Mount Sunflower, Kansas

Elevation Info:	NAVD88 Elevation: 4041 ft / 1231 m
Subpeaks	Mount Sunflower-West Ridge Point (4030 ft/1228 m)
Latitude/Longitude (WGS84)	39° 1' 19'' N, 102° 2' 14'' W 39.021982, -102.037141 (Dec Deg) 756504 E 4323394 N, 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      Mount Sunflower at SummitPost.org      Mount Sunflower at ListsOfJohn.com      Weather for Mount Sunflower at Mountain-Forecast.com      CoHP.org Trip Report for Wallace, KS by Ron Tagliapietra Weather and Snow      National Weather Service Forecast      NOAA Snow Depth Map Lists that contain Mount Sunflower:      Contiguous 48 U.S. State High Points (Rank #26)      U.S. State High Points (Rank #28)      United States State/Territory High Points (Rank #29)      EPIC List - States of the USA (Rank #43)      Combined USA-Canada-Mexico State/Province High Points (Rank #64)      CoHP High Five List (Rank #124)      Midwest USA CoHPs (Rank #21)      Kansas County High Points (Rank #1) 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)        Highpoint Adventures: The Complete Guide to the 50 State Highpoints (Winger)
Ascent Info Total successful ascents logged by registered Peakbagger.com users: 658      Show all viewable ascents/attempts (Total: 612) Selected Trip Reports from this site:      1989-04-24 by Greg Slayden      1991-07-22 by Dennis Stewart      1996-05-25 by Scott Surgent      2009-05-21 by Jamie Bakken      2010-07-03 by Walter Blume      2011-11-12 by Brian Molloy      2012-10-26 by Alan Barber      2012-11-12 by Danny Holwerda      2013-05-30 by Ryan Courtney      2014-03-22 by Dennis Stewart      2015-09-23 by Ian Covey      2016-08-14 by Ryan Turner (GPS Track)      2016-08-21 by John Hasch      2016-10-24 by Wayne Snyder (GPS Track)      2017-04-11 by Morris Zwick      2017-07-04 by Gustav Sexauer      2017-08-08 by Keith Turner      2017-09-08 by David Odenwalder      2018-01-19 by William Musser      2018-05-26 by Vinnie Slade      2018-10-05 by Stephen Pardo (GPS Track)      2019-12-24 by Daniel Coulter      2020-08-13 by Matt Sedlak (GPS Track)
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The high point of Kansas, Mount Sunflower, had these interesting sculptures decorating the summit (1989-04-24).
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Prominence	Key Col Page  (Detailed prominence information)   Clean Prominence: 19 ft/6 m   Optimistic Prominence: 29 ft/9 m   Line Parent: Landsman Hill   Key Col: 4020 ft/1225 m
Isolation	Isolation Page  (Detailed isolation information)    Distance: 0.84 mi/1.36 km    Isolation Limit Point: 39.015, -102.05 Nearest Higher Neighbor in the PBC database:     Agate Mound  (SW)
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
Data Source	1:25,000 (or larger) Topographic Survey Map
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Other Photos

Early November snow on the "summit" of Mount Sunflower, Kansas (2011-11-02). Photo by Edward Earl. Click here for larger-size photo.

Celebrating a hard hike.. (2011-10-08). Photo by Ken Curtis. Click here for larger-size photo.

From Left to Right: Me, Amy, Cindy, and Chris (2011-10-08). Photo by Ken Curtis. Click here for larger-size photo.

Mt Sunflower "Summit" (2011-11-12). Photo by Brian Molloy. Click here for larger-size photo.

High point of Kansas (2016-09-03). Photo by Kelli Allstot. Click here for larger-size photo.

With Carmela Porcella on Mt. Sunflower, Kansas HP (2017-10-13). Photo by William Inman. Click here for larger-size photo.

3am.... Check it off the list! (2018-07-28). Photo by Scott Slayton. Click here for larger-size photo.

Very lonely + quiet place, HP # 23 (2012-05-23). Photo by Iwan Auderset. Click here for larger-size photo.

Drive-up summit at Sunflower, KS, USA (2016-07-24). Photo by Phil Gavenda. Click here for larger-size photo.

Highest Point in Kansas (2020-08-13). Photo by Matt Sedlak. Click here for larger-size photo.

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