Westerville Limestone Outcrop
Westerville Limestone Outcrop is a cliff in Missouri, at a modelled elevation of 289 m. Miller Hill stands 342 m to the south, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Bethany Falls LS Outcrop & Winterset Limestone Cliff, a cliff 0.4 miles away. Cliff Drive passes 13 miles off. 19 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The quarry north of the freeway here appears to have quarried Westerville Limestone, Cherryvale Formation & Winterset Limestone, Dennis Formation, Kansas City Gp, Missourian Series, Pennsylvanian (l. Carboniferous, ~318-299 million years ago).
What the record says
- Height
- 2 m
What to expect
How to reach it
- 13.2 mi off the Cliff Drive
- 13.9 mi off the Frontier Military Historic Byway
- 14.0 mi off the Spirit of Kansas City
- 22.1 mi off the Old Trails Road
Overlooks nearby
- Scarrit Point · 14 mi
- Kaw Point · 16 mi
- Bird Watching Blind · 17 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Bethany Falls LS Outcrop & Winterset Limestone Cliff: 0.4 mi
- SniABar, Middle Creek, Bethany Falls, Winterset Limestone Outcrops: 0.7 mi
- SniABar, Middle Creek, Bethany Falls, Winterset Limestone Outcrops: 0.7 mi
- SniABar, Bethany Falls, Winterset Limestone Outcrops: 1.1 mi
- SniABar, Bethany Falls, Winterset Limestone Outcrops: 1.1 mi
- Lowenstein Park: 0.6 mi
- Summit Park: 1.6 mi
- Peale Park: 1.7 mi
- Winterset Park Nature Area: 1.7 mi
- Charles David Hartman Park: 1.9 mi
- Natural Bridge: 1.4 mi
- Chimpanzees: 6.8 mi
- Leopard Tortoise: 6.9 mi
- Yellow-billed Stork: 6.9 mi
- Crocodile: 6.9 mi
- Lee's Summit History Museum: 2.8 mi
- Raytown Historical Society & Museum: 5.6 mi
- Truman Farm Home: 6.3 mi
- Grandview Train Museum: 6.6 mi
- Battle of Westport Visitor Center: 8.0 mi
- Ruskin Heights Tornado Memorial: 4.7 mi
- Brooking Cemetery: 6.6 mi
- World War Memorial: 7.0 mi
- Jimmy Golden: 7.4 mi
- Ashley and Vicki Bernard: 7.4 mi
- Dining Bell: 5.4 mi
- Terra Cotta Warriors: 7.6 mi
- The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled: 7.8 mi
- Hygeia: 8.3 mi
- Lamar Hunt: 8.5 mi
- Monarch Waystation: 6.9 mi
- Blue Springs Community Garden: 9.6 mi
- Manheim Gardens: 11.2 mi
- Japanese Garden: 11.4 mi
- Rose Garden: 11.5 mi
- Bowler Hill: 3.6 mi
- Miller Hill: 10.7 mi
- Minter Hill: 11.5 mi
- Monkey Mountain: 13.8 mi
- Sni-A-Bar Point: 14.0 mi
- Children's Memorial Butterfly Garden: 0.7 mi
- Heartland Overlook Preserve: 7.4 mi
- Saeger Woods Conservation Area: 9.0 mi
- Burr Oaks' Glades Reservation Area: 10.4 mi
- Lone Jack Lake Conservation Area: 12.3 mi
- Kimpton: 15.3 mi
- Powell: 17.6 mi
- West Union: 17.7 mi
- Quindaro Townsite: 19.8 mi
- Turkey Creek Falls: 15.8 mi
- Line Creek Double Falls: 21.0 mi
- Cedar Lake Falls: 23.7 mi
- Watts Mill: 9.8 mi
- Family Picnic Area: 11.0 mi
- Swimming Beach: 6.6 mi
- Pioneer Spring: 10.9 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 | 10.7 mi |
| Bowler Hill | SSE 155° | 330 m | 3.6 mi |
| Brookhart Hill | S 170° | 309 m | 21.6 mi |
| Kohler Hill | SSE 160° | 307 m | 21.2 mi |
| Rattlesnake Hill | E 88° | 306 m | 14.4 mi |
| Wagon Knob | E 88° | 305 m | 24.8 mi |
| Staley Mound | SE 143° | 299 m | 20.0 mi |
| Schindorff Hill | SE 146° | 297 m | 18.5 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 | 17:00 |
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/12782171375
Day trips start here
- Lee's Summit · 3 mi
- Independence · 11 mi
- Kansas City · 14 mi
- Kansas City Area · 14 mi
- Overland Park · 14 mi
- Kansas City · 17 mi
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