Mount Sunflower
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| Mount Sunflower | |
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 The "summit" of Mount Sunflower |
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| Elevation | 4,039 feet (1,231 m) |
| Location | Kansas, USA |
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| 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.
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."
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.
[edit] External links
- Kansas Photo Tour: Mount Sunflower
- Into Thick Air – a humorous account of the "Ascent of the Northeast Face of Mt. Sunflower"
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