Tamarisk Park
Tamarisk Park is a park in Kansas, at a recorded elevation of 315 m. Miller Hill stands 342 m to the southeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Harmony Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Frontier Military Historic Byway passes 0.8 miles off. 7 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 315 m
How to reach it
- 0.8 mi off the Frontier Military Historic Byway
- 13.0 mi off the Spirit of Kansas City
- 14.6 mi off the Cliff Drive
- 25.3 mi off the Glacial Hills Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Bird Watching Blind · 12 mi
- Kaw Point · 13 mi
- Scarrit Point · 16 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Harmony Park: 0.3 mi
- Bois D Arc Park: 0.4 mi
- Kickapoo Park: 0.5 mi
- Sar-Ko-Par Trails Park: 0.5 mi
- Electric Park: 0.5 mi
- "The Serpent": 0.4 mi
- Rolling Magic: 0.7 mi
- Embracing Heart: 3.5 mi
- Hybrid Circle: 3.9 mi
- Blackbird: 4.2 mi
- Legler Barn Museum: 0.5 mi
- Kansas City Automotive Museum: 3.1 mi
- Johnson County Historical Museum: 3.5 mi
- The 1950's All - Electric House Museum: 3.5 mi
- Legler Barn Museum: 3.5 mi
- Argentine Limestone Outcrop: 2.9 mi
- Argentine Limestone Outcrop: 5.2 mi
- Badger Ridge: 8.7 mi
- Argentine Limestone Outcrop: 9.8 mi
- Westerville Limestone Outcrop: 9.8 mi
- AT&T Pocket Park: 4.1 mi
- Clock Tower: 5.0 mi
- Helen S. Cuddy Rose Garden: 5.2 mi
- Vietnam War Memorial: 5.3 mi
- Korean War Veterans Memorial: 5.7 mi
- Candy Cane Lane: 6.0 mi
- Deanna Rose Children's Farmstead: 6.7 mi
- M101: 7.1 mi
- Grinter Place State Historic Site: 7.6 mi
- East Building: 8.8 mi
- Sar-Ko-Par Trails Community Garden: 0.5 mi
- Herb Garden: 0.5 mi
- K-State Garden Gallery: 3.9 mi
- Helen S. Cuddy Rose Garden: 5.2 mi
- Shanna Morrison Memorial Rose Garden: 5.3 mi
- Heartland Overlook Preserve: 11.0 mi
- Blue Valley Wilderness Science Center Wilderness Area: 11.3 mi
- Saeger Woods Conservation Area: 11.5 mi
- Green Hills of Platte Wildlife Preserve: 16.3 mi
- Parma Woods Conservation Area: 16.7 mi
- Overland Park: 8.1 mi
- Overland Park: 8.1 mi
- Observation Bluff: 15.9 mi
- Bowler Hill: 20.4 mi
- Miller Hill: 21.6 mi
- Quindaro Townsite: 14.2 mi
- Delaware City: 19.0 mi
- Powell: 19.4 mi
- West Union: 22.0 mi
- Franklin: 22.4 mi
- Turkey Creek Falls: 6.2 mi
- Cedar Lake Falls: 9.3 mi
- Line Creek Double Falls: 18.2 mi
- Angel Falls: 21.3 mi
- Swim Beach: 11.9 mi
- Windsurfer Beach: 21.7 mi
- Swimming Beach: 22.8 mi
- Watts Mill: 8.5 mi
- Family Picnic Area: 23.3 mi
- Pioneer Spring: 20.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Tamarisk Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miller Hill | SE 126° | 342 m | 21.6 mi |
| Pilot Knob | NNW 338° | 336 m | 24.9 mi |
| Bowler Hill | ESE 105° | 330 m | 20.4 mi |
| Blue Mound | W 260° | 318 m | 23.0 mi |
| Observation Bluff | WSW 256° | 277 m | 15.9 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 | 20:09 | 20:49 |
| September equinox | 07:07 | 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, 5 mi away.
- Monarch75 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel34 obs
- Amur honeysuckle29 obs
- American pokeweed24 obs
- Carolina Mantis20 obs
- Great Blue Heron18 obs
- Mallard18 obs
- American Robin17 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/232593831
Day trips start here
- Lenexa · 2 mi
- Overland Park · 5 mi
- Olathe · 6 mi
- Kansas City · 13 mi
- Kansas City · 14 mi
- Kansas City Area · 14 mi
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