Surrounding Community

Kansas City is the largest city in the state of Missouri, encompassing over 318 square miles. It is often referred to as the City of Fountains, boasting more than 200 fountains, second only to Rome, Italy. Kansas City also has more boulevards than any other city except Paris, France. As such, Kansas City is referred to as Paris of the Plains.

There are about 500,000 people who live in the city of Kansas City, MO, but there are close to two million in the metro area, which includes parts of both Kansas and Missouri. With more than 240 neighborhoods in Kansas City, there is no shortage of parks, art, music and food.

Lee’s Summit, MO in 2015 was ranked No. 4 among 10 best cites in the Midwest. Three of the top 4 cites on the list are in the Kansas City metropolitan area.

The Blue Springs R-IV School District and Lee’s Summit R-7 School District are consistently highly ranked among school districts throughout the state of Missouri.

Within five miles  of the hospital are four large public boating lakes (Blue Springs, Jacomo,  Longview and Prairie Lee) and within eight miles of TMC Lakewood are four private lake communities (Lotawana, Raintree, Tapawingo and Winnebago).

The hospital is on the eastern edge of Kansas City, adjacent to Lee’s Summit, MO, with hometown attractions including a farmers market, boutique shopping and town celebrations. Kansas City provides bigger venues of interest such as concerts, museums, Truman Library and sporting events (home of the 2015 World Series Champion Kansas City Royals and the 2019 Super Bowl Champions Kansas City Chiefs).

Take a mini-tour with links to some of our favorite sites in the community.