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Mount Sunflower
Mount Sunflower KS Summit.jpg
The "summit" of Mount Sunflower
Mount Sunflower is located in Kansas
Mount Sunflower
Elevation 4,039 feet (1,231 m) [1]
Location Wallace County, Kansas, USA
Prominence 19 feet (6 m) [2]
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]
Topo map USGS Mount Sunflower 39102-A1
Easiest route Drive
Listing U.S. state high point

Mount Sunflower, although not a true mountain, is the highest point in the state of Kansas.[1] 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 towards the Rocky Mountains to the west. 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 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.

References

  1. ^ a b c "Mount Sunflower". Geographic Names Information System. U.S. Geological Survey. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:484933. Retrieved 2008-12-21.  
  2. ^ "Mount Sunflower, Kansas". Peakbagger.com. http://www.peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=6307. Retrieved 2008-12-21.  

External links

U.S. State Highest Natural Points

Simple English

[[File:|thumb|right|200px|The peak of Mount Sunflower]]

Mount Sunflower is the highest point in the state of Kansas. Mount Sunflower it is 3,300 feet (1,010 m) feet above the state's lowest point in Montgomery County. 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.

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