Bethany Falls Limestone Cliffs
Bethany Falls Limestone Cliffs is a cliff in Missouri, at a modelled elevation of 269 m. Miller Hill stands 342 m to the south, 14 miles off. 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
What the record says
- Height
- 6 m
What to expect
How to reach it
- 10.2 mi off the Cliff Drive
- 11.2 mi off the Spirit of Kansas City
- 14.3 mi off the Frontier Military Historic Byway
- 20.9 mi off the Old Trails Road
Overlooks nearby
- Scarrit Point · 11 mi
- Kaw Point · 13 mi
- Bird Watching Blind · 19 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Kritser Park: 0.7 mi
- Little Blue Valley Park: 0.7 mi
- Little Blue Trace County Park: 1.1 mi
- Minor Smith Park: 1.6 mi
- Timber Valley Park: 1.7 mi
- Raytown Historical Society & Museum: 2.7 mi
- Lee's Summit History Museum: 5.5 mi
- Battle of Westport Visitor Center: 6.1 mi
- Bingham Waggoner Estate: 7.3 mi
- Truman Farm Home: 7.6 mi
- Natural Bridge: 2.9 mi
- Chimpanzees: 4.8 mi
- Crocodile: 4.9 mi
- Leopard Tortoise: 4.9 mi
- Hippopotomus: 4.9 mi
- Brooking Cemetery: 3.5 mi
- World War Memorial: 3.9 mi
- Jimmy Golden: 4.7 mi
- Ashley and Vicki Bernard: 4.7 mi
- Historical Marker: 5.6 mi
- Terra Cotta Warriors: 5.4 mi
- Lamar Hunt: 5.5 mi
- George Brett: 5.5 mi
- Dick Howser: 5.5 mi
- Frank White: 5.5 mi
- Monarch Waystation: 4.9 mi
- Blue Springs Community Garden: 8.7 mi
- Manheim Gardens: 8.8 mi
- The Q Garden;Quilombo: 9.0 mi
- Japanese Garden: 9.4 mi
- Children's Memorial Butterfly Garden: 3.8 mi
- Heartland Overlook Preserve: 6.8 mi
- Burr Oaks' Glades Reservation Area: 8.8 mi
- Saeger Woods Conservation Area: 10.2 mi
- River Bluff Nature Reserve: 12.6 mi
- Bowler Hill: 6.7 mi
- Minter Hill: 11.1 mi
- Monkey Mountain: 13.6 mi
- Sni-A-Bar Point: 13.7 mi
- Miller Hill: 13.8 mi
- Quindaro Townsite: 17.2 mi
- Kimpton: 18.5 mi
- Powell: 20.1 mi
- West Union: 20.4 mi
- Turkey Creek Falls: 14.2 mi
- Line Creek Double Falls: 18.0 mi
- Cedar Lake Falls: 24.2 mi
- Family Picnic Area: 8.3 mi
- Watts Mill: 9.7 mi
- Swimming Beach: 5.3 mi
- Pioneer Spring: 7.9 mi
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.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miller Hill | S 181° | 342 m | 13.8 mi |
| Bowler Hill | SSE 162° | 330 m | 6.7 mi |
| Brookhart Hill | S 170° | 309 m | 24.8 mi |
| Kohler Hill | SSE 162° | 307 m | 24.4 mi |
| Rattlesnake Hill | E 100° | 306 m | 15.2 mi |
| Staley Mound | SSE 146° | 299 m | 22.8 mi |
| Schindorff Hill | SSE 149° | 297 m | 21.4 mi |
| Snowball Hill | S 172° | 295 m | 25.0 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 | 20:07 | 20:47 |
| September equinox | 07:06 | 18:41 | 19:16 |
| December solstice | 07:34 | 16:17 | 16:59 |
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, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/12745578903
Day trips start here
- Lee's Summit · 5 mi
- Independence · 8 mi
- Kansas City · 11 mi
- Kansas City Area · 11 mi
- Overland Park · 13 mi
- Kansas City · 14 mi
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