Historic site · Missouri
Ed Asner
Ed Asner is a historic site in Missouri, at a modelled elevation of 248 m. Miller Hill stands 342 m to the south, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Northeast Athletic Fields, a park 0.4 miles away. Cliff Drive passes 0.4 miles off. 10 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Inscription
- BELOVED FATHER, GRANDFATHER UNCLE, BROTHER AND SON OF KANSAS CITY HE HAD SPUNK
How to reach it
Coordinates39.10889, -94.50860
- 0.4 mi off the Cliff Drive
- 2.9 mi off the Spirit of Kansas City
- 15.5 mi off the Frontier Military Historic Byway
- 22.6 mi off the Old Trails Road
Overlooks nearby
- Scarrit Point · 2 mi
- Kaw Point · 5 mi
- Bird Watching Blind · 24 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Northeast Athletic Fields: 0.4 mi
- Indian Mound: 0.7 mi
- Budd Park: 0.7 mi
- Sheffield Park: 0.8 mi
- 9th & Van Brunt Athletic Field: 1.0 mi
Museums
- The Museum of Kansas City: 1.9 mi
- Black Archives Of Mid-America: 3.1 mi
- Negro Leagues Baseball Museum: 3.1 mi
- American Jazz Museum: 3.1 mi
- Sugar Creek Historical Society: 3.4 mi
Attractions: 60
- American Jazz Walk of Fame: 3.2 mi
- Breakout KC: 4.1 mi
- Pedestal Mounted Traffic Light: 4.2 mi
- Hallmark Visitors Center: 4.3 mi
- Pigpen's Petting Farm: 4.5 mi
Artworks
- Constrained Chaos: 2.0 mi
- Buttons and Bovine: 2.8 mi
- Ilus W. Davis Memorial: 3.8 mi
- Art Alley: 3.9 mi
- Abstract Sculpture: 4.0 mi
Historic sites: 49
- Charlie "Bird" Parker: 1.7 mi
- Scarritt Point: 1.9 mi
- Sen. Thomas Hart Benton Memorial: 1.9 mi
- John F. Kennedy Memorial: 2.0 mi
- The Colonnade: 2.0 mi
Gardens: 25
- Pendleton Heights Community Garden: 2.5 mi
- Kansas City University Community Garden: 2.8 mi
- Children's Mercy Community Garden: 4.0 mi
- SoHo Loft Rooftop Garden: 4.2 mi
- The Q Garden;Quilombo: 4.3 mi
Nature reserves: 24
- River Bluff Nature Reserve: 8.0 mi
- Liberty Bend Conservation Area: 8.4 mi
- Green Hills of Platte Wildlife Preserve: 9.0 mi
- Northwood Park: 9.1 mi
- Heartland Overlook Preserve: 10.7 mi
Cliffs
- Winterset Limestone Outcrop: 3.4 mi
- Hertha-Bethany Falls-Winterset Limestone Outcrop: 3.6 mi
- Cement City Limestone Outcrop: 3.9 mi
- Argentine Limestone Outcrop: 4.0 mi
- Raytown Limestone Outcrop: 4.0 mi
Peaks: 10
- Arsenal Hill: 8.3 mi
- Nebo Hill: 10.8 mi
- Bowler Hill: 16.5 mi
- Minter Hill: 16.8 mi
- Overland Park: 18.8 mi
Picnic sites: 4
- Family Picnic Area: 8.3 mi
- Watts Mill: 12.7 mi
- Hill Top Picnic Area: 24.3 mi
- Fox Hunt Picnic Area: 24.5 mi
Waterfalls: 4
- Line Creek Double Falls: 8.4 mi
- Turkey Creek Falls: 11.0 mi
- Tryst Falls: 22.1 mi
- Angel Falls: 23.8 mi
Beaches: 3
- Swimming Beach: 11.5 mi
- Little Platte Swim Beach: 20.8 mi
- Watkins Mill Beach: 24.3 mi
Ghost towns: 2
- Quindaro Townsite: 8.8 mi
- Delaware City: 20.1 mi
Springs: 1
- Pioneer Spring: 5.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Ed Asner. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miller Hill | S 170° | 342 m | 23.0 mi |
| Bowler Hill | SSE 158° | 330 m | 16.5 mi |
| Rattlesnake Hill | ESE 121° | 306 m | 22.2 mi |
| Nebo Hill | NE 49° | 291 m | 10.8 mi |
| Monkey Mountain | ESE 112° | 289 m | 18.9 mi |
| Minter Hill | ESE 116° | 288 m | 16.8 mi |
| Sni-A-Bar Point | ESE 111° | 286 m | 18.8 mi |
| Bone Hill | E 90° | 282 m | 19.8 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 | 20:08 | 20:48 |
| September equinox | 07:06 | 18:42 | 19:17 |
| December solstice | 07:34 | 16:17 | 16:59 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Jun, Aug–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 31 | 36 | 46 | 57 | 67 | 77 | 81 | 79 | 71 | 58 | 45 | 35 |
| Precip in | 1.0 | 1.5 | 2.1 | 3.9 | 5.1 | 5.3 | 4.4 | 4.7 | 3.8 | 3.2 | 1.8 | 1.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Kansas City Dwtn AP, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/11914181560
Day trips start here
- Kansas City · 4 mi
- Kansas City Area · 4 mi
- Independence · 5 mi
- Kansas City · 6 mi
- Overland Park · 12 mi
- Lee's Summit · 15 mi
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