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Hertha-Bethany Falls-Winterset Limestone Outcrop

Hertha-Bethany Falls-Winterset Limestone Outcrop, seen from above at true elevation

Hertha-Bethany Falls-Winterset Limestone Outcrop is a cliff in Missouri, at a modelled elevation of 254 m. Miller Hill stands 342 m to the south-southeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Heartland Overlook Preserve, a nature reserve 1.2 miles away. Frontier Military Historic Byway passes 8.8 miles off. 12 named summits stand within 25 miles.

N of the Memorial is a major outcrop of the Kansas City Group showing successive cyclothems: Upper Pleasanton thru, Ladore Shale, Middle Creek LS, Hushpuckney Sh, Bethany Falls LS, Galesburg Sh, Winterset LS, etc (late Carboniferous, ca. 318-299 million)

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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Coordinates38.97151, -94.54182

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Attractions
  • Fennec Fox: 2.2 mi
  • Caracal: 2.2 mi
  • Black-footed Cats: 2.3 mi
  • Lions: 2.3 mi
  • Southern Ground Hornbill: 2.3 mi
Museums
Historic sites
Artworks
Cliffs
Gardens: 27
  • Monarch Waystation: 2.4 mi
  • Japanese Garden: 5.1 mi
  • Rose Garden: 5.2 mi
  • Manheim Gardens: 5.6 mi
  • Rosedale Community Garden: 6.4 mi
Nature reserves: 18
Peaks: 12
  • Bowler Hill: 9.8 mi
  • Overland Park: 10.0 mi
  • Overland Park: 10.0 mi
  • Miller Hill: 14.3 mi
  • Minter Hill: 17.0 mi
Ghost towns: 5
Waterfalls: 3
  • Turkey Creek Falls: 9.0 mi
  • Line Creek Double Falls: 16.3 mi
  • Cedar Lake Falls: 18.6 mi
Picnic sites: 2
Beaches: 2
  • Swimming Beach: 11.1 mi
  • Swim Beach: 23.5 mi
Springs: 1
  • Pioneer Spring: 10.9 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Miller HillSSE 156°342 m14.3 mi
Bowler HillSE 126°330 m9.8 mi
Rattlesnake HillE 95°306 m20.9 mi
Schindorff HillSE 137°297 m24.5 mi
Nebo HillNNE 31°291 m19.3 mi
Monkey MountainE 83°289 m19.5 mi
Minter HillE 83°288 m17.0 mi
Sni-A-Bar PointE 82°286 m19.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2318:5519:30
June solstice05:5420:0820:48
September equinox07:0718:4219:17
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, 9 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/12744689151

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