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Powell is a ghost town in Missouri, at a modelled elevation of 298 m. Miller Hill stands 342 m to the east-northeast, 9.5 miles off. The nearest named place is West Union, a ghost town 3.2 miles away. Frontier Military Historic Byway passes 4.6 miles off. 21 named summits stand within 25 miles.

ghost town in Cass County, Missouri, United States

How to reach it

Coordinates38.71640, -94.59079

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
  • Quantrill's Raids and the Military Road 1862: 5.2 mi
  • Richards-Gebaur Memorial Airport: 8.9 mi
  • Miller’s Wood Sports Complex: 12.5 mi
  • The Burnt District Monument: 12.8 mi
  • Austin's Park Memorial: 13.1 mi
Parks
  • Dunsworth Park: 6.3 mi
  • Cleveland Lake: 6.6 mi
  • Country View Park: 6.7 mi
  • Cleveland Lake Disc Golf Course: 6.7 mi
  • Camp Branch Glade: 7.0 mi
Artworks
  • Little scoundrel: 7.9 mi
  • Jazz II by Tom Corbin: 7.9 mi
  • Geometric stratum by Tom Brewitz: 7.9 mi
  • Jazz I by Tom Corbin: 7.9 mi
  • Two frogs by Elliott Carlson: 7.9 mi
Attractions
Museums: 34
  • Belton Museum: 7.3 mi
  • Dryden Drug Museum: 7.3 mi
  • Oxford School: 10.0 mi
  • Prairie Oak Nature Center: 10.0 mi
  • Historic State Bank of Stanley Building: 10.6 mi
Gardens: 22
  • Resident Gardens: 12.0 mi
  • Monarch Garden: 16.1 mi
  • Bee Garden: 16.1 mi
  • Butterfly Garden: 16.1 mi
  • Bird Garden: 16.1 mi
Peaks: 21
  • Miller Hill: 9.5 mi
  • Overland Park: 11.4 mi
  • Overland Park: 11.4 mi
  • Bieger Mound: 13.5 mi
  • Snowball Hill: 13.8 mi
Nature reserves: 12
Beaches: 5
  • Miola Beach: 16.4 mi
  • Windsurfer Beach: 17.0 mi
  • Linn Valley Lakes Swimming Beach: 24.2 mi
  • Swimming Beach: 24.2 mi
  • Swim Beach: 24.7 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Waterfalls: 2
  • Cedar Lake Falls: 16.6 mi
  • Turkey Creek Falls: 22.5 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Watts Mill: 15.6 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Powell. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Miller HillENE 62°342 m9.5 mi
Bowler HillNE 42°330 m15.9 mi
Brookhart HillESE 115°309 m14.3 mi
Kohler HillESE 107°307 m17.0 mi
Herrell HillSSE 148°299 m14.5 mi
Christiansen MoundSSE 154°299 m14.7 mi
Staley MoundE 92°299 m21.2 mi
Schindorff HillE 90°297 m19.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2318:5519:31
June solstice05:5520:0720:47
September equinox07:0718:4219:17
December solstice07:3416:1917:01

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303545556574787768574434
Precip in1.11.42.33.95.45.24.24.43.53.02.01.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Olathe Johnson CO Executive AP, 12 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location confirmed against Wikidata.

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