Bethany Falls-Middle Creek Limestone Cliffs
Bethany Falls-Middle Creek Limestone Cliffs is a cliff in Missouri, at a modelled elevation of 277 m. Miller Hill stands 342 m to the south, 9.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Winterset Park Nature Area, a park 0.1 miles away. Frontier Military Historic Byway passes 14 miles off. 19 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The 3rd St road cut here exposes the full depth of Bethany Falls Limestone. At the creek just S of the Rock Isl Trail, you can see the full height. Proceeding E you reach the top of the LS at British Ln.
What the record says
- Height
- 6 m
What to expect
How to reach it
- 14.0 mi off the Frontier Military Historic Byway
- 14.8 mi off the Cliff Drive
- 15.5 mi off the Spirit of Kansas City
- 22.9 mi off the Old Trails Road
Overlooks nearby
- Scarrit Point · 16 mi
- Bird Watching Blind · 17 mi
- Kaw Point · 17 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Winterset Park Nature Area: 0.1 mi
- Charles David Hartman Park: 0.3 mi
- Summit Park: 1.1 mi
- Lowenstein Park: 1.1 mi
- Summit Crossing Loop Park: 1.1 mi
- Westerville Limestone Outcrop: 1.6 mi
- Bethany Falls LS Outcrop & Winterset Limestone Cliff: 1.8 mi
- SniABar, Middle Creek, Bethany Falls, Winterset Limestone Outcrops: 1.9 mi
- SniABar, Middle Creek, Bethany Falls, Winterset Limestone Outcrops: 1.9 mi
- SniABar, Bethany Falls, Winterset Limestone Outcrops: 2.1 mi
- Lee's Summit History Museum: 2.1 mi
- Truman Farm Home: 6.1 mi
- Grandview Train Museum: 6.3 mi
- Raytown Historical Society & Museum: 7.2 mi
- Dryden Drug Museum: 9.3 mi
- Natural Bridge: 2.5 mi
- Chimpanzees: 8.2 mi
- Black-footed Cats: 8.2 mi
- Leopard Tortoise: 8.2 mi
- Yellow-billed Stork: 8.2 mi
- Ruskin Heights Tornado Memorial: 5.0 mi
- Harvey E. "Jack" Gold: 7.1 mi
- Brooking Cemetery: 8.2 mi
- World War Memorial: 8.7 mi
- Jimmy Golden: 8.9 mi
- Dining Bell: 5.6 mi
- Hygeia: 8.6 mi
- Terra Cotta Warriors: 8.9 mi
- The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled: 9.1 mi
- The Boy Scout by Robert Tait McKenzie: 9.2 mi
- Monarch Waystation: 8.3 mi
- Blue Springs Community Garden: 10.4 mi
- Manheim Gardens: 12.6 mi
- Japanese Garden: 12.6 mi
- Rose Garden: 12.7 mi
- Bowler Hill: 2.1 mi
- Miller Hill: 9.1 mi
- Minter Hill: 12.0 mi
- Overland Park: 14.1 mi
- Overland Park: 14.1 mi
- Children's Memorial Butterfly Garden: 1.0 mi
- Heartland Overlook Preserve: 8.1 mi
- Saeger Woods Conservation Area: 8.7 mi
- Burr Oaks' Glades Reservation Area: 11.5 mi
- Lone Jack Lake Conservation Area: 11.8 mi
- Kimpton: 13.7 mi
- West Union: 16.3 mi
- Powell: 16.4 mi
- Quindaro Townsite: 21.2 mi
- Turkey Creek Falls: 16.8 mi
- Line Creek Double Falls: 22.5 mi
- Cedar Lake Falls: 23.6 mi
- Watts Mill: 10.3 mi
- Family Picnic Area: 12.4 mi
- Swimming Beach: 7.8 mi
- Pioneer Spring: 12.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Bethany Falls-Middle Creek Limestone Cliffs. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miller Hill | S 186° | 342 m | 9.1 mi |
| Bowler Hill | SE 144° | 330 m | 2.1 mi |
| Brookhart Hill | S 170° | 309 m | 20.0 mi |
| Kohler Hill | SSE 159° | 307 m | 19.7 mi |
| Rattlesnake Hill | E 81° | 306 m | 14.3 mi |
| Wagon Knob | E 85° | 305 m | 24.7 mi |
| Staley Mound | SE 140° | 299 m | 18.5 mi |
| Schindorff Hill | SE 143° | 297 m | 17.0 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 | 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, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/12750729295
Day trips start here
- Lee's Summit · 2 mi
- Independence · 12 mi
- Overland Park · 14 mi
- Kansas City · 16 mi
- Kansas City Area · 16 mi
- Lenexa · 17 mi
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