Lee's Summit

Built around a railroad depot on western Missouri’s developing rail network, Lee’s Summit grew into a suburban city in the Kansas City metropolitan area. Its historic downtown still reflects that connection: the former Missouri Pacific depot serves as the Lee’s Summit Amtrak station on the Missouri River Runner route between Kansas City and St. Louis. Longview Lake lies west of the city, while Lake Jacomo and Fleming Park are to the north, keeping boating, trails and broad parkland close to residential districts. The city’s name recalls Dr. Pleasant Lea, an early local settler whose surname was adopted for the community. Place Lee’s Summit in its Jackson County context by browsing webcams from nearby Kansas City and western Missouri.

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