Rest Area Rte 69 & 52
Rest Area Rte 69 & 52 is a rest area in Kansas, at a recorded elevation of 258 m. Guthrie Mountain stands 309 m to the south-southwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Massacre Memorial State Park, a park 3.2 miles away. Frontier Military Historic Byway runs past it. 94 named places lie within 25 miles, 20 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 258 m
How to reach it
- On the Frontier Military Historic Byway
- 87.0 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
94 named places within 25 miles
- Massacre Memorial State Park: 3.2 mi
- Dunlap Park: 6.3 mi
- Stegge Lake Park: 6.7 mi
- Linn County Park: 7.5 mi
- Hurley Field: 7.6 mi
- Spy Mound: 3.9 mi
- Graveyard Mound: 5.0 mi
- Graves Mound: 7.8 mi
- Summers Mound: 7.8 mi
- Walley Mound: 9.7 mi
- World War 2 Memorial: 7.9 mi
- Linn Valley Lakes Veterans Memorial: 8.0 mi
- Fort Africa (Toothman Farm): 12.6 mi
- World War Veterans Monument: 18.4 mi
- Bates County Veterans Tribute: 18.4 mi
- La Cygne Wildlife Area: 9.3 mi
- Miami State Fishing Lake: 13.1 mi
- Louisburg Middle Creek State Fishing Lake: 17.4 mi
- Harmony Mission Lake Conservation Area: 17.8 mi
- Old Town State Access Area: 18.6 mi
- Linn County Museum: 6.3 mi
- Bates County Museum: 17.4 mi
- Frontier Village Museum: 20.3 mi
- Osawatomie Museum Foundation: 22.5 mi
- Miami County Kansas Historical Society & Museum: 24.4 mi
- Linn Valley Lakes Swimming Beach: 9.0 mi
- Miola Beach: 24.7 mi
- John Brown: 22.8 mi
- Paola Community Garden: 24.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Rest Area Rte 69 & 52. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Guthrie Mountain | SSW 213° | 309 m | 21.9 mi |
| Long Mound | ENE 76° | 300 m | 22.3 mi |
| Christiansen Mound | NNE 30° | 299 m | 21.5 mi |
| Herrell Hill | NNE 32° | 299 m | 22.8 mi |
| Spy Mound | ENE 74° | 296 m | 3.9 mi |
| Osburn Mound | NNE 31° | 295 m | 21.1 mi |
| Round Mound | ENE 77° | 295 m | 23.3 mi |
| Masters Hill | NE 35° | 294 m | 22.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:23 | 18:56 | 19:31 |
| June solstice | 05:56 | 20:07 | 20:46 |
| September equinox | 07:07 | 18:43 | 19:17 |
| December solstice | 07:33 | 16:21 | 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 | 31 | 35 | 45 | 55 | 64 | 74 | 79 | 77 | 68 | 57 | 44 | 34 |
| Precip in | 1.3 | 1.9 | 2.6 | 4.4 | 5.3 | 5.3 | 4.6 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 3.6 | 2.7 | 1.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Mound City, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/490450988
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