Sunflower Nature Park
Sunflower Nature Park is a park in Kansas, at a recorded elevation of 280 m. Coon Point stands 338 m to the west, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Lexington Lake Park, a park 2.1 miles away. Frontier Military Historic Byway passes 13 miles off. 11 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 280 m
How to reach it
- 12.9 mi off the Frontier Military Historic Byway
- 24.5 mi off the Spirit of Kansas City
- 26.1 mi off the Glacial Hills Scenic Byway
- 26.9 mi off the Cliff Drive
Overlooks nearby
- Bird Watching Blind · 20 mi
- Kaw Point · 25 mi
- Scarrit Point · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Lexington Lake Park: 2.1 mi
- Lexington & Commerce Park: 2.8 mi
- Kill Creek Park: 3.1 mi
- Gathering Place Park: 3.3 mi
- Timberridge Adventure Center: 3.6 mi
- Dorothy Akin Memorial Prairie: 8.0 mi
- Kansas Historical Marker #9 - Lawrence & The Old Trails: 8.5 mi
- Breezedale: 11.8 mi
- Breezedale: 11.9 mi
- Cannon: 11.9 mi
- Theb: 11.0 mi
- Sprout: 11.4 mi
- MacKomics Studio: 12.1 mi
- Chesty Lion: 12.3 mi
- Moses: 12.3 mi
- Monticello Community Historical Society: 8.6 mi
- Gardner Historical Museum: 10.1 mi
- Lanesfield Historic Site: 10.6 mi
- Prairie Park Nature Center: 10.8 mi
- Museum of Deaf History, Arts & Culture: 11.7 mi
- Green Tech Garden: 9.5 mi
- Lawrence Community Orchard: 11.4 mi
- K-State Garden Gallery: 11.8 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 12.1 mi
- Prairie Grasses and Wildflower Garden: 12.1 mi
- Fitch Natural History Reservation: 11.9 mi
- McColl Nature Reserve: 12.6 mi
- Douglas State Fishing Lake and Wildlife Area: 12.7 mi
- Rice Woodland: 12.8 mi
- Breidenthal Biological Reserve: 13.2 mi
- Lawrence Arts Center: 11.9 mi
- M101: 11.9 mi
- Locomotive #1073: 12.2 mi
- The Teepee at Teepee Junction: 12.3 mi
- Midland Railway Baldwin City Depot: 15.2 mi
- Observation Bluff: 2.9 mi
- Blue Mound: 9.3 mi
- Mount Oread: 12.7 mi
- Shank Hill: 13.7 mi
- Sanders Mound: 17.4 mi
- Franklin: 8.7 mi
- Prairie City: 16.4 mi
- Dennison: 20.9 mi
- Hackett: 21.3 mi
- Delaware City: 21.8 mi
- Argentine Limestone Outcrop: 11.3 mi
- Argentine Limestone Outcrop: 18.4 mi
- Badger Ridge: 21.0 mi
- Westerville Limestone Outcrop: 22.5 mi
- Argentine Limestone Outcrop: 22.5 mi
- Cedar Lake Falls: 11.1 mi
- Wakarusa River Falls: 16.5 mi
- Turkey Creek Falls: 18.7 mi
- Angel Falls: 21.9 mi
- Swim Beach: 3.0 mi
- Bloomington Beach: 19.1 mi
- Windsurfer Beach: 19.8 mi
- Overlook Park Shelter 1: 17.4 mi
- Overlook Park Shelter 2: 17.5 mi
- Watts Mill: 22.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Sunflower Nature Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coon Point | W 281° | 338 m | 22.5 mi |
| Pilot Knob | N 10° | 336 m | 24.9 mi |
| Blue Mound | WSW 254° | 318 m | 9.3 mi |
| Fowler Hill | SSW 209° | 318 m | 18.8 mi |
| Nolan Hill | NW 307° | 317 m | 19.3 mi |
| Mount Oread | W 276° | 316 m | 12.7 mi |
| Shank Hill | WSW 255° | 304 m | 13.7 mi |
| Sanders Mound | W 268° | 288 m | 17.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:24 | 18:57 | 19:32 |
| June solstice | 05:56 | 20:10 | 20:50 |
| September equinox | 07:08 | 18:44 | 19:19 |
| December solstice | 07:36 | 16:20 | 17:02 |
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 | 28 | 33 | 43 | 53 | 63 | 73 | 77 | 76 | 67 | 55 | 43 | 32 |
| Precip in | 1.2 | 1.6 | 2.5 | 4.0 | 5.2 | 5.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 3.4 | 2.2 | 1.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bonner Springs, 11 mi away.
- giant blue sage9 obs
- Ornate Box Turtle5 obs
- Carolina horsenettle5 obs
- American lotus5 obs
- rattlesnake master5 obs
- prairie cordgrass5 obs
- cream wild-indigo5 obs
- hemp dogbane4 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/127978295
Day trips start here
- Olathe · 12 mi
- Lenexa · 15 mi
- Overland Park · 19 mi
- Kansas City · 24 mi
- Kansas City · 26 mi
- Kansas City Area · 26 mi
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