Three Trails West
Three Trails West is a historic site in Missouri, at a modelled elevation of 283 m. Miller Hill stands 342 m to the south-southeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Pioneer Park, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Spirit of Kansas City passes 3.7 miles off. 10 named summits stand within 25 miles.
Map embedded in plaza showing historic California, Santa Fe, and Oregon Trails routes into the western territories of the United States
What the record says
- Material
- stone
How to reach it
- 3.7 mi off the Spirit of Kansas City
- 4.1 mi off the Cliff Drive
- 10.3 mi off the Frontier Military Historic Byway
- 24.7 mi off the Glacial Hills Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Kaw Point · 4 mi
- Scarrit Point · 5 mi
- Bird Watching Blind · 18 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Pioneer Park: 0.0 mi
- Dr. Jeremiah Cameron Park: 0.3 mi
- Saint Luke's Field: 0.5 mi
- Mill Creek Park: 0.6 mi
- Roanoke Park: 0.8 mi
- Harris-Kearney House: 0.1 mi
- Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art: 0.6 mi
- Money Museum: 1.5 mi
- The National Museum of Toys and Miniatures: 1.6 mi
- Greenlease Gallery: 1.8 mi
- Pedestal Mounted Traffic Light: 1.6 mi
- Hallmark Visitors Center: 2.0 mi
- East Building: 2.3 mi
- Concorde Nose: 2.4 mi
- American Jazz Walk of Fame: 3.0 mi
- Antique Car At Pryde's: 0.2 mi
- KC Heart: 0.3 mi
- True Blue Community: 0.3 mi
- Artspace Featured Art: 0.4 mi
- Awakening: 0.4 mi
- Pioneer Park: 0.0 mi
- John Calvin McCoy: 0.0 mi
- The Pioneers: 0.0 mi
- West Port, Missouri: 0.0 mi
- Restoration Of Native Grassland: 0.1 mi
- Valentine Community Garden: 0.7 mi
- Manheim Gardens: 1.1 mi
- Rosedale Community Garden: 1.3 mi
- School Garden: 1.3 mi
- Japanese Garden: 1.4 mi
- Argentine Limestone Outcrop: 1.7 mi
- Westerville Limestone Outcrop: 1.8 mi
- Badger Ridge: 3.4 mi
- Hertha-Bethany Falls-Winterset Limestone Outcrop: 4.8 mi
- Winterset Limestone Outcrop: 4.9 mi
- Heartland Overlook Preserve: 6.8 mi
- Green Hills of Platte Wildlife Preserve: 9.4 mi
- Northwood Park: 10.2 mi
- Saeger Woods Conservation Area: 11.8 mi
- Children's Memorial Butterfly Garden: 12.8 mi
- Overland Park: 13.5 mi
- Arsenal Hill: 14.1 mi
- Bowler Hill: 15.6 mi
- Nebo Hill: 16.6 mi
- Minter Hill: 19.8 mi
- Turkey Creek Falls: 5.4 mi
- Line Creek Double Falls: 10.2 mi
- Cedar Lake Falls: 19.9 mi
- Angel Falls: 22.0 mi
- Quindaro Townsite: 7.9 mi
- Delaware City: 18.5 mi
- Powell: 23.3 mi
- West Union: 24.8 mi
- Swimming Beach: 13.8 mi
- Swim Beach: 22.7 mi
- Little Platte Swim Beach: 24.5 mi
- Watts Mill: 7.8 mi
- Family Picnic Area: 12.7 mi
- Pioneer Spring: 10.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Three Trails West. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miller Hill | SSE 156° | 342 m | 20.6 mi |
| Bowler Hill | SE 137° | 330 m | 15.6 mi |
| Rattlesnake Hill | ESE 108° | 306 m | 24.6 mi |
| Nebo Hill | NE 49° | 291 m | 16.6 mi |
| Monkey Mountain | E 98° | 289 m | 22.2 mi |
| Minter Hill | E 100° | 288 m | 19.8 mi |
| Sni-A-Bar Point | E 97° | 286 m | 22.2 mi |
| Bone Hill | E 81° | 282 m | 24.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:23 | 18:55 | 19:31 |
| June solstice | 05:54 | 20:08 | 20:48 |
| September equinox | 07:07 | 18:42 | 19:17 |
| December solstice | 07:35 | 16:18 | 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, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/13915617033
Day trips start here
- Kansas City · 3 mi
- Kansas City Area · 3 mi
- Kansas City · 5 mi
- Overland Park · 7 mi
- Independence · 10 mi
- Lenexa · 10 mi
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