Mount Sunflower

Mount Sunflower

The "summit" of Mount Sunflower
Highest point
Elevation 4,039 ft (1,231 m) [1]
Prominence 19 ft (5.8 m) [2]
Listing U.S. state high point 28th
Coordinates 39°01′19″N 102°02′14″W / 39.02194°N 102.03722°W / 39.02194; -102.03722Coordinates: 39°01′19″N 102°02′14″W / 39.02194°N 102.03722°W / 39.02194; -102.03722 [1]
Geography
Mount Sunflower

Kansas

Location Wallace County, Kansas, US
Topo map USGS Mount Sunflower
Climbing
Easiest route Drive

Mount Sunflower is the highest natural point in the state of Kansas.[1] At 4,039 feet (1,231 m), it is 3,300 feet (1,010 m) above the state's topographic low point in southeastern Kansas. Located in Wallace County, it is less than half a mile (0.8 km) from the Colorado state border and close to the lowest point in Colorado.

Mount Sunflower is located on private land owned by Ed and Cindy Harold, who encourage visitors to the site. Amenities include a picnic table, a sunflower sculpture made from railroad spikes, and a plaque on the site stated, "On this site in 1897, nothing happened." As of 2015, however, that sign is missing, evidently stolen.

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.

The state of Kansas gradually increases in elevation from the east to the west. As such, "Mount" Sunflower, while the highest point in the state in terms of elevation, is indistinguishable from the surrounding terrain.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Mount Sunflower". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2008-12-21.
  2. ↑ "Mount Sunflower, Kansas". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2008-12-21.

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