Pegasus (sculpture)
Pegasus (sculpture) is an artwork in Kentucky, at a modelled elevation of 144 m. Hickman Hill stands 302 m to the west-northwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Picnic-in-the-Park Pavilions, a picnic site 0.7 miles away. River Road passes 5.0 miles off.
The Pegasus horse is a symbol of the Kentucky Derby Festival, as well as is incorporated into the logo of the Louisville Regional Airport Authority, which owns and operates Louisville International Airport and Bowman Field.
What the record says
- Built
- 1985
- Material
- aluminum wire
How to reach it
- 5.0 mi off the River Road
- 6.1 mi off the Indiana's Historic Pathways, National
- 5.7 mi off the Ohio River Scenic Byway, National
- 166.0 mi off the River Road Scenic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Wren: 1.2 mi
- Huston Quin Park: 1.3 mi
- Beechmont Park: 1.5 mi
- Bradley Park: 1.5 mi
- Cross Bill: 1.6 mi
- Kenwood Hill: 2.6 mi
- Finley Hill: 4.1 mi
- Red Stone Hill: 4.1 mi
- Crescent Hill: 5.3 mi
- Round Knob: 5.7 mi
- Fallen Soldier: 2.1 mi
- Conn Center Sculpture Garden: 2.1 mi
- Hunters: 2.1 mi
- Engineering Art: 2.1 mi
- Tau Beta Pi: 2.2 mi
- Tortoise Area: 2.3 mi
- Penguin Cove: 2.3 mi
- Louisville Mega Cavern: 2.3 mi
- Puma Area: 2.3 mi
- Lynx Area: 2.3 mi
- Jack Segell Memorial: 1.9 mi
- American Pharoah Exhibit: 2.1 mi
- John B. Castleman Monument: 3.8 mi
- Daniel Boone statue: 4.0 mi
- Muhammad Ali’s grave: 4.1 mi
- Kentucky Derby Museum: 2.1 mi
- J B Speed Art Museum: 2.4 mi
- Little Loomhouse: 2.5 mi
- Colonel Sanders Museum: 2.7 mi
- Conrad-Caldwell House Museum: 3.2 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 2.4 mi
- Jefferson Memorial Forest: 7.0 mi
- Jefferson Memorial Forest: 7.3 mi
- Horine Reservation: 7.6 mi
- Jefferson Memorial Forest: 7.9 mi
- Picnic-in-the-Park Pavilions: 0.7 mi
- Picnic Area: 4.9 mi
- Picnic Area: 4.9 mi
- Picnic Area: 4.9 mi
- The Woodland Pavillion: 11.8 mi
- Vault Point: 10.0 mi
- Blunk Point: 10.1 mi
- Cedar Point: 18.3 mi
- Water: 18.8 mi
- The Narrows: 21.3 mi
- Iroquois Flowers: 2.1 mi
- Community Garden: 2.4 mi
- Waterfront Botanical Gardens: 5.5 mi
- Underground Railroad Gardens: 8.0 mi
- Scribner Garden: 8.0 mi
- Distillerie Four Roses: 20.1 mi
- Miles Spring: 20.5 mi
- Grable Spring: 20.7 mi
- Oldham County (Crestwood) Northbound Rest Area: 16.1 mi
- Bullitt County Welcome Center: 16.8 mi
- Fairmont Falls Arch: 11.0 mi
- Fairmont Falls: 11.0 mi
- Springville: 17.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 22.0 miles of Pegasus (sculpture). Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hickman Hill | WNW 290° | 302 m | 11.0 mi |
| Dawson Knob | S 188° | 295 m | 18.4 mi |
| Spickert Knob | NNW 331° | 289 m | 12.1 mi |
| Cubby House Hill | NNW 335° | 273 m | 21.2 mi |
| Brooks Hill | S 180° | 269 m | 8.4 mi |
| Hounds Leap | NNW 336° | 264 m | 20.6 mi |
| Lost Knob | NNW 328° | 263 m | 11.3 mi |
| Pilot Knob | W 275° | 263 m | 22.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:47 | 19:20 | 19:55 |
| June solstice | 06:21 | 20:31 | 21:10 |
| September equinox | 07:31 | 19:07 | 19:42 |
| December solstice | 07:57 | 16:46 | 17:27 |
Local time (America/Kentucky/Louisville).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 36 | 40 | 48 | 59 | 68 | 76 | 80 | 79 | 72 | 60 | 49 | 40 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 3.4 | 4.6 | 4.8 | 5.2 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 3.4 | 4.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Louisville Intl AP, under a mile away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/6381138885
Day trips start here
- Louisville · 5 mi
- Saint Matthews · 7 mi
- Clarksville · 8 mi
- Jeffersonville · 8 mi
- New Albany · 8 mi
- Jeffersontown · 9 mi
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