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Encyclopedia > Mount Sunflower
Mount Sunflower

The "summit" of Mount Sunflower
Elevation 4,039 feet (1,231 m)
Location Kansas, USA
Coordinates 39°01′19″N, 102°02′12″W
Topo map USGS Mount Sunflower
Easiest route drive

Mount Sunflower, although not a true mountain, is the highest point in the state of Kansas. At 4,039 feet (1,231 m), it is 3,300 feet (1,010 m) feet above the state's topographic low point in Montgomery County in southeastern Kansas due to the gradual rise of the Rocky Mountains to the west. Located in Wallace County, it is less than one mile from the border with Colorado and close to Colorado's lowest point. Download high resolution version (1600x1200, 683 KB)Mount Sunflower, KS summit, submitted by the copyright owner File links The following pages link to this file: Gallery of mountains Mount Sunflower Categories: GFDL images ... A topographical summit is a point on a surface which is higher in elevation than all points immediately adjacent to it. ... A foot (plural: feet or foot;[1] symbol or abbreviation: ft or, sometimes, ′ – a prime) is a unit of length, in a number of different systems, including English units, Imperial units, and United States customary units. ... This article is about the unit of length. ... Official language(s) English[2] Capital Topeka Largest city Wichita Area  Ranked 15th  - Total 82,277 sq mi (213,096 km²)  - Width 211 miles (340 km)  - Length 417 miles (645 km)  - % water 0. ... Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ... // Topographic maps are a variety of maps characterized by large-scale detail and quantitative representation of relief, usually using contour lines in modern mapping, but historically using a variety of methods. ... InsertSLUTTY WHORES≤ non-formatted text here{| class=toccolours border=1 cellpadding=4 style=float: right; margin: 0 0 1em 1em; width: 20em; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%; clear: right; |+ United States Geological Survey |- |style= align=center colspan=2| [[Image:USGS logo. ... Southern and northern Mount Everest climbing routes as seen from the International Space Station. ... For other uses, see Mountain (disambiguation). ... Official language(s) English[2] Capital Topeka Largest city Wichita Area  Ranked 15th  - Total 82,277 sq mi (213,096 km²)  - Width 211 miles (340 km)  - Length 417 miles (645 km)  - % water 0. ... Montgomery County (standard abbreviation: MG) is a county located in the state of Kansas. ... For individual mountains named Rocky Mountain, see Rocky Mountain (disambiguation). ... Wallace County (standard abbreviation: WA) is a county located in the state of Kansas. ... Official language(s) English Capital Denver Largest city Denver Largest metro area Denver-Aurora Metro Area Area  Ranked 8th  - Total 104,185 sq mi (269,837 km²)  - Width 280 miles (451 km)  - Length 380 miles (612 km)  - % water 0. ...


Mount Sunflower is located on private land owned by Mike and Rae Marie Jones, who encourage visitors to the site. Amenities include a picnic table, a sunflower sculpture made from railroad spikes, and a plaque that states "nothing happened here in 1897." The picnic tables at Marling School, Stroud, Gloucestershire. ... For other uses, see Sunflower (disambiguation). ... Two unused and one heavily corroded spike. ... 1897 (MDCCCXCVII) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ...


Access is via county dirt roads to the edge of the property, then across a cattle guard and onto a private dirt road through a cattle grazing pasture to the summit. Dirt road is a common term for an unpaved road. ... Cattle grid in remote Western Australia. ... For general information about the genus, including other species of cattle, see Bos. ... Grazing To feed on growing herbage, attached algae, or phytoplankton. ... Pastureland Pasture is land with lush herbaceous vegetation cover used for grazing of ungulates as part of a farm or ranch. ...


Mount Sunflower is dwarfed by the Tom Sauk Mountain in Missouri.


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Mount Sunflower - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (173 words)
Mount Sunflower, although not a true mountain, is the highest point in Kansas, USA.
Mount Sunflower is located on private land owned by Mike and Rae Marie Jones, who encourage visitors to the site.
Access is via county dirt roads to the edge of the property, then across a cattle guard and onto a private dirt road through a cattle grazing pasture to the summit.
Mount Mitchell (North Carolina) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (524 words)
Mount Mitchell is the highest peak of the Appalachian Mountains and the highest peak in eastern North America, excluding island summits.
The mountain was named after Elisha Mitchell, a professor at the University of North Carolina, who determined its height in 1835 and fell to his death at nearby Mitchell Falls in 1857, having returned to verify his earlier measurements.
The ascent of Mount Mitchell is now rather easy, since a road off the historic and scenic Blue Ridge Parkway runs nearby, and a 300-metre or 1000-foot trail leads through a conifer forest to the top.
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