Cooling centers are available throughout Wyandotte County.
A map of the cooling centers is online at https://unifiedgov.maps.arcgis.com/apps/LocalPerspective/index.html?appid=05d96f432cd645f6a59512875df09d6b.
A listing of cooling centers on the Unified Government website also contains phone numbers for residents to call to see if there has been updated information about the cooling centers.
The cooling centers listed include:
- Kansas City, Kansas, City Hall lobby, 701 N. 7th, Kansas City, Kansas; open 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays;
- Main Branch Kansas City, Kansas: Public Library, 625 Minnesota Ave., Kansas City, Kansas; open 8:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. weekdays;
- Armourdale Community Center, 730 Osage Ave., Kansas City, Kansas, open 3 p.m. to 9 p.m. weekdays;
- Cross-Lines Community Outreach, 736 Shawnee Ave., open 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. weekdays;
- Willa Gill Center, 645 Nebraska Ave., Kansas City, Kansas, open 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays;
- Bethany Community Center, 1120 Central Ave., Kansas City, Kansas, open 2 p.m. to 9 p.m weekdays;
- Joe E. Amayo Argentine Community Center, 2810 Metropolitan Ave., Kansas City, Kansas, open 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. weekdays;
- South Branch Kansas City, Kansas, Public Library, 3104 Strong Ave., Kansas City, Kansas, open 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Thursday and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday and Saturday;
- Kensington Community Center, 2900 State Ave., Kansas City, Kansas, open 2 p.m. to 9 p.m. weekdays;
- Turner Community Library, 831 S. 55th St., Kansas City, Kansas, open 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Mondays through Thursdays, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday;
- Providence YMCA – Ball Family Center, 8601 Parallel Parkway, Kansas City, Kansas, open from1 p.m. to 4 p.m. daily.
- Bonner Springs-Edwardsville Library, 201 N. Nettleton Ave., Bonner Springs, open 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Mondays through Thursdays, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Sundays.
- Bonner Springs Community Center, 200 E. 3rd St., Bonner Springs, open 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mondays through Fridays.
- Bonner Springs Family YMCA, 2251 S. 138th St., Bonner Springs, open from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Mondays through Sundays. Open as cooling center only on days when the National Weather Service has issued an excessive heat warning. ID is required.
Also listed as cooling places:
- Bonner Springs Aquatic Park, 1200 S. 134th St., Bonner Springs, open from noon to 7 p.m. Mondays through Sundays. A fee is required.
- Heathwood Spray Park, 10th and Parallel, Kansas City, Kansas, 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.
- Parkwood Pool, 859 Quindaro Blvd., Kansas City, Kansas, noon to 8 p.m. Mondays through Saturday and 2 p.m. to 8 p.m. Sunday. A fee is required for temperatures under 100 degrees.
- Pierson Spray Park, 1800 S. 55th St., open 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Mondays through Sundays.
- Eisenhower Spray Park, 2901 N. 72nd St., Kansas City, Kansas, open 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Mondays through Sundays.