Badger Ridge
Badger Ridge is a cliff in Kansas, at a modelled elevation of 286 m. Miller Hill stands 342 m to the south-southeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Silver City Park, a park 0.9 miles away. Spirit of Kansas City passes 4.4 miles off. 9 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Height
- 288 m
How to reach it
- 4.4 mi off the Spirit of Kansas City
- 6.0 mi off the Cliff Drive
- 7.3 mi off the Frontier Military Historic Byway
- 22.3 mi off the Glacial Hills Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Kaw Point · 5 mi
- Scarrit Point · 7 mi
- Bird Watching Blind · 18 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Silver City Park: 0.9 mi
- Ruby Park: 1.1 mi
- Matney Park: 1.1 mi
- Nall Park: 1.1 mi
- Vega Field: 1.2 mi
- Ukraine Hedgehog: 1.1 mi
- Origin: 1.2 mi
- Scourge: 1.2 mi
- Scourge: 1.2 mi
- Anthology of Argentine Mural: 1.3 mi
- Westerville Limestone Outcrop: 1.6 mi
- Argentine Limestone Outcrop: 1.7 mi
- Hertha-Bethany Falls-Winterset Limestone Outcrop: 8.2 mi
- Winterset Limestone Outcrop: 8.4 mi
- Westerville Limestone Outcrop: 8.4 mi
- Rosedale World War I Memorial Arch: 2.2 mi
- Pearl Harbor Park: 2.5 mi
- Firefighters Memorial: 2.7 mi
- Battle of Westport Union Flanking Movement: 3.4 mi
- Historical Marker: 3.4 mi
- East Building: 2.3 mi
- Concorde Nose: 3.9 mi
- Hallmark Visitors Center: 4.3 mi
- Pedestal Mounted Traffic Light: 4.8 mi
- Candy Cane Lane: 5.0 mi
- Harris-Kearney House: 3.6 mi
- Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art: 3.8 mi
- Money Museum: 3.9 mi
- National WWI Museum and Memorial: 4.0 mi
- Museum of Illusions: 4.2 mi
- School Garden: 2.2 mi
- Rosedale Community Garden: 2.4 mi
- Valentine Community Garden: 3.3 mi
- Rose Garden: 3.6 mi
- Helen S. Cuddy Rose Garden: 3.6 mi
- Heartland Overlook Preserve: 8.6 mi
- Green Hills of Platte Wildlife Preserve: 8.7 mi
- Northwood Park: 9.7 mi
- Charlotte Sawyers Nature Area: 11.0 mi
- Parma Woods Conservation Area: 11.8 mi
- Overland Park: 13.0 mi
- Overland Park: 13.0 mi
- Arsenal Hill: 16.5 mi
- Bowler Hill: 18.2 mi
- Nebo Hill: 19.2 mi
- Turkey Creek Falls: 2.5 mi
- Line Creek Double Falls: 10.2 mi
- Cedar Lake Falls: 17.9 mi
- Angel Falls: 19.2 mi
- Quindaro Townsite: 6.7 mi
- Delaware City: 15.9 mi
- Powell: 23.8 mi
- Swimming Beach: 17.2 mi
- Swim Beach: 19.8 mi
- Little Platte Swim Beach: 24.8 mi
- Watts Mill: 8.4 mi
- Family Picnic Area: 16.1 mi
- Pioneer Spring: 13.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Badger Ridge. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miller Hill | SSE 148° | 342 m | 22.4 mi |
| Pilot Knob | NW 318° | 336 m | 22.4 mi |
| Bowler Hill | SE 130° | 330 m | 18.2 mi |
| Nebo Hill | ENE 56° | 291 m | 19.2 mi |
| Minter Hill | E 99° | 288 m | 23.2 mi |
| Arsenal Hill | NE 54° | 277 m | 16.5 mi |
| Observation Bluff | WSW 244° | 277 m | 23.5 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 | 20:09 | 20:49 |
| September equinox | 07:07 | 18:42 | 19:17 |
| December solstice | 07:35 | 16:18 | 17:00 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Jun, Aug–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 31 | 36 | 46 | 57 | 67 | 77 | 81 | 79 | 71 | 58 | 45 | 35 |
| Precip in | 1.0 | 1.5 | 2.1 | 3.9 | 5.1 | 5.3 | 4.4 | 4.7 | 3.8 | 3.2 | 1.8 | 1.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Kansas City Dwtn AP, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/9982566704
Day trips start here
- Kansas City · 4 mi
- Kansas City · 5 mi
- Kansas City Area · 5 mi
- Overland Park · 5 mi
- Lenexa · 8 mi
- Independence · 13 mi
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