Veterans Park
Veterans Park is a park in Kansas, at a recorded elevation of 317 m. Miller Hill stands 342 m to the southeast, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Veterans' Memorial Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Frontier Military Historic Byway passes 2.2 miles off. 10 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 317 m
How to reach it
- 2.2 mi off the Frontier Military Historic Byway
- 9.4 mi off the Spirit of Kansas City
- 11.4 mi off the Cliff Drive
- 21.9 mi off the Glacial Hills Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Kaw Point · 10 mi
- Scarrit Point · 13 mi
- Bird Watching Blind · 16 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Veterans' Memorial Park: 0.0 mi
- Caenen Park: 0.8 mi
- Swarner Park: 1.1 mi
- Herman Laird Park: 1.3 mi
- John F. Lynch Park: 1.4 mi
- Johnson County Historical Museum: 1.0 mi
- The 1950's All - Electric House Museum: 1.0 mi
- Legler Barn Museum: 1.0 mi
- Shawnee Town Museum: 1.3 mi
- Legler Barn Museum: 3.6 mi
- Chief Charles Bluejacket Statue: 1.2 mi
- STILL TIME: 2.7 mi
- PLANTING THE SEEDS: 2.7 mi
- PLANTING THE SEEDS: 2.7 mi
- PLANTING THE SEEDS: 2.7 mi
- AT&T Pocket Park: 2.8 mi
- Helen S. Cuddy Rose Garden: 3.2 mi
- Vietnam War Memorial: 3.4 mi
- Clock Tower: 4.6 mi
- Pearl Harbor Park: 5.0 mi
- Grinter Place State Historic Site: 3.7 mi
- Candy Cane Lane: 5.5 mi
- East Building: 6.5 mi
- Atlas 9: 7.4 mi
- Concorde Nose: 7.7 mi
- Argentine Limestone Outcrop: 4.5 mi
- Badger Ridge: 5.4 mi
- Westerville Limestone Outcrop: 6.9 mi
- Argentine Limestone Outcrop: 6.9 mi
- Argentine Limestone Outcrop: 7.2 mi
- Shanna Morrison Memorial Rose Garden: 1.7 mi
- Helen S. Cuddy Rose Garden: 3.2 mi
- Herb Garden: 3.6 mi
- Sar-Ko-Par Trails Community Garden: 3.6 mi
- School Garden: 7.2 mi
- Heartland Overlook Preserve: 11.0 mi
- Green Hills of Platte Wildlife Preserve: 12.3 mi
- Charlotte Sawyers Nature Area: 12.7 mi
- Parma Woods Conservation Area: 12.7 mi
- Saeger Woods Conservation Area: 13.2 mi
- Overland Park: 11.2 mi
- Overland Park: 11.2 mi
- Observation Bluff: 18.1 mi
- Bowler Hill: 20.9 mi
- Pilot Knob: 21.7 mi
- Turkey Creek Falls: 3.1 mi
- Cedar Lake Falls: 13.3 mi
- Line Creek Double Falls: 14.3 mi
- Angel Falls: 18.2 mi
- Quindaro Townsite: 10.2 mi
- Delaware City: 15.5 mi
- Powell: 22.6 mi
- Franklin: 24.0 mi
- Watts Mill: 9.3 mi
- Family Picnic Area: 21.2 mi
- Swim Beach: 14.4 mi
- Swimming Beach: 21.7 mi
- Pioneer Spring: 18.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Veterans Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miller Hill | SE 135° | 342 m | 23.5 mi |
| Pilot Knob | NNW 332° | 336 m | 21.7 mi |
| Bowler Hill | ESE 116° | 330 m | 20.9 mi |
| Government Hill | NNW 334° | 324 m | 24.9 mi |
| Blue Mound | WSW 251° | 318 m | 24.9 mi |
| Nebo Hill | ENE 58° | 291 m | 24.6 mi |
| Observation Bluff | WSW 245° | 277 m | 18.1 mi |
| Arsenal Hill | NE 56° | 277 m | 21.9 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 | 16:18 | 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 | 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, 9 mi away.
- Northern Cardinal25 obs
- American Robin17 obs
- Black Swallowtail16 obs
- House Sparrow15 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel12 obs
- House Finch12 obs
- Common Five-lined Skink11 obs
- Downy Woodpecker11 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 node/358644380
Day trips start here
- Lenexa · 5 mi
- Overland Park · 5 mi
- Kansas City · 9 mi
- Kansas City · 10 mi
- Kansas City Area · 10 mi
- Olathe · 10 mi
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