Family Picnic Area
Family Picnic Area is a picnic site in Missouri, at a modelled elevation of 245 m. Miller Hill stands 342 m to the south, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is George Owens Nature Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Cliff Drive passes 8.4 miles off. 13 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Independence Parks, Recreation, Tourism
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
- 8.4 mi off the Cliff Drive
- 11.1 mi off the Spirit of Kansas City
- 14.7 mi off the Old Trails Road
- 21.4 mi off the Frontier Military Historic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Scarrit Point · 10 mi
- Kaw Point · 14 mi
- Bird Watching Blind · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- George Owens Nature Park: 0.1 mi
- Blackburn School Park: 1.1 mi
- Beckett Park: 1.2 mi
- Clothier Park: 1.2 mi
- Little Blue Park: 1.4 mi
- Andrew Drumm: 2.3 mi
- Children on a Summer Day: 2.7 mi
- Old Man's Bench: 2.8 mi
- The Wild Mustang: 2.8 mi
- Harry S Truman: 3.2 mi
- Historical Marker: 2.9 mi
- Independence Police Memorial: 3.0 mi
- Hughes House: 3.1 mi
- Jackson County Marshal's House and Jail Museum: 3.2 mi
- Harry S Truman: 3.2 mi
- Pioneer Spring Cabin: 2.9 mi
- 1859 Jail and Marshal's Museum: 3.1 mi
- 1827 Log Courthouse: 3.2 mi
- Bingham Waggoner Estate: 3.3 mi
- National Frontier Trails Museum: 3.4 mi
- Winterset Limestone Outcrop: 3.1 mi
- Winterset Limestone Outcrop: 3.1 mi
- Winterset Limestone Outcrop: 3.1 mi
- Winterset Limestone Outcrop: 3.2 mi
- Bethany Falls-Middle Creek Limestone Cliffs: 3.7 mi
- Harry S Truman National Historic Site Visitor Center: 3.2 mi
- Mamba: 9.0 mi
- Fury Of The Nile: 9.1 mi
- Prowler: 9.1 mi
- Boomerang: 9.1 mi
- Blue Springs Community Garden: 6.5 mi
- Monarch Waystation: 10.4 mi
- Pendleton Heights Community Garden: 10.8 mi
- Kansas City University Community Garden: 11.0 mi
- The Q Garden;Quilombo: 11.1 mi
- Burr Oaks' Glades Reservation Area: 4.3 mi
- River Bluff Nature Reserve: 5.0 mi
- Liberty Bend Conservation Area: 5.5 mi
- Walnut Woods Conservation Area: 10.4 mi
- Children's Memorial Butterfly Garden: 11.4 mi
- Arsenal Hill: 8.2 mi
- Nebo Hill: 8.6 mi
- Minter Hill: 9.1 mi
- Sni-A-Bar Point: 10.8 mi
- Monkey Mountain: 10.9 mi
- Swimming Beach: 5.6 mi
- Watkins Mill Beach: 22.5 mi
- Little Platte Swim Beach: 24.6 mi
- Line Creek Double Falls: 15.8 mi
- Turkey Creek Falls: 18.1 mi
- Tryst Falls: 20.3 mi
- Watts Mill: 16.6 mi
- Hill Top Picnic Area: 22.6 mi
- Fox Hunt Picnic Area: 22.7 mi
- Pioneer Spring: 2.9 mi
- Quindaro Townsite: 17.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Family Picnic Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miller Hill | S 191° | 342 m | 21.5 mi |
| Bowler Hill | S 188° | 330 m | 13.9 mi |
| Rattlesnake Hill | SE 132° | 306 m | 14.7 mi |
| Wagon Knob | ESE 115° | 305 m | 23.4 mi |
| Nebo Hill | N 1° | 291 m | 8.6 mi |
| Monkey Mountain | ESE 120° | 289 m | 10.9 mi |
| Minter Hill | SE 130° | 288 m | 9.1 mi |
| Sni-A-Bar Point | ESE 118° | 286 m | 10.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:22 | 18:54 | 19:30 |
| June solstice | 05:52 | 20:07 | 20:47 |
| September equinox | 07:06 | 18:41 | 19:16 |
| December solstice | 07:34 | 16:17 | 16:59 |
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 | 44 | 54 | 64 | 73 | 77 | 76 | 68 | 56 | 43 | 33 |
| Precip in | 1.5 | 1.9 | 2.9 | 4.4 | 6.0 | 5.3 | 5.1 | 5.1 | 4.8 | 3.5 | 2.4 | 1.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Independence, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/1208982842
Day trips start here
- Independence · 3 mi
- Lee's Summit · 11 mi
- Kansas City · 12 mi
- Kansas City Area · 12 mi
- Kansas City · 15 mi
- Overland Park · 18 mi
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