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Bethany Falls & Winterset Limestone Outcrops

Bethany Falls & Winterset Limestone Outcrops, seen from above at true elevation

Bethany Falls & Winterset Limestone Outcrops is a cliff in Missouri, at a modelled elevation of 264 m. Miller Hill stands 342 m to the south, 11 miles off. Frontier Military Historic Byway passes 12 miles off. 17 named summits stand within 25 miles.

S of freeway: Bethany Falls LS (tall whitish cliff). Swope Formation, Lower Bronson Subgroup, Kansas City Group, Missourian Series, Pennsylvanian System (late Carboniferous, ca. 318-299 million years ago).

The record

What the record says

Height
1 m
Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates38.93698, -94.46288

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Cliffs
Parks
  • Clark-Ketterman Athletic Field Park: 1.9 mi
  • Bannister Park: 1.9 mi
  • Peale Park: 2.0 mi
  • Iser Park: 2.1 mi
  • Sycamore Park: 2.2 mi
Historic sites
  • Ruskin Heights Tornado Memorial: 2.7 mi
  • Brooking Cemetery: 6.2 mi
  • Alfred Benjamin Memorial: 6.3 mi
  • American Legion Memorial II: 6.3 mi
  • Historical Marker: 6.4 mi
Attractions
  • Natural Bridge: 3.4 mi
  • Chimpanzees: 5.3 mi
  • Black-footed Cats: 5.3 mi
  • Fennec Fox: 5.3 mi
  • Rhinoceros: 5.4 mi
Museums: 60
  • Truman Farm Home: 4.4 mi
  • Lee's Summit History Museum: 4.8 mi
  • Grandview Train Museum: 4.9 mi
  • Raytown Historical Society & Museum: 4.9 mi
  • Battle of Westport Visitor Center: 6.4 mi
Artworks
Gardens: 36
  • Monarch Waystation: 5.4 mi
  • Japanese Garden: 9.7 mi
  • Manheim Gardens: 9.7 mi
  • Rose Garden: 9.8 mi
  • The Q Garden;Quilombo: 10.2 mi
Nature reserves: 19
Peaks: 17
  • Bowler Hill: 5.0 mi
  • Miller Hill: 10.9 mi
  • Overland Park: 12.2 mi
  • Overland Park: 12.2 mi
  • Minter Hill: 13.4 mi
Ghost towns: 4
Waterfalls: 3
  • Turkey Creek Falls: 13.8 mi
  • Line Creek Double Falls: 19.9 mi
  • Cedar Lake Falls: 21.7 mi
Picnic sites: 2
Beaches: 1
  • Swimming Beach: 8.2 mi
Springs: 1
  • Pioneer Spring: 11.1 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Miller HillS 172°342 m10.9 mi
Bowler HillSE 133°330 m5.0 mi
Brookhart HillSSE 164°309 m22.2 mi
Kohler HillSSE 155°307 m22.2 mi
Rattlesnake HillE 88°306 m16.6 mi
Staley MoundSE 138°299 m21.4 mi
Schindorff HillSE 141°297 m19.9 mi
Snowball HillSSE 166°295 m22.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2218:5519:30
June solstice05:5320:0720:47
September equinox07:0618:4119:17
December solstice07:3416:1817:00

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, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/12783087711

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