Veteran's Memorial Park
Veteran's Memorial Park is a park in Kansas, at a modelled elevation of 562 m. Jenkins Hill stands 638 m to the southwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Breaking the Sod Park, a park 0.6 miles away. Wetlands and Wildlife Scenic Byway passes 7.2 miles off. 34 named places lie within 25 miles.
How to reach it
- 7.2 mi off the Wetlands and Wildlife Scenic Byway, National
- 191.3 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
34 named places within 25 miles
- Breaking the Sod Park: 0.6 mi
- Eisenhower Park: 0.6 mi
- Brit Spaugh Park: 1.6 mi
- Nelson Stone Memorial Park: 1.7 mi
- Roger Brining Model Airfield: 1.9 mi
- Kansas Oil and Gas Museum: 1.3 mi
- Hoisington Historical Society: 10.0 mi
- Roy Bach Auto Museum: 19.9 mi
- Cheyenne Bottoms Wildlife Area: 11.3 mi
- Binger Wildlife Area: 20.6 mi
- Quivira National Wildlife Refuge: 20.9 mi
- Breaking the Sod statue: 0.6 mi
- Metal baseball statue: 1.2 mi
- Expo Center: 3.7 mi
- Larned Pride Community Garden: 21.2 mi
- Jenkins Hill: 23.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Veteran's Memorial Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jenkins Hill | SW 236° | 638 m | 23.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:40 | 19:12 | 19:47 |
| June solstice | 06:12 | 20:23 | 21:03 |
| September equinox | 07:24 | 18:59 | 19:34 |
| December solstice | 07:49 | 16:37 | 17:19 |
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 | 30 | 34 | 44 | 54 | 64 | 74 | 78 | 76 | 68 | 56 | 42 | 32 |
| Precip in | 0.7 | 0.9 | 1.6 | 2.1 | 4.8 | 3.7 | 3.9 | 3.7 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Great Bend 3wnw, 1 mi away.
- Great-tailed Grackle7 obs
- Canada Goose6 obs
- Cackling Goose6 obs
- Mute Swan5 obs
- Mallard4 obs
- Greater White-fronted Goose4 obs
- Monarch3 obs
- Thirteen-lined Ground Squirrel3 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/550756711
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