The Museum of Kansas City
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The Museum of Kansas City is a museum in Missouri, at a modelled elevation of 306 m. Miller Hill stands 342 m to the south-southeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Scarritt Point, a historic site 0.1 miles away. Cliff Drive runs past it. 12 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
The Museum of Kansas City is located in Kansas City, Missouri, United States. In 1910, the site was built by lumber baron and civic leader Robert A. Long as his private family estate, with the four-story historic Beaux-Arts style mansion named Corinthian Hall. In 1940, the site was donated by Long's heirs to become a public museum. Seventy-five years later, it began extensive renovation.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dates from 1940.
Wikidata Q16998098, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What to expect
- Fee
- No
- Step-free access
- Yes
How to reach it
- On the Cliff Drive
- 1.3 mi off the Spirit of Kansas City
- 13.9 mi off the Frontier Military Historic Byway
- 23.9 mi off the Glacial Hills Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Scarrit Point · 1 mi
- Kaw Point · 4 mi
- Bird Watching Blind · 23 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Scarritt Point: 0.1 mi
- Sen. Thomas Hart Benton Memorial: 0.2 mi
- The Colonnade: 0.2 mi
- John F. Kennedy Memorial: 0.2 mi
- Historical Marker: 0.3 mi
- Kessler Park: 0.1 mi
- The Concourse: 0.3 mi
- Heim's Electric Park: 0.5 mi
- Maple Park: 1.0 mi
- Lykins Square: 1.0 mi
- Constrained Chaos: 0.2 mi
- Buttons and Bovine: 1.2 mi
- Ilus W. Davis Memorial: 2.2 mi
- Abstract Sculpture: 2.2 mi
- Community Bookshelf: 2.5 mi
- Black Archives Of Mid-America: 1.9 mi
- The Rabbit hOle: 1.9 mi
- Negro Leagues Baseball Museum: 2.0 mi
- American Jazz Museum: 2.0 mi
- Arabia Steamboat Museum: 2.1 mi
- American Jazz Walk of Fame: 2.0 mi
- Breakout KC: 2.4 mi
- Hallmark Visitors Center: 3.2 mi
- Pedestal Mounted Traffic Light: 3.5 mi
- Linus' Launcher: 4.8 mi
- Pendleton Heights Community Garden: 0.8 mi
- Kansas City University Community Garden: 1.2 mi
- SoHo Loft Rooftop Garden: 2.5 mi
- Children's Mercy Community Garden: 2.8 mi
- The Q Garden;Quilombo: 3.8 mi
- Green Hills of Platte Wildlife Preserve: 7.2 mi
- Northwood Park: 7.5 mi
- River Bluff Nature Reserve: 9.5 mi
- Liberty Bend Conservation Area: 9.8 mi
- Willow Brooke Park: 10.4 mi
- Arsenal Hill: 9.3 mi
- Nebo Hill: 12.0 mi
- Bowler Hill: 17.6 mi
- Overland Park: 18.4 mi
- Overland Park: 18.4 mi
- Line Creek Double Falls: 7.0 mi
- Turkey Creek Falls: 9.7 mi
- Angel Falls: 22.0 mi
- Tryst Falls: 22.8 mi
- Cedar Lake Falls: 24.8 mi
- Family Picnic Area: 10.1 mi
- Watts Mill: 12.5 mi
- Hill Top Picnic Area: 24.9 mi
- Swimming Beach: 13.2 mi
- Little Platte Swim Beach: 20.1 mi
- Watkins Mill Beach: 24.9 mi
- Quindaro Townsite: 6.9 mi
- Delaware City: 18.3 mi
- Pioneer Spring: 7.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of The Museum of Kansas City. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miller Hill | SSE 166° | 342 m | 23.8 mi |
| Pilot Knob | WNW 301° | 336 m | 24.5 mi |
| Bowler Hill | SSE 153° | 330 m | 17.6 mi |
| Rattlesnake Hill | ESE 120° | 306 m | 24.0 mi |
| Nebo Hill | ENE 57° | 291 m | 12.0 mi |
| Monkey Mountain | ESE 111° | 289 m | 20.8 mi |
| Minter Hill | ESE 115° | 288 m | 18.6 mi |
| Sni-A-Bar Point | ESE 110° | 286 m | 20.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:23 | 18:55 | 19:30 |
| June solstice | 05:53 | 20:08 | 20:48 |
| September equinox | 07:07 | 18:42 | 19:17 |
| December solstice | 07:35 | 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, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/499028053
Day trips start here
- Kansas City · 2 mi
- Kansas City Area · 2 mi
- Kansas City · 5 mi
- Independence · 7 mi
- Overland Park · 12 mi
- Lenexa · 15 mi
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