Destinations · Missouri
MO · 38.9225, -94.3742
Cliff Drive, Frontier Military Historic Byway and Spirit of Kansas City are 3 of 4 signed byways within 30 miles of Lee's Summit, Missouri.
Understand
Lee's Summit can provide a family-friendly vacation, and let you get away from the hustle of Kansas City. It encompasses history, shopping, fishing and boating recreation, and relaxation.
The drives · Designated roads lead.
Ordered by federal designation, then by how close each one runs to Lee's Summit. All-American Roads and National Scenic Byways are named by the Federal Highway Administration, not by us.
State scenic byway · 15 mi out
State scenic byway · 16 mi out
State scenic byway · 16 mi out
State scenic byway · 21 mi out
Planned by the Byway engine on real roads: every stop traces to an OpenStreetMap feature, and the total time counts driving and the stops themselves.
Loop 1 · 4 h window · 20 mi
3 h 52 loop · 5 stops · back by 7:52 PM. Incorporates Cliff Drive.
Touches Cliff Drive, Spirit of Kansas City
Loop 2 · 8 h window · 54 mi
7 h 40 loop · 10 stops · back by 11:40 PM. Rides the Cliff Drive (+24 min).
Touches Cliff Drive, Spirit of Kansas City
Byway's engine bakes two loops from Lee's Summit: 4 h, 20 miles, 5 stops; and 8 h, 54 miles, 10 stops. The time counts the driving and the stops themselves.
The 8 h loop stops at Lea McKeighan North Park, Adair Park, Andrew Drumm, World War Memorial, Raytown Limestone Outcrop, Dick Howser, Lamar Hunt, Winterset Limestone Outcrop and Natural Bridge. Each stop traces to an OpenStreetMap feature.
Measured from Byway's own registries, 30 miles around town.
The engine starts from town, weaves the byways and verified stops around it, and hands back an honest schedule — zero hallucinations.
Byway plans around your taste, verified places, real weather and opening hours — then opens every leg in Google Maps with one tap.