Kansas City Workhouse
Kansas City Workhouse is a historic site in Missouri, at a modelled elevation of 258 m. Miller Hill stands 342 m to the south-southeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is American Jazz Walk of Fame, a attraction 0.2 miles away. Spirit of Kansas City passes 1.3 miles off. 11 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Historic limestone workhouse jail castle in Kansas City, Missouri.
Wikidata Q15210747, linked from the OpenStreetMap record's article tag.
How to reach it
- 1.3 mi off the Spirit of Kansas City
- 1.4 mi off the Cliff Drive
- 12.4 mi off the Frontier Military Historic Byway
- 24.2 mi off the Glacial Hills Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Scarrit Point · 2 mi
- Kaw Point · 3 mi
- Bird Watching Blind · 21 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- American Jazz Walk of Fame: 0.2 mi
- Hallmark Visitors Center: 1.1 mi
- Pedestal Mounted Traffic Light: 1.3 mi
- Breakout KC: 1.9 mi
- East Building: 5.0 mi
- American Jazz Museum: 0.3 mi
- Negro Leagues Baseball Museum: 0.3 mi
- Black Archives Of Mid-America: 0.3 mi
- Museum of BBQ: 1.1 mi
- National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame: 1.2 mi
- Neighborhood Park at 2413 Woodland: 0.4 mi
- The Parade: 0.4 mi
- Blues Park: 0.5 mi
- Crews Square: 0.7 mi
- Spring Valley Park: 0.8 mi
- Art Alley: 0.8 mi
- Sending Love: 0.9 mi
- Shiva: 1.1 mi
- Bringing the Pieces Together: 1.1 mi
- Ilus W. Davis Memorial: 1.2 mi
- Charlie Parker Memorial: 0.3 mi
- Salvatore Grisafe Memorial: 0.4 mi
- Rev. John W. Williams Memorial: 0.5 mi
- Spanish-American War Memorial: 0.8 mi
- The Rebirth of 12th & Vine: 0.8 mi
- Children's Mercy Community Garden: 0.8 mi
- Kansas City University Community Garden: 1.3 mi
- Pendleton Heights Community Garden: 1.6 mi
- The Q Garden;Quilombo: 1.7 mi
- SoHo Loft Rooftop Garden: 1.8 mi
- Westerville Limestone Outcrop: 3.9 mi
- Hertha-Bethany Falls-Winterset Limestone Outcrop: 3.9 mi
- Argentine Limestone Outcrop: 3.9 mi
- Winterset Limestone Outcrop: 4.1 mi
- Cement City Limestone Outcrop: 4.7 mi
- Green Hills of Platte Wildlife Preserve: 7.9 mi
- Northwood Park: 8.5 mi
- Heartland Overlook Preserve: 9.0 mi
- River Bluff Nature Reserve: 11.2 mi
- Liberty Bend Conservation Area: 11.6 mi
- Arsenal Hill: 11.4 mi
- Nebo Hill: 14.0 mi
- Overland Park: 16.2 mi
- Bowler Hill: 16.5 mi
- Minter Hill: 19.0 mi
- Turkey Creek Falls: 7.7 mi
- Line Creek Double Falls: 8.2 mi
- Angel Falls: 21.9 mi
- Cedar Lake Falls: 22.6 mi
- Quindaro Townsite: 7.0 mi
- Delaware City: 18.2 mi
- Watts Mill: 10.4 mi
- Family Picnic Area: 11.0 mi
- Swimming Beach: 13.2 mi
- Little Platte Swim Beach: 22.1 mi
- Pioneer Spring: 8.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Kansas City Workhouse. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miller Hill | SSE 162° | 342 m | 22.3 mi |
| Pilot Knob | NW 306° | 336 m | 24.7 mi |
| Bowler Hill | SSE 147° | 330 m | 16.5 mi |
| Rattlesnake Hill | ESE 114° | 306 m | 24.1 mi |
| Nebo Hill | NE 52° | 291 m | 14.0 mi |
| Monkey Mountain | ESE 105° | 289 m | 21.2 mi |
| Minter Hill | ESE 108° | 288 m | 19.0 mi |
| Sni-A-Bar Point | ESE 104° | 286 m | 21.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:23 | 18:55 | 19:30 |
| June solstice | 05:53 | 20:08 | 20:48 |
| September equinox | 07:07 | 18:42 | 19:17 |
| December solstice | 07:35 | 16:17 | 17:00 |
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, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaOpenStreetMap element way/168731948
Day trips start here
- Kansas City · 1 mi
- Kansas City Area · 1 mi
- Kansas City · 4 mi
- Independence · 8 mi
- Overland Park · 9 mi
- Lenexa · 13 mi
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