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SniABar, Middle Creek, Bethany Falls Limestone Boulders & Cliff

SniABar, Middle Creek, Bethany Falls Limestone Boulders & Cliff, seen from above at true elevation

SniABar, Middle Creek, Bethany Falls Limestone Boulders & Cliff is a cliff in Missouri, at a modelled elevation of 261 m. Miller Hill stands 342 m to the south, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is SniABar, Middle Creek, Bethany Falls Limestone Outcrop, a cliff 0.2 miles away. Cliff Drive passes 11 miles off. 16 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Outcrops on this hill just above the trail (ie W of trail in trees) are SniABar, Middle Creek, & Bethany Falls Limestone (larger boulders/cliffs higher up). Swope Formation, Lower Bronson Subgroup, Kansas City Gp, Missourian Series, Pennsylvanian System.

The record

What the record says

Height
1 m
Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates38.97137, -94.42703

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Cliffs
Parks
  • Little Blue Trace County Park: 0.4 mi
  • Little Blue Valley Park: 0.4 mi
  • Kritser Park: 1.3 mi
  • Minor Smith Park: 1.9 mi
  • Kenagy Park: 2.2 mi
Attractions
  • Natural Bridge: 2.3 mi
  • Chimpanzees: 5.3 mi
  • Leopard Tortoise: 5.4 mi
  • Crocodile: 5.4 mi
  • Yellow-billed Stork: 5.4 mi
Museums: 60
Historic sites
Artworks
Gardens: 36
  • Monarch Waystation: 5.4 mi
  • Blue Springs Community Garden: 8.6 mi
  • Manheim Gardens: 9.4 mi
  • The Q Garden;Quilombo: 9.6 mi
  • Japanese Garden: 9.9 mi
Nature reserves: 20
Peaks: 16
  • Bowler Hill: 6.0 mi
  • Minter Hill: 10.9 mi
  • Miller Hill: 13.1 mi
  • Monkey Mountain: 13.4 mi
  • Sni-A-Bar Point: 13.5 mi
Ghost towns: 4
Waterfalls: 3
  • Turkey Creek Falls: 14.7 mi
  • Line Creek Double Falls: 18.7 mi
  • Cedar Lake Falls: 24.2 mi
Picnic sites: 2
Beaches: 1
  • Swimming Beach: 5.3 mi
Springs: 1
  • Pioneer Spring: 8.5 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of SniABar, Middle Creek, Bethany Falls Limestone Boulders & Cliff. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Miller HillS 182°342 m13.1 mi
Bowler HillSSE 163°330 m6.0 mi
Brookhart HillS 170°309 m24.1 mi
Kohler HillSSE 162°307 m23.7 mi
Rattlesnake HillE 97°306 m14.8 mi
Staley MoundSE 146°299 m22.1 mi
Schindorff HillSSE 149°297 m20.7 mi
Snowball HillS 172°295 m24.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2218:5519:30
June solstice05:5320:0720:47
September equinox07:0618:4119:16
December solstice07:3416:1716:59

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, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/12773319401

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