West Union
West Union is a ghost town in Missouri, at a modelled elevation of 286 m. Miller Hill stands 342 m to the northeast, 8.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Powell, a ghost town 3.2 miles away. Frontier Military Historic Byway passes 7.4 miles off. 22 named summits stand within 25 miles.
human settlement in Missouri, United States of America
How to reach it
- 7.4 mi off the Frontier Military Historic Byway
- 28.3 mi off the Spirit of Kansas City
- 28.5 mi off the Cliff Drive
Overlooks nearby
- Bird Watching Blind · 11 mi
- Scarrit Point · 29 mi
- Kaw Point · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Dunsworth Park: 3.8 mi
- Cpl. Jacob R. Carver Memorial Park: 6.0 mi
- Good Parkway: 7.1 mi
- Brookside Greenway: 7.6 mi
- Cleveland Lake: 7.7 mi
- Quantrill's Raids and the Military Road 1862: 8.2 mi
- The Burnt District Monument: 9.7 mi
- Richards-Gebaur Memorial Airport: 10.2 mi
- Miller’s Wood Sports Complex: 15.1 mi
- Statue of Saint Teresa: 15.2 mi
- Little scoundrel: 10.9 mi
- Geometric stratum by Tom Brewitz: 10.9 mi
- Two frogs by Elliott Carlson: 10.9 mi
- Jazz II by Tom Corbin: 10.9 mi
- Jazz I by Tom Corbin: 10.9 mi
- Louisburg Cider Mill: 12.8 mi
- Deanna Rose Children's Farmstead: 15.4 mi
- Old Red Bridge Love Locks: 15.9 mi
- Natural Bridge: 18.8 mi
- M101: 19.1 mi
- Bethany Falls-Middle Creek Limestone Cliffs: 16.3 mi
- Bethany Falls & Winterset Limestone Outcrops: 17.0 mi
- Bethany Falls & Winterset Limestone Outcrops: 17.1 mi
- Normal Fault in cliff: 17.1 mi
- Normal Fault in cliff: 17.1 mi
- Belton Museum: 7.9 mi
- Dryden Drug Museum: 8.0 mi
- Oxford School: 12.2 mi
- Prairie Oak Nature Center: 12.2 mi
- Historic State Bank of Stanley Building: 13.2 mi
- Miller Hill: 8.1 mi
- Snowball Hill: 10.6 mi
- Brookhart Hill: 11.1 mi
- Bieger Mound: 11.2 mi
- Dolan Mound: 11.9 mi
- Resident Gardens: 14.4 mi
- Monarch Garden: 19.1 mi
- Bee Garden: 19.1 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 19.1 mi
- Bird Garden: 19.1 mi
- Blue Valley Wilderness Science Center Wilderness Area: 10.7 mi
- Bittern Bottoms Conservation Area: 11.7 mi
- Amarugia Highlands Conservation Area: 12.3 mi
- Saeger Woods Conservation Area: 13.0 mi
- Dorsett Hill Prairie Conservation Area: 14.2 mi
- Miola Beach: 18.3 mi
- Windsurfer Beach: 19.6 mi
- Linn Valley Lakes Swimming Beach: 23.9 mi
- Swimming Beach: 24.0 mi
- Cedar Lake Falls: 19.7 mi
- Turkey Creek Falls: 24.7 mi
- Watts Mill: 17.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of West Union. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miller Hill | NE 44° | 342 m | 8.1 mi |
| Bowler Hill | NNE 30° | 330 m | 15.3 mi |
| Brookhart Hill | ESE 115° | 309 m | 11.1 mi |
| Kohler Hill | ESE 105° | 307 m | 13.9 mi |
| Herrell Hill | SSE 156° | 299 m | 11.9 mi |
| Christiansen Mound | SSE 163° | 299 m | 12.3 mi |
| Staley Mound | E 88° | 299 m | 18.4 mi |
| Schindorff Hill | E 86° | 297 m | 16.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:23 | 18:55 | 19:30 |
| June solstice | 05:54 | 20:07 | 20:47 |
| September equinox | 07:07 | 18:42 | 19:17 |
| December solstice | 07:33 | 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, 15 mi away.
Where this comes from
Day trips start here
- Lee's Summit · 18 mi
- Olathe · 19 mi
- Lenexa · 21 mi
- Overland Park · 21 mi
- Independence · 28 mi
- Kansas City · 28 mi
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