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Fallen Soldier

Fallen Soldier from directly overhead

Fallen Soldier is an artwork in Kentucky, at a modelled elevation of 138 m. Hickman Hill stands 302 m to the west-northwest, 9.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Iroquois Flowers, a garden less than a tenth of a mile away. River Road passes 5.1 miles off.

Iraq War Fallen Soldier Monument

How to reach it

Coordinates38.18926, -85.77922

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Wyandotte Park: 0.2 mi
  • Cliff Park: 0.5 mi
  • Bellevue Park: 0.6 mi
  • Watterson Lake Park: 1.0 mi
  • Huston Quin Park: 1.1 mi
Peaks
Artworks: 53
Attractions: 47
  • Tortoise Area: 4.0 mi
  • Penguin Cove: 4.0 mi
  • Ring-Tailed Lemur: 4.1 mi
  • Puma Area: 4.1 mi
  • Lynx Area: 4.1 mi
Historic sites: 42
Museums: 27
Picnic sites: 7
  • Picnic-in-the-Park Pavilions: 1.9 mi
  • Picnic Area: 5.0 mi
  • Picnic Area: 5.0 mi
  • Picnic Area: 5.1 mi
  • The Woodland Pavillion: 13.7 mi
Gardens: 6
Cliffs: 6
Springs: 3
Rest areas: 2
  • Bullitt County Welcome Center: 17.5 mi
  • Oldham County (Crestwood) Northbound Rest Area: 17.6 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Fairmont Falls Arch: 12.8 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Fairmont Falls: 12.8 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.8 miles of Fallen Soldier. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Hickman HillWNW 294°302 m9.0 mi
Dawson KnobS 181°295 m18.5 mi
Spickert KnobNNW 340°289 m11.0 mi
Cubby House HillNNW 340°273 m20.2 mi
Brooks HillSSE 166°269 m8.9 mi
Hounds LeapNNW 341°264 m19.6 mi
Lost KnobNNW 338°263 m10.2 mi
Pilot KnobW 275°263 m19.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4819:2019:55
June solstice06:2120:3121:10
September equinox07:3219:0719:42
December solstice07:5716:4617:27

Local time (America/Kentucky/Louisville).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F364048596876807972604940
Precip in3.43.44.64.85.24.34.13.73.73.73.44.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Louisville Intl AP, 3 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/4650759985

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