Westerville Limestone Outcrop
Westerville Limestone Outcrop is a cliff in Missouri, at a modelled elevation of 280 m. Miller Hill stands 342 m to the south, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Winterset Limestone Cliffs, a cliff 0.2 miles away. Cliff Drive passes 12 miles off. 18 named summits stand within 25 miles.
On both sides of 350 Hwy at this point are outcrops of Westerville Limestone, Cherryvale Formation, Lower Linn Subgroup, Kansas City Group, Missourian Series, Pennsylvanian System (late Carboniferous, ca. 318-299 million years ago).
What the record says
- Height
- 2 m
What to expect
How to reach it
- 12.1 mi off the Cliff Drive
- 13.1 mi off the Spirit of Kansas City
- 14.5 mi off the Frontier Military Historic Byway
- 21.2 mi off the Old Trails Road
Overlooks nearby
- Scarrit Point · 13 mi
- Kaw Point · 15 mi
- Bird Watching Blind · 18 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Little Blue Trace County Park: 0.9 mi
- Little Blue Valley Park: 1.5 mi
- Lowenstein Park: 1.8 mi
- Kritser Park: 2.5 mi
- Summit Park: 2.6 mi
- Natural Bridge: 1.1 mi
- Chimpanzees: 6.3 mi
- Leopard Tortoise: 6.3 mi
- Crocodile: 6.3 mi
- Yellow-billed Stork: 6.3 mi
- Lee's Summit History Museum: 3.6 mi
- Raytown Historical Society & Museum: 4.6 mi
- Truman Farm Home: 7.1 mi
- Grandview Train Museum: 7.5 mi
- Battle of Westport Visitor Center: 7.5 mi
- Dining Bell: 5.1 mi
- Terra Cotta Warriors: 7.0 mi
- The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled: 7.2 mi
- Lamar Hunt: 7.5 mi
- George Brett: 7.5 mi
- Ruskin Heights Tornado Memorial: 5.4 mi
- Brooking Cemetery: 5.5 mi
- World War Memorial: 5.8 mi
- Jimmy Golden: 6.1 mi
- Ashley and Vicki Bernard: 6.1 mi
- Monarch Waystation: 6.4 mi
- Blue Springs Community Garden: 8.7 mi
- Manheim Gardens: 10.6 mi
- The Q Garden;Quilombo: 10.8 mi
- Japanese Garden: 10.9 mi
- Children's Memorial Butterfly Garden: 1.9 mi
- Heartland Overlook Preserve: 7.5 mi
- Burr Oaks' Glades Reservation Area: 9.3 mi
- Saeger Woods Conservation Area: 9.8 mi
- Lone Jack Lake Conservation Area: 12.4 mi
- Bowler Hill: 4.7 mi
- Minter Hill: 10.8 mi
- Miller Hill: 12.0 mi
- Monkey Mountain: 13.2 mi
- Sni-A-Bar Point: 13.3 mi
- Kimpton: 16.5 mi
- Powell: 18.9 mi
- West Union: 18.9 mi
- Quindaro Townsite: 19.0 mi
- Turkey Creek Falls: 15.5 mi
- Line Creek Double Falls: 20.0 mi
- Cedar Lake Falls: 24.3 mi
- Family Picnic Area: 9.7 mi
- Watts Mill: 10.1 mi
- Swimming Beach: 5.6 mi
- Pioneer Spring: 9.6 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 | S 184° | 342 m | 12.0 mi |
| Bowler Hill | SSE 165° | 330 m | 4.7 mi |
| Brookhart Hill | S 171° | 309 m | 22.8 mi |
| Kohler Hill | SSE 162° | 307 m | 22.4 mi |
| Rattlesnake Hill | E 93° | 306 m | 14.2 mi |
| Wagon Knob | E 91° | 305 m | 24.6 mi |
| Staley Mound | SE 145° | 299 m | 20.8 mi |
| Schindorff Hill | SSE 148° | 297 m | 19.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:22 | 18:55 | 19:30 |
| June solstice | 05:53 | 20:07 | 20:47 |
| September equinox | 07:06 | 18:41 | 19:16 |
| December solstice | 07:34 | 16:17 | 16:59 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 31 | 35 | 45 | 56 | 65 | 75 | 79 | 77 | 69 | 57 | 45 | 35 |
| Precip in | 1.0 | 1.4 | 2.1 | 4.2 | 5.7 | 5.0 | 4.6 | 4.5 | 3.1 | 3.4 | 2.1 | 1.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lees Summit Muni AP, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/12777652653
Day trips start here
- Lee's Summit · 3 mi
- Independence · 9 mi
- Kansas City · 13 mi
- Kansas City Area · 13 mi
- Overland Park · 14 mi
- Kansas City · 16 mi
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