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Bethany Falls Limestone Cliffs

Bethany Falls Limestone Cliffs, seen from above at true elevation

Bethany Falls Limestone Cliffs is a cliff in Missouri, at a modelled elevation of 270 m. Miller Hill stands 342 m to the south, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Bethany Falls Limestone Cliffs - Rockfall, a cliff 0.1 miles away. Cliff Drive passes 10 miles off. 16 named summits stand within 25 miles.

On both sides of the trail at this point are tall cliffs of Bethany Falls Limestone, Swope Formation, Lower Bronson Subgroup, Kansas City Group, Missourian Series, Pennsylvanian System (late Carboniferous, ca. 318-299 million years a

The record

What the record says

Height
6 m
Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates38.97787, -94.42866

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Cliffs
Parks
  • Little Blue Valley Park: 0.4 mi
  • Little Blue Trace County Park: 0.8 mi
  • Kritser Park: 0.9 mi
  • Minor Smith Park: 1.8 mi
  • Timber Valley Park: 1.9 mi
Attractions
  • Natural Bridge: 2.7 mi
  • Chimpanzees: 5.1 mi
  • Crocodile: 5.1 mi
  • Leopard Tortoise: 5.1 mi
  • Yellow-billed Stork: 5.1 mi
Museums: 60
Historic sites
Artworks
  • Terra Cotta Warriors: 5.7 mi
  • Lamar Hunt: 5.8 mi
  • George Brett: 5.8 mi
  • Dick Howser: 5.8 mi
  • Frank White: 5.8 mi
Gardens: 36
  • Monarch Waystation: 5.1 mi
  • Blue Springs Community Garden: 8.6 mi
  • Manheim Gardens: 9.1 mi
  • The Q Garden;Quilombo: 9.3 mi
  • Japanese Garden: 9.7 mi
Nature reserves: 20
Peaks: 16
  • Bowler Hill: 6.5 mi
  • Minter Hill: 11.0 mi
  • Monkey Mountain: 13.4 mi
  • Sni-A-Bar Point: 13.5 mi
  • Miller Hill: 13.6 mi
Ghost towns: 4
Waterfalls: 3
  • Turkey Creek Falls: 14.5 mi
  • Line Creek Double Falls: 18.3 mi
  • Cedar Lake Falls: 24.3 mi
Picnic sites: 2
Beaches: 1
  • Swimming Beach: 5.2 mi
Springs: 1
  • Pioneer Spring: 8.0 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Bethany Falls Limestone Cliffs. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Miller HillS 181°342 m13.6 mi
Bowler HillSSE 164°330 m6.5 mi
Brookhart HillS 170°309 m24.5 mi
Kohler HillSSE 162°307 m24.1 mi
Rattlesnake HillE 99°306 m15.0 mi
Staley MoundSSE 146°299 m22.5 mi
Schindorff HillSSE 149°297 m21.1 mi
Snowball HillS 172°295 m24.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2218:5519:30
June solstice05:5320:0720:47
September equinox07:0618:4119:16
December solstice07:3416:1716:59

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313545566575797769574535
Precip in1.01.42.14.25.75.04.64.53.13.42.11.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lees Summit Muni AP, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/12773265899

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