Ring-necked Snake32 obs
- Blanchard's Cricket Frog26 obs
- White-tailed Deer24 obs
- Dutchman's breeches23 obs
- Western Worm Snake20 obs
- American Toad19 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/983849402
Day trips start here
- Olathe · 5 mi
- Lenexa · 8 mi
- Overland Park · 12 mi
- Kansas City · 19 mi
- Kansas City · 20 mi
- Kansas City Area · 20 mi
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