Westerville Limestone Outcrop
Westerville Limestone Outcrop is a cliff in Kansas, at a modelled elevation of 248 m. Miller Hill stands 342 m to the south-southeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Rosedale Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Spirit of Kansas City passes 3.6 miles off. 10 named summits stand within 25 miles.
On the west side of the onramp, about 6 ft above road level, is an outcrop of Westerville Limestone, Cherryvale Formation, Lower Linn Subgroup, Kansas City Group, Missourian Series, Pennsylvanian System (late Carboniferous, ca. 318-299 million yrs ago).
What the record says
- Height
- 2 m
What to expect
How to reach it
- 3.6 mi off the Spirit of Kansas City
- 4.8 mi off the Cliff Drive
- 8.9 mi off the Frontier Military Historic Byway
- 23.3 mi off the Glacial Hills Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Kaw Point · 4 mi
- Scarrit Point · 6 mi
- Bird Watching Blind · 18 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Rosedale Park: 0.2 mi
- Fisher Park: 0.4 mi
- Mount Marty Park: 0.6 mi
- Westburrow Park and Nature Trail: 0.8 mi
- 3625 Park: 0.9 mi
- Argentine Limestone Outcrop: 0.2 mi
- Badger Ridge: 1.6 mi
- Hertha-Bethany Falls-Winterset Limestone Outcrop: 6.6 mi
- Winterset Limestone Outcrop: 6.8 mi
- Westerville Limestone Outcrop: 6.8 mi
- Marcus Aurelius: 0.6 mi
- Rosedale: 0.6 mi
- KC Skyline Mural: 1.1 mi
- Yellow Bench: 1.3 mi
- Blockhead: 1.3 mi
- Rosedale World War I Memorial Arch: 0.6 mi
- Firefighters Memorial: 1.4 mi
- Historical Marker: 1.8 mi
- West Port, Missouri: 1.8 mi
- The Pioneers: 1.8 mi
- East Building: 1.7 mi
- Hallmark Visitors Center: 2.8 mi
- Concorde Nose: 2.9 mi
- Pedestal Mounted Traffic Light: 3.2 mi
- American Jazz Walk of Fame: 4.0 mi
- Harris-Kearney House: 2.0 mi
- Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art: 2.2 mi
- Money Museum: 2.4 mi
- National WWI Museum and Memorial: 2.6 mi
- Museum of Illusions: 2.8 mi
- School Garden: 0.7 mi
- Rosedale Community Garden: 1.0 mi
- Valentine Community Garden: 1.7 mi
- Rose Garden: 2.3 mi
- Japanese Garden: 2.3 mi
- Heartland Overlook Preserve: 7.8 mi
- Green Hills of Platte Wildlife Preserve: 8.7 mi
- Northwood Park: 9.7 mi
- Charlotte Sawyers Nature Area: 11.7 mi
- Saeger Woods Conservation Area: 12.4 mi
- Overland Park: 13.3 mi
- Overland Park: 13.3 mi
- Arsenal Hill: 15.2 mi
- Bowler Hill: 17.0 mi
- Nebo Hill: 17.9 mi
- Turkey Creek Falls: 3.8 mi
- Line Creek Double Falls: 9.9 mi
- Cedar Lake Falls: 18.9 mi
- Angel Falls: 20.4 mi
- Quindaro Townsite: 6.9 mi
- Delaware City: 17.0 mi
- Powell: 23.7 mi
- Swimming Beach: 15.7 mi
- Swim Beach: 21.2 mi
- Little Platte Swim Beach: 24.4 mi
- Watts Mill: 8.1 mi
- Family Picnic Area: 14.4 mi
- Pioneer Spring: 11.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Westerville Limestone Outcrop. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miller Hill | SSE 152° | 342 m | 21.6 mi |
| Pilot Knob | NW 315° | 336 m | 23.5 mi |
| Bowler Hill | SE 134° | 330 m | 17.0 mi |
| Nebo Hill | NE 54° | 291 m | 17.9 mi |
| Monkey Mountain | E 98° | 289 m | 24.0 mi |
| Minter Hill | E 100° | 288 m | 21.6 mi |
| Sni-A-Bar Point | E 97° | 286 m | 24.0 mi |
| Arsenal Hill | NE 50° | 277 m | 15.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:23 | 18:55 | 19:31 |
| June solstice | 05:54 | 20:08 | 20:48 |
| September equinox | 07:07 | 18:42 | 19:17 |
| December solstice | 07:35 | 16:18 | 17:00 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Jun, Aug–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 31 | 36 | 46 | 57 | 67 | 77 | 81 | 79 | 71 | 58 | 45 | 35 |
| Precip in | 1.0 | 1.5 | 2.1 | 3.9 | 5.1 | 5.3 | 4.4 | 4.7 | 3.8 | 3.2 | 1.8 | 1.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Kansas City Dwtn AP, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/12765424033
Day trips start here
- Kansas City · 4 mi
- Kansas City Area · 4 mi
- Kansas City · 4 mi
- Overland Park · 6 mi
- Lenexa · 9 mi
- Independence · 11 mi
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