Argentine Limestone Outcrop
Argentine Limestone Outcrop is a cliff in Kansas, at a modelled elevation of 300 m. Miller Hill stands 342 m to the southeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Molamphy Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Frontier Military Historic Byway passes 1.8 miles off. 7 named summits stand within 25 miles.
On both sides of freeway at this point are ca 1000ft outcrops of Argentine Limestone, Wyandotte Formation, Middle Zarah Subgroup, Kansas City Group, Missourian Series, Pennsylvanian System (late Carboniferous, ca 318-299m yrs ago).
What the record says
- Height
- 2.5 m
What to expect
How to reach it
- 1.8 mi off the Frontier Military Historic Byway
- 12.6 mi off the Spirit of Kansas City
- 13.5 mi off the Cliff Drive
- 29.1 mi off the Glacial Hills Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Bird Watching Blind · 9 mi
- Kaw Point · 13 mi
- Scarrit Point · 14 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Molamphy Park: 0.2 mi
- Summercrest Park: 0.5 mi
- Pinehurst West Park: 0.7 mi
- James Place Park: 0.7 mi
- Pinehurst East Park: 0.8 mi
- Spirit of Dick Molamphy: 0.2 mi
- I Beam Tuning Fork: 0.6 mi
- Pierced Sky: 0.6 mi
- Converge: 0.9 mi
- Shim Sham Shimmy: 1.4 mi
- Korean War Veterans Memorial: 1.5 mi
- 9/11 Memorial: 2.2 mi
- Ali Kemp Memorial: 2.6 mi
- Austin's Park Memorial: 3.1 mi
- Clock Tower: 3.6 mi
- Candy Cane Lane: 3.7 mi
- Deanna Rose Children's Farmstead: 4.2 mi
- Old Red Bridge Love Locks: 5.5 mi
- Concorde Nose: 7.1 mi
- East Building: 7.3 mi
- Hertha-Bethany Falls-Winterset Limestone Outcrop: 7.5 mi
- Argentine Limestone Outcrop: 8.2 mi
- Badger Ridge: 8.6 mi
- Argentine Limestone Outcrop: 8.8 mi
- Westerville Limestone Outcrop: 9.0 mi
- Wonderscope Children Museum: 2.2 mi
- Johnson County Museum: 2.5 mi
- Overland Park Historical Society: 3.5 mi
- Museum at Prairiefire: 3.7 mi
- Kansas City Automotive Museum: 4.9 mi
- Resident Gardens: 3.8 mi
- Sar-Ko-Par Trails Community Garden: 5.1 mi
- Herb Garden: 5.3 mi
- Helen S. Cuddy Rose Garden: 5.4 mi
- K-State Garden Gallery: 6.9 mi
- Saeger Woods Conservation Area: 6.3 mi
- Heartland Overlook Preserve: 6.5 mi
- Blue Valley Wilderness Science Center Wilderness Area: 7.3 mi
- Children's Memorial Butterfly Garden: 13.8 mi
- Green Hills of Platte Wildlife Preserve: 17.3 mi
- Overland Park: 4.4 mi
- Overland Park: 4.4 mi
- Bowler Hill: 15.3 mi
- Miller Hill: 16.5 mi
- Observation Bluff: 20.3 mi
- Quindaro Townsite: 15.3 mi
- Powell: 15.6 mi
- West Union: 17.9 mi
- Kimpton: 22.1 mi
- Delaware City: 22.6 mi
- Turkey Creek Falls: 7.0 mi
- Cedar Lake Falls: 11.2 mi
- Line Creek Double Falls: 18.8 mi
- Swim Beach: 16.2 mi
- Swimming Beach: 18.6 mi
- Windsurfer Beach: 22.0 mi
- Watts Mill: 3.7 mi
- Family Picnic Area: 19.9 mi
- Pioneer Spring: 17.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Argentine Limestone Outcrop. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miller Hill | SE 129° | 342 m | 16.5 mi |
| Bowler Hill | ESE 102° | 330 m | 15.3 mi |
| Minter Hill | ENE 79° | 288 m | 24.4 mi |
| Observation Bluff | W 265° | 277 m | 20.3 mi |
| Arsenal Hill | NE 38° | 277 m | 23.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:23 | 18:56 | 19:31 |
| June solstice | 05:54 | 20:08 | 20:48 |
| September equinox | 07:07 | 18:42 | 19:17 |
| December solstice | 07:35 | 16:18 | 17:01 |
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 | 29 | 34 | 44 | 55 | 65 | 74 | 79 | 77 | 69 | 57 | 45 | 34 |
| Precip in | 1.3 | 1.7 | 2.5 | 4.1 | 5.3 | 5.2 | 4.7 | 4.5 | 4.2 | 3.0 | 2.4 | 1.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Olathe 3E, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/12741911284
Day trips start here
- Overland Park · 3 mi
- Lenexa · 4 mi
- Olathe · 8 mi
- Kansas City · 13 mi
- Kansas City Area · 13 mi
- Kansas City · 13 mi
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