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SniABar, Middle Creek, Bethany Falls Limestone Outcrop

SniABar, Middle Creek, Bethany Falls Limestone Outcrop, seen from above at true elevation

SniABar, Middle Creek, Bethany Falls Limestone Outcrop is a cliff in Missouri, at a modelled elevation of 263 m. Miller Hill stands 342 m to the south, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is SniABar, Middle Creek, Bethany Falls Limestone Boulders & Cliff, a cliff 0.2 miles away. Cliff Drive passes 11 miles off. 16 named summits stand within 25 miles.

West side of the trail, lowest to highest: SniABar (~4 ft), Middle Creek (2.5 ft divided in middle inch of shale). Highest, tallest, grayish cliffs: Bethany Falls. Swope Formation, Lower Bronson Subgp, Kansas City Gp, Missourian, Pennsylvanian.

The record

What the record says

Height
1 m
Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

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Coordinates38.96860, -94.42815

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Cliffs
Parks
  • Little Blue Trace County Park: 0.3 mi
  • Little Blue Valley Park: 0.6 mi
  • Kritser Park: 1.4 mi
  • Minor Smith Park: 1.9 mi
  • Kenagy Park: 2.2 mi
Attractions
  • Natural Bridge: 2.2 mi
  • Chimpanzees: 5.3 mi
  • Leopard Tortoise: 5.4 mi
  • Crocodile: 5.4 mi
  • Yellow-billed Stork: 5.4 mi
Museums: 60
  • Raytown Historical Society & Museum: 3.4 mi
  • Lee's Summit History Museum: 4.7 mi
  • Battle of Westport Visitor Center: 6.6 mi
  • Truman Farm Home: 7.2 mi
  • Grandview Train Museum: 7.7 mi
Historic sites
Artworks
Gardens: 36
  • Monarch Waystation: 5.4 mi
  • Blue Springs Community Garden: 8.8 mi
  • Manheim Gardens: 9.5 mi
  • The Q Garden;Quilombo: 9.7 mi
  • Japanese Garden: 10.0 mi
Nature reserves: 20
Peaks: 16
  • Bowler Hill: 5.9 mi
  • Minter Hill: 11.0 mi
  • Miller Hill: 12.9 mi
  • Monkey Mountain: 13.5 mi
  • Sni-A-Bar Point: 13.6 mi
Ghost towns: 4
Waterfalls: 3
  • Turkey Creek Falls: 14.7 mi
  • Line Creek Double Falls: 18.8 mi
  • Cedar Lake Falls: 24.1 mi
Picnic sites: 2
Beaches: 1
  • Swimming Beach: 5.4 mi
Springs: 1
  • Pioneer Spring: 8.7 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Miller HillS 182°342 m12.9 mi
Bowler HillSSE 162°330 m5.9 mi
Brookhart HillS 170°309 m23.9 mi
Kohler HillSSE 161°307 m23.5 mi
Rattlesnake HillE 97°306 m14.8 mi
Staley MoundSE 146°299 m22.0 mi
Schindorff HillSSE 149°297 m20.6 mi
Snowball HillS 172°295 m24.1 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/12744027056

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