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. 251 named places lie within 25 miles, 9 of them named summits.
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
251 named places within 25 miles
- MacKomics Studio: 10.6 mi
- Chesty Lion: 10.9 mi
- Moses: 11.0 mi
- The Jayhawk Nest: 11.1 mi
- Theb: 12.3 mi
- 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
- 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
- Douglas County Memorial of Honor: 11.1 mi
- Victory Eagle-WWI Memorial: 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
- The Teepee at Teepee Junction: 11.7 mi
- Midland Railway Baldwin City Depot: 12.3 mi
- M101: 12.9 mi
- Deanna Rose Children's Farmstead: 18.7 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
- Overlook Park Shelter 1: 15.8 mi
- Overlook Park Shelter 2: 15.9 mi
- Watts Mill: 23.9 mi
- Argentine Limestone Outcrop: 13.8 mi
- Badger Ridge: 23.5 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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