Mountain · Kansas

Mount Sunflower

1,231 m4,039 ft

Prominence: 9 m29 ft
Isolation: 1.1 km
Tonight: 55°FRain showers · Wind 15 mph S

Mount Sunflower is a 1,231 m (4,039 ft) mountain in Kansas, United States.

All facts

Elevation: 1,231 m · 4,039 ft
Nearest higher peak: Panorama Point (1,655 m)
Region: Kansas, United States
Coordinates: 39.0221° N, 102.0373° W

Open the 3D view

3D map

Mount Sunflower 3D map

Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 6 × 6 km

Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Mount Sunflower terrain and contours

5 m contours from the USGS 3DEP 10 m terrain model. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.

Index contours every 25 mShowing west → east through the summit

Mount Sunflower elevation profile

West → east through the summit

Hover the profile to read elevation and distance.Tap or drag along the profile to read elevation and distance.

Weather

Mount Sunflower weather

Tonight · Rain showers · 55°F (13°C) · 21% chance of precipitation · Wind 15 mph S

Mount Sunflower forecast for the summit, about 1,219 m.

Tonight55°21%15 mph S
Sat40°64°95%10–20 mph NW
Sun43°57°95%5–10 mph E
Mon36°56°33%5–15 mph N
Tue42°61°7%5–15 mph S
Wed38°64°4%5–10 mph SW
Thu38°59°9%5 mph NE

Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 24, 00:36 UTC.

Slope

Share of the 6 × 6 km view by steepness, from the 10 m model.

Mostly gentle: 100% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°

100.0%

Moderate, 15–30°

0.0%

Steep, 30–45°

0.0%

Cliffs, 45° and over

0.0%

Steeper than 30°: 0.0% of the 36 km² view
Relief in view: 69 m low point 1,171 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Grassland 69.3%Cropland 30.5%

Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 3 km; 20 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Plains Pricklypear5
Scarlet Globemallow5
Horned Lark4
Buffalo-bur3
Lark Bunting2
Upright prairie coneflower2

Where it sits

Where Mount Sunflower sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Platte Canyon1,679 m270 km W

Downloads

Mount Sunflower downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM

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Print & wall

JPGMount Sunflower satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-08-07.

3D printing & 3D apps

GIS & GPS

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

within 10 m This 3D map reads 1,232 m at the summit; the official height is 1,231 m.

A 10 m terrain model averages each cell, so a few metres either way is normal.

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	1,231 m	—
USGS 3DEP lidar	1,232 m	+1 m
USGS 3DEP 10 m (used on this page)	1,232 m	0 m
Copernicus GLO-30	1,231 m	0 m
Copernicus GLO-90	1,230 m	-1 m

Data sources

Terrain: U.S. Geological Survey, 3D Elevation Program (public domain)
Imagery: Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-08-07)
Land cover: © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts: Wikidata (CC0)
Wildlife: iNaturalist community observations, counts only
Accuracy comparison: Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Accuracy comparison: Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-90 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Forecast: Weather forecast from NOAA National Weather Service (public domain)
Sources: Wikidata · OpenStreetMap · GeoNames · Wikipedia