Cement City Limestone Outcrop
Cement City Limestone Outcrop is a cliff in Missouri, at a modelled elevation of 270 m. Miller Hill stands 342 m to the south-southwest, 17 miles off. Cliff Drive passes 11 miles off. 15 named summits stand within 25 miles.
On the west side of I-470 is a low outcrop of Cement City Limestone, Dewey Formation, Upper Linn Subgroup, Kansas City Group, Missourian Series, Pennsylvanian System (late Carboniferous, ca. 318-299 million years ago). Also known as Drum Limestone.
What the record says
- Height
- 2.5 m
What to expect
How to reach it
- 10.6 mi off the Cliff Drive
- 12.7 mi off the Spirit of Kansas City
- 16.3 mi off the Old Trails Road
- 19.0 mi off the Frontier Military Historic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Scarrit Point · 12 mi
- Kaw Point · 15 mi
- Bird Watching Blind · 23 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Cement City Limestone Outcrop: 0.0 mi
- Westerville Limestone Outcrop: 0.1 mi
- Westerville Limestone Outcrop: 0.1 mi
- Winterset Limestone Outcrop: 0.2 mi
- Winterset Limestone Outcrop: 0.2 mi
- Bryan C Pottberg Park: 0.7 mi
- Velie Park: 1.0 mi
- Waterfall Park: 1.7 mi
- Hidden Valley Sports Complex Park: 1.7 mi
- Wind Sculptures: 1.7 mi
- Ashley and Vicki Bernard: 2.3 mi
- Jimmy Golden: 2.3 mi
- Skate Statue: 3.1 mi
- Burrus' Old Mill: 3.1 mi
- The Blue Spring: 3.5 mi
- Old Man's Bench: 2.9 mi
- Children on a Summer Day: 3.2 mi
- The Wild Mustang: 3.2 mi
- Andrew Drumm: 4.1 mi
- Three Crosses Stand: 4.2 mi
- Natural Bridge: 5.3 mi
- Harry S Truman National Historic Site Visitor Center: 6.2 mi
- Chimpanzees: 8.7 mi
- Crocodile: 8.7 mi
- Hippopotomus: 8.7 mi
- Blue Springs Historical Society: 4.1 mi
- Bingham Waggoner Estate: 5.8 mi
- Raytown Historical Society & Museum: 5.9 mi
- 1827 Log Courthouse: 6.1 mi
- Pioneer Spring Cabin: 6.1 mi
- Blue Springs Community Garden: 4.3 mi
- Monarch Waystation: 8.7 mi
- The Q Garden;Quilombo: 11.5 mi
- Manheim Gardens: 11.7 mi
- Pendleton Heights Community Garden: 12.5 mi
- Burr Oaks' Glades Reservation Area: 4.1 mi
- Children's Memorial Butterfly Garden: 6.9 mi
- River Bluff Nature Reserve: 9.8 mi
- Liberty Bend Conservation Area: 10.4 mi
- Heartland Overlook Preserve: 11.4 mi
- Minter Hill: 7.1 mi
- Bowler Hill: 9.1 mi
- Monkey Mountain: 9.5 mi
- Sni-A-Bar Point: 9.5 mi
- Rattlesnake Hill: 12.0 mi
- Quindaro Townsite: 18.9 mi
- Kimpton: 20.6 mi
- West Union: 24.1 mi
- Powell: 24.2 mi
- Family Picnic Area: 4.9 mi
- Watts Mill: 14.2 mi
- Turkey Creek Falls: 17.8 mi
- Line Creek Double Falls: 18.7 mi
- Swimming Beach: 1.1 mi
- Pioneer Spring: 6.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Cement City Limestone Outcrop. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miller Hill | SSW 194° | 342 m | 16.7 mi |
| Bowler Hill | SSW 193° | 330 m | 9.1 mi |
| Rattlesnake Hill | ESE 114° | 306 m | 12.0 mi |
| Wagon Knob | ESE 103° | 305 m | 21.9 mi |
| Staley Mound | SSE 158° | 299 m | 23.1 mi |
| Schindorff Hill | SSE 162° | 297 m | 22.0 mi |
| Nebo Hill | N 0° | 291 m | 13.5 mi |
| Monkey Mountain | E 94° | 289 m | 9.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:22 | 18:54 | 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 | 28 | 33 | 44 | 54 | 64 | 73 | 77 | 76 | 68 | 56 | 43 | 33 |
| Precip in | 1.5 | 1.9 | 2.9 | 4.4 | 6.0 | 5.3 | 5.1 | 5.1 | 4.8 | 3.5 | 2.4 | 1.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Independence, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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Day trips start here
- Independence · 6 mi
- Lee's Summit · 6 mi
- Kansas City · 13 mi
- Kansas City Area · 13 mi
- Kansas City · 16 mi
- Overland Park · 17 mi
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