Observation Bluff
Observation Bluff rises to 277 m in Kansas. Coon Point stands 338 m to the west-northwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is De Soto Wilderness Park, a park 1.5 miles away. Frontier Military Historic Byway passes 15 miles off. 10 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
mountain in Kansas, United States of America
Wikidata Q31595982, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 277 m
How to reach it
- 15.0 mi off the Frontier Military Historic Byway
- 27.3 mi off the Spirit of Kansas City
- 132.8 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
- 28.8 mi off the Glacial Hills Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Bird Watching Blind · 21 mi
- Kaw Point · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- De Soto Wilderness Park: 1.5 mi
- Abraham Still Park: 2.9 mi
- Sunflower Nature Park: 2.9 mi
- Paschal Fish Park: 3.4 mi
- CPA Park: 3.7 mi
- MacKomics Studio: 10.6 mi
- Chesty Lion: 10.9 mi
- Moses: 11.0 mi
- The Jayhawk Nest: 11.1 mi
- Theb: 12.3 mi
- Lanesfield Historic Site: 8.8 mi
- Prairie Park Nature Center: 9.2 mi
- Gardner Historical Museum: 9.2 mi
- Haskell Cultural Center and Museum: 10.2 mi
- Watkins Museum of History: 10.8 mi
- Dorothy Akin Memorial Prairie: 5.8 mi
- Kansas Historical Marker #9 - Lawrence & The Old Trails: 9.0 mi
- Breezedale: 10.4 mi
- Breezedale: 10.4 mi
- Douglas County Memorial of Honor: 11.1 mi
- Lawrence Community Orchard: 10.2 mi
- Green Tech Garden: 10.6 mi
- Lawrence Community Garden: 11.3 mi
- Audio-Reader Sensory Garden: 11.5 mi
- Monarch Watch Garden: 11.9 mi
- Douglas State Fishing Lake and Wildlife Area: 9.8 mi
- Rice Woodland: 9.9 mi
- Breidenthal Biological Reserve: 10.4 mi
- Roy and Eleanor Wall Woods: 10.8 mi
- Fitch Natural History Reservation: 12.1 mi
- Lawrence Arts Center: 10.8 mi
- Locomotive #1073: 11.2 mi
- The Teepee at Teepee Junction: 11.7 mi
- Midland Railway Baldwin City Depot: 12.3 mi
- M101: 12.9 mi
- Franklin: 7.1 mi
- Prairie City: 13.5 mi
- Dennison: 18.0 mi
- Hackett: 18.4 mi
- Minneola: 20.2 mi
- Blue Mound: 7.2 mi
- Mount Oread: 11.5 mi
- Shank Hill: 11.5 mi
- Sanders Mound: 15.8 mi
- Fowler Hill: 15.9 mi
- Swim Beach: 4.1 mi
- Bloomington Beach: 17.2 mi
- Windsurfer Beach: 18.3 mi
- Miola Beach: 24.6 mi
- Cedar Lake Falls: 11.5 mi
- Wakarusa River Falls: 14.8 mi
- Turkey Creek Falls: 21.2 mi
- Angel Falls: 24.6 mi
- Argentine Limestone Outcrop: 13.8 mi
- Argentine Limestone Outcrop: 20.3 mi
- Badger Ridge: 23.5 mi
- Overlook Park Shelter 1: 15.8 mi
- Overlook Park Shelter 2: 15.9 mi
- Watts Mill: 23.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Observation Bluff. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coon Point | WNW 288° | 338 m | 21.3 mi |
| Blue Mound | W 268° | 318 m | 7.2 mi |
| Fowler Hill | SSW 207° | 318 m | 15.9 mi |
| Nolan Hill | NW 316° | 317 m | 19.5 mi |
| Mount Oread | WNW 289° | 316 m | 11.5 mi |
| Twin Mounds | W 262° | 316 m | 24.0 mi |
| Shank Hill | W 264° | 304 m | 11.5 mi |
| Sanders Mound | W 277° | 288 m | 15.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:25 | 18:57 | 19:32 |
| June solstice | 05:56 | 20:10 | 20:50 |
| September equinox | 07:09 | 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 | 30 | 34 | 45 | 55 | 65 | 75 | 79 | 77 | 69 | 57 | 44 | 34 |
| Precip in | 1.1 | 1.5 | 2.3 | 3.8 | 5.1 | 5.3 | 4.2 | 4.0 | 3.7 | 3.3 | 1.9 | 1.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Olathe Johnson CO IND AP, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 482655 — Observation Bluff, Johnson County, Kansas.
OpenStreetMap element node/358638404
Day trips start here
- Olathe · 13 mi
- Lenexa · 17 mi
- Overland Park · 21 mi
- Kansas City · 27 mi
- Kansas City · 28 mi
- Kansas City Area · 28 mi
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