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Vulcan

Vulcan from directly overhead

Vulcan is an artwork in Kentucky, at a modelled elevation of 162 m. Buck Knob stands 354 m to the southeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Genesis, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. Country Music Highway runs past it. 29 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Material
bronze
Getting there

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Coordinates38.48158, -82.63907

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Riverfront Park: 0.0 mi
  • Central Park: 0.5 mi
  • The Charles and Betty Russel Park: 0.9 mi
  • Joe Swarts Sports Complex: 1.2 mi
  • Joseph P. Harris Park: 1.3 mi
Artworks: 59
Peaks: 29
  • Gartrell Hill: 2.5 mi
  • Sand Hill: 9.1 mi
  • Five Forks Hill: 10.6 mi
  • High Knob: 10.8 mi
  • Gobbler's Knob: 12.1 mi
Historic sites: 29
  • Marshall Plane Crash Site: 8.2 mi
  • Vesuvius Furnace: 8.6 mi
  • WWI Memorial Trail: 10.3 mi
  • WWI Memorial Trail: 10.4 mi
  • WWI Memorial Trail: 10.4 mi
Museums: 9
  • The Highlands Museum & Discovery Center: 0.2 mi
  • Lawrence County Museum: 4.2 mi
  • Russell E. Compton Civic Center & Museum: 5.0 mi
  • Ceredo Historical Society Museum: 7.4 mi
  • Ramsdell House: 7.4 mi
Attractions: 3
  • C&O 1308: 10.2 mi
  • Chad Pennington Hall of Fame: 12.5 mi
  • Kentucky Roots Farm: 20.8 mi
Nature reserves: 2
Rest areas: 2
  • Rest Area I 64 (East Bound): 16.5 mi
  • Rest Area I 64 (West Bound): 17.3 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Central Park Picnic Area: 0.5 mi
Beaches: 1
  • Big Bend Swimming Beach: 9.6 mi
Gardens: 1
  • Ritter Park Rose Garden: 11.9 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Vulcan. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Buck KnobSE 136°354 m23.8 mi
Buzzard Roost KnobSE 137°354 m24.0 mi
Wheeler KnobSSE 148°344 m21.7 mi
Windy Oak KnobSE 141°339 m24.7 mi
Potato KnobWSW 252°335 m22.4 mi
Hunts KnobSW 225°332 m18.6 mi
Mayo HillWSW 242°323 m24.5 mi
High KnobWSW 237°314 m10.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3519:0819:43
June solstice06:0720:1920:59
September equinox07:1918:5419:29
December solstice07:4516:3217:14

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313443546372757467554336
Precip in3.53.74.43.94.94.54.63.93.33.03.04.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Ashland, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/8001258869

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