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SniABar, Middle Creek, Bethany Falls, Winterset Limestone Outcrops

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

SniABar, Middle Creek, Bethany Falls, Winterset Limestone Outcrops is a cliff in Missouri, at a modelled elevation of 267 m. Miller Hill stands 342 m to the south, 11 miles off. Cliff Drive passes 13 miles off. 18 named summits stand within 25 miles.

N & S of freeway, low to high: SniABar LS (low outcrop), Middle Creek LS (2.5 ft ledge), Bethany Falls LS (tall white cliff), Winterset LS (rocks/small cliff further back, occasionally & hard to see). Kansas City Gp (late Carboniferous, ca. 318-299 mya).

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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Coordinates38.93501, -94.43611

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Cliffs
Parks
  • Lowenstein Park: 1.2 mi
  • Peale Park: 1.4 mi
  • Winterset Park Nature Area: 2.0 mi
  • Charles David Hartman Park: 2.2 mi
  • Summit Park: 2.2 mi
Attractions
  • Natural Bridge: 2.1 mi
  • Chimpanzees: 6.3 mi
  • Leopard Tortoise: 6.4 mi
  • Black-footed Cats: 6.4 mi
  • Yellow-billed Stork: 6.4 mi
Museums: 60
  • Lee's Summit History Museum: 3.5 mi
  • Raytown Historical Society & Museum: 5.3 mi
  • Truman Farm Home: 5.6 mi
  • Grandview Train Museum: 6.0 mi
  • Battle of Westport Visitor Center: 7.5 mi
Historic sites
Artworks
Gardens: 36
  • Monarch Waystation: 6.4 mi
  • Blue Springs Community Garden: 10.2 mi
  • Manheim Gardens: 10.7 mi
  • Japanese Garden: 10.9 mi
  • Rose Garden: 10.9 mi
Nature reserves: 18
Peaks: 18
  • Bowler Hill: 4.0 mi
  • Miller Hill: 10.6 mi
  • Minter Hill: 12.2 mi
  • Overland Park: 13.5 mi
  • Overland Park: 13.5 mi
Ghost towns: 4
Waterfalls: 3
  • Turkey Creek Falls: 15.2 mi
  • Line Creek Double Falls: 20.7 mi
  • Cedar Lake Falls: 23.0 mi
Picnic sites: 2
Beaches: 1
  • Swimming Beach: 7.2 mi
Springs: 1
  • Pioneer Spring: 11.0 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Miller HillS 180°342 m10.6 mi
Bowler HillSE 145°330 m4.0 mi
Brookhart HillSSE 168°309 m21.7 mi
Kohler HillSSE 158°307 m21.5 mi
Rattlesnake HillE 88°306 m15.2 mi
Staley MoundSE 141°299 m20.4 mi
Schindorff HillSE 144°297 m18.9 mi
Snowball HillS 170°295 m21.9 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 solstice07:3416:1717:00

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, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/12783087706

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