Powell
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. 20 named summits stand within 25 miles.
ghost town in Cass County, Missouri, United States
How to reach it
- 4.6 mi off the Frontier Military Historic Byway
- 27.0 mi off the Spirit of Kansas City
- 27.1 mi off the Cliff Drive
Overlooks nearby
- Bird Watching Blind · 8 mi
- Kaw Point · 28 mi
- Scarrit Point · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Louisburg Cider Mill: 11.0 mi
- Deanna Rose Children's Farmstead: 12.7 mi
- Old Red Bridge Love Locks: 14.5 mi
- M101: 16.0 mi
- Candy Cane Lane: 18.9 mi
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Miller Hill: 9.5 mi
- Overland Park: 11.4 mi
- Bieger Mound: 13.5 mi
- Snowball Hill: 13.8 mi
- Brookhart Hill: 14.3 mi
- 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
- Blue Valley Wilderness Science Center Wilderness Area: 8.3 mi
- Saeger Woods Conservation Area: 11.5 mi
- Bittern Bottoms Conservation Area: 14.6 mi
- Louisburg Middle Creek State Fishing Lake: 14.9 mi
- Amarugia Highlands Conservation Area: 14.9 mi
- 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
- West Union: 3.2 mi
- Kimpton: 12.0 mi
- Cedar Lake Falls: 16.6 mi
- Turkey Creek Falls: 22.5 mi
- 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.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miller Hill | ENE 62° | 342 m | 9.5 mi |
| Bowler Hill | NE 42° | 330 m | 15.9 mi |
| Brookhart Hill | ESE 115° | 309 m | 14.3 mi |
| Kohler Hill | ESE 107° | 307 m | 17.0 mi |
| Herrell Hill | SSE 148° | 299 m | 14.5 mi |
| Christiansen Mound | SSE 154° | 299 m | 14.7 mi |
| Staley Mound | E 92° | 299 m | 21.2 mi |
| Schindorff Hill | E 90° | 297 m | 19.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:23 | 18:55 | 19:31 |
| June solstice | 05:55 | 20:07 | 20:47 |
| September equinox | 07:07 | 18:42 | 19:17 |
| December solstice | 07:34 | 16:19 | 17:01 |
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 | 30 | 35 | 45 | 55 | 65 | 74 | 78 | 77 | 68 | 57 | 44 | 34 |
| Precip in | 1.1 | 1.4 | 2.3 | 3.9 | 5.4 | 5.2 | 4.2 | 4.4 | 3.5 | 3.0 | 2.0 | 1.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Olathe Johnson CO Executive AP, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Day trips start here
- Olathe · 16 mi
- Lee's Summit · 18 mi
- Lenexa · 18 mi
- Overland Park · 19 mi
- Kansas City · 26 mi
- Kansas City Area · 27 mi
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