Mount Sunflower, Kansas

Elevation Info:	NAVD88 Elevation: 4041 ft / 1231 m
Latitude/Longitude (WGS84)	39° 1' 19'' N; 102° 2' 14'' W 39.021982, -102.037141 (Dec Deg) 756504E 4323394N Zone 13 (UTM)
Country	United States
State/Province	Kansas (Highest Point)
County/Second Level Region	Wallace (Highest Point)
City/Town	Weskan
Links Search Engines - search the web for "Mount Sunflower":      Wikipedia Search      Microsoft Bing Search      Google Search      Yahoo Search Other Web Sites      CoHP.org Trip Report for Wallace, KS by Ron Tagliapietra Lists that contain Mount Sunflower:      Kansas County High Points (Rank #1)      Midwest USA CoHPs (Rank #21)      Contiguous 48 U.S. State High Points (Rank #26)      United States State High Points (plus DC) (Rank #28)      U.S. State High Points (Rank #28)      United States State/Territory High Points (Rank #29)      CoHP High Five List (Rank #124) Selected Guidebook(s) for this Peak:        Fifty State Summits, Guide with Maps to State Highpoints (Zumwalt)        Highpoints of the United States: A Guide to the Fifty State Summits (Holmes) Selected Trip Reports from this site:      1989-04-24 by Greg Slayden      1992-09-03 by Scott Cockrell      2005-07-21 by Caj Svensson      2009-05-21 by Jamie Bakken      2009-05-22 by Doug Urban      2009-08-30 by Eric Gilbertson      2009-09-12 by James Kaufman      2010-01-10 by M Evans      2010-06-25 by Rob Carter      2010-07-03 by Walter Blume      2010-07-31 by David Gambone      2010-08-21 by Richard Oestreicher      2010-10-15 by David J. Rhude      2011-06-10 by Douglas Knipple      2011-07-22 by Dave Dunham      2011-10-08 by Ken Curtis      2012-05-08 by David Darby      2012-06-03 by Tye Scott      2012-10-26 by Alan Barber      2012-11-12 by Danny Holwerda View ascents of peak by registered Peakbagger.com members. Nearby Peak Searches:      Radius Search - Nearest Peaks to Mount Sunflower      Elevation Ladder from Mount Sunflower      Prominence Ladder from Mount Sunflower

The high point of Kansas, Mount Sunflower, had these interesting sculptures decorating the summit.
Web Map Links	Acme Mapper   MyTopo   Gmap4   MS-Research TopoQuest   Bing Maps   MSN/Encarta   Google Maps
Prominence	Clean Prominence: 19 ft/6 m Optimistic Prominence: 29 ft/9 m Key Col: 4020 ft/1225 m  (10 foot contour) Col elevation in range between 4010 and 4020 feet.     Topo Map: Mount Sunflower O39102a1 1:24,000     Key Col Lat/Long: 39° 1' 8'' N; 102° 2' 22'' W     Key Col Map Links: Bing Maps   MSN/Encarta   Google Maps
Isolation	29.54 mi/47.54 km Nearest Higher Neighbor in the PBC database:     Agate Mound  (WSW) Not verified: May be a major NHN that is not in the database.
Ranges	Continent: North America Range2: North America Plains Range3: Great Plains Range4: Central Great Plains Range5: West Kansas-Nebraska High Plains
Drainage Basins	Kansas Missouri Mississippi Gulf of Mexico Atlantic Ocean
Ownership	Land: Private Land
Topo Map	Mount Sunflower O39102a1 1:24,000
Route #1	Dirt Road
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Other Photos

Early November snow on the "summit" of Mount Sunflower, Kansas. Photo courtesy of Edward Earl.

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