Kaw Point

Kaw Point
Kaw Point / Kaw Point Park (highlighted by red arrow)
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TypeUrban national park
LocationKansas City, Kansas, U.S.
Coordinates39°06′59″N 94°36′38″W / 39.1165°N 94.6105°W / 39.1165; -94.6105
Area10 acres (4.0 ha)
Administered byNational Park Service
PathsYes
WebsiteOfficial website
The Kaw Point overlook toward Kansas City, Missouri, is within Kaw Point Park.

Kaw Point is part of Kaw Point Park, in the Fairfax District of Kansas City, Kansas. Kaw Point Park is administered by the National Park Service as a destination along the Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail. The point is along the shores of the confluence of the Kansas River (Kaw River) and the Missouri River, at the eastern termination of the Kansas River, and where the Missouri River turns its southerly course eastward through the state of Missouri to the Mississippi River at St. Louis.