Argentine Limestone Outcrop - Cave Spring
Argentine Limestone Outcrop - Cave Spring is a cliff in Missouri, at a modelled elevation of 303 m. Miller Hill stands 342 m to the south, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Kenagy Park, a park 1.3 miles away. Cliff Drive passes 8.5 miles off. 12 named summits stand within 25 miles.
Cave Spring is a naturally occurring spring in outcrop of Argentine Limestone, Wyandotte Formation, Middle Zarah Subgroup, Kansas City Group, Missourian Series, Pennsylvanian System (late Carboniferous, ca 318-299m yrs ago). Cave is artificially enlarged.
What the record says
- Height
- 2 m
What to expect
How to reach it
- 8.5 mi off the Cliff Drive
- 8.9 mi off the Spirit of Kansas City
- 12.2 mi off the Frontier Military Historic Byway
- 23.1 mi off the Old Trails Road
Overlooks nearby
- Scarrit Point · 9 mi
- Kaw Point · 11 mi
- Bird Watching Blind · 17 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Kenagy Park: 1.3 mi
- Southwood Park: 1.5 mi
- Sarah Colman-Livengood Park: 1.6 mi
- Minor Smith Park: 1.7 mi
- James A. Reed Park: 2.1 mi
- Raytown Historical Society & Museum: 1.4 mi
- Battle of Westport Visitor Center: 3.2 mi
- Greenlease Gallery: 5.5 mi
- The National Museum of Toys and Miniatures: 5.9 mi
- John Wornall House Museum: 6.0 mi
- Raytown Limestone Outcrop: 1.5 mi
- Argentine Limestone Outcrop: 1.5 mi
- Winterset Limestone Outcrop: 2.4 mi
- Westerville Limestone Outcrop: 2.6 mi
- Winterset Limestone Outcrop: 2.7 mi
- Chimpanzees: 1.9 mi
- Crocodile: 2.0 mi
- Leopard Tortoise: 2.0 mi
- Hippopotomus: 2.0 mi
- Yellow-billed Stork: 2.0 mi
- Terra Cotta Warriors: 2.5 mi
- The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled: 2.8 mi
- Lamar Hunt: 3.9 mi
- Statue of Liberty Replica: 4.0 mi
- Green Wings: 4.0 mi
- Brooking Cemetery: 2.7 mi
- Historical Marker: 2.7 mi
- Historical Marker: 2.8 mi
- Civil War Memorial: 2.8 mi
- Historical Marker: 2.8 mi
- Monarch Waystation: 2.0 mi
- Manheim Gardens: 6.1 mi
- The Q Garden;Quilombo: 6.4 mi
- Japanese Garden: 6.5 mi
- Rose Garden: 6.6 mi
- Heartland Overlook Preserve: 4.6 mi
- Children's Memorial Butterfly Garden: 5.9 mi
- Saeger Woods Conservation Area: 9.0 mi
- Burr Oaks' Glades Reservation Area: 10.9 mi
- River Bluff Nature Reserve: 12.8 mi
- Bowler Hill: 8.7 mi
- Overland Park: 13.3 mi
- Overland Park: 13.3 mi
- Minter Hill: 13.8 mi
- Arsenal Hill: 14.8 mi
- Quindaro Townsite: 14.6 mi
- Powell: 20.0 mi
- Kimpton: 20.0 mi
- West Union: 20.7 mi
- Turkey Creek Falls: 11.3 mi
- Line Creek Double Falls: 15.9 mi
- Cedar Lake Falls: 22.0 mi
- Watts Mill: 7.4 mi
- Family Picnic Area: 9.4 mi
- Swimming Beach: 7.8 mi
- Pioneer Spring: 7.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Argentine Limestone Outcrop - Cave Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miller Hill | S 170° | 342 m | 14.9 mi |
| Bowler Hill | SSE 146° | 330 m | 8.7 mi |
| Rattlesnake Hill | E 101° | 306 m | 18.1 mi |
| Schindorff Hill | SE 144° | 297 m | 23.7 mi |
| Nebo Hill | NNE 25° | 291 m | 16.6 mi |
| Monkey Mountain | E 87° | 289 m | 16.3 mi |
| Minter Hill | E 87° | 288 m | 13.8 mi |
| Sni-A-Bar Point | E 85° | 286 m | 16.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:22 | 18:55 | 19:30 |
| June solstice | 05:53 | 20:08 | 20:48 |
| September equinox | 07:06 | 18:41 | 19:17 |
| December solstice | 07:34 | 16:17 | 17:00 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 31 | 35 | 45 | 56 | 65 | 75 | 79 | 77 | 69 | 57 | 45 | 35 |
| Precip in | 1.0 | 1.4 | 2.1 | 4.2 | 5.7 | 5.0 | 4.6 | 4.5 | 3.1 | 3.4 | 2.1 | 1.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lees Summit Muni AP, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/12750318204
Day trips start here
- Independence · 8 mi
- Lee's Summit · 8 mi
- Kansas City · 9 mi
- Kansas City Area · 9 mi
- Overland Park · 10 mi
- Kansas City · 11 mi
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