Big Boy
Big Boy is an artwork in Kentucky, at a modelled elevation of 273 m. Rumpke Mountain stands 319 m to the north-northwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Volunteer Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Ohio River Scenic Byway passes 2.4 miles off. 33 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Material
- fiberglass
How to reach it
- 2.4 mi off the Ohio River Scenic Byway, National
- 2.7 mi off the Riverboat Row Scenic Byway
- 12.8 mi off the Presidential Pathways Ohio Scenic Byway
- 13.6 mi off the Big Bone Lick Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Bird Watching Shelter · 19 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Volunteer Park: 0.2 mi
- Iris Road Park: 0.8 mi
- Trolley Park: 0.8 mi
- Devou Park: 1.3 mi
- General Ormsby Mitchel Park: 1.4 mi
- Batthery Bates: 0.9 mi
- Incinerator: 1.5 mi
- Grand Army of the Republic Monument: 1.6 mi
- Veteran’s Monument: 1.6 mi
- Goose Girl Fountain: 2.0 mi
- American football ball: 1.9 mi
- Carol Ann’s Carousel: 2.8 mi
- Labyrinth: 2.9 mi
- Rain Fountain: 2.9 mi
- Main Street Fountain: 2.9 mi
- Big Boy: 1.9 mi
- Kentucky Natural History: 2.4 mi
- The London Police: 2.4 mi
- Roebling Murals: 2.6 mi
- Sing the Queen City Sign: 2.9 mi
- Pleasant Street North Community Garden: 3.7 mi
- Kay’s Garden: 3.9 mi
- Over-The-Rhine People’s Garden: 4.0 mi
- Floral Paradise Gardens: 4.4 mi
- Druffel Gardens: 5.0 mi
- Vent Haven Museum: 0.9 mi
- Behringer-Crawford Museum at Devou: 1.4 mi
- Railway Museum of Greater Cincinnati: 2.0 mi
- Ludlow Heritage Museum: 2.3 mi
- Cincinnati Black Music Walk of Fame: 2.7 mi
- Imago: 3.4 mi
- Theresa Street Reserve: 4.1 mi
- Glenway Woods: 4.1 mi
- Scarborough Woods: 6.2 mi
- Rawson Woods: 6.3 mi
- Orchard Hill: 1.5 mi
- Mount Echo: 2.8 mi
- Mount Adams: 3.9 mi
- Johns Hill: 4.2 mi
- Bald Knob: 4.2 mi
- Lower Picnic Area: 7.0 mi
- Area 30, McFarlan Woods: 7.1 mi
- Area 23: 7.1 mi
- Area 22, Furnas Hill: 7.2 mi
- Area 26: 7.2 mi
- Lower Buckeye Falls: 16.8 mi
- Buckeye Falls: 16.8 mi
- Simpkinsville: 22.1 mi
- Butterworth: 22.6 mi
- Hidden Valley Lake Beach: 17.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Big Boy. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rumpke Mountain | NNW 348° | 319 m | 15.2 mi |
| Harrison Hill | NW 307° | 284 m | 21.1 mi |
| Harrison Hill | NW 309° | 279 m | 21.2 mi |
| Heitsmanns Hill | N 350° | 274 m | 24.2 mi |
| Whites Hill | NW 307° | 273 m | 23.2 mi |
| Orchard Hill | SSE 165° | 268 m | 1.5 mi |
| Pleasant Hill | SSE 148° | 267 m | 23.5 mi |
| Galley Hill | ENE 71° | 265 m | 19.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:43 | 19:15 | 19:50 |
| June solstice | 06:13 | 20:28 | 21:08 |
| September equinox | 07:27 | 19:02 | 19:37 |
| December solstice | 07:54 | 16:37 | 17:20 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 31 | 35 | 44 | 55 | 64 | 72 | 76 | 75 | 68 | 56 | 44 | 36 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 3.2 | 4.2 | 4.5 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 3.8 | 3.4 | 3.1 | 3.3 | 3.2 | 3.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cincinnati/northern Kentucky I, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/7103603979
Day trips start here
- Fort Wright · 1 mi
- Covington · 2 mi
- Cincinnati · 3 mi
- Cincinnati/Downtown · 3 mi
- Newport · 3 mi
- Cincinnati/Over-the-Rhine · 4 mi
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