Tortoise Area
Tortoise Area is an attraction in Kentucky, at a modelled elevation of 156 m. Round Knob stands 304 m to the north-northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Penguin Cove, a attraction less than a tenth of a mile away. River Road passes 4.2 miles off.
Greek and Star Tortoises
What to expect
How to reach it
- 4.2 mi off the River Road
- 5.5 mi off the Indiana's Historic Pathways, National
- 4.8 mi off the Ohio River Scenic Byway, National
- 165.5 mi off the River Road Scenic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Louisville Zoo: 0.1 mi
- Joe Creason Park: 0.4 mi
- Cyril Allgeier Park: 0.5 mi
- Camp Taylor Memorial Park: 0.5 mi
- Cross Bill: 1.0 mi
- Crescent Hill: 3.5 mi
- Kenwood Hill: 4.9 mi
- Finley Hill: 6.2 mi
- Red Stone Hill: 6.4 mi
- Evergreen Hill: 7.2 mi
- Sculpture Garden: 1.3 mi
- Pegasus (sculpture): 2.3 mi
- Leonard "Lenny" Lyles: 2.6 mi
- Hunters: 2.8 mi
- Conn Center Sculpture Garden: 2.8 mi
- Penguin Cove: 0.0 mi
- Ring-Tailed Lemur: 0.1 mi
- Warthog Area: 0.1 mi
- Rhinoceros Area: 0.1 mi
- Lynx Area: 0.1 mi
- John B. Castleman Monument: 2.1 mi
- Daniel Boone statue: 2.1 mi
- Muhammad Ali’s grave: 2.6 mi
- Jack Segell Memorial: 2.7 mi
- Col. Harland Sander’s grave: 2.9 mi
- Colonel Sanders Museum: 0.8 mi
- J B Speed Art Museum: 3.0 mi
- Kentucky Derby Museum: 3.5 mi
- Conrad-Caldwell House Museum: 3.5 mi
- Museum of the American Printing House for the Blind: 3.6 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 0.2 mi
- Jefferson Memorial Forest: 8.5 mi
- Jefferson Memorial Forest: 9.2 mi
- Horine Reservation: 9.3 mi
- Jefferson Memorial Forest: 9.8 mi
- Picnic-in-the-Park Pavilions: 2.1 mi
- Picnic Area: 4.1 mi
- Picnic Area: 4.1 mi
- Picnic Area: 4.1 mi
- The Woodland Pavillion: 11.1 mi
- Vault Point: 12.1 mi
- Blunk Point: 12.3 mi
- Water: 16.8 mi
- Cedar Point: 19.9 mi
- Cedar Point: 20.0 mi
- Community Garden: 2.1 mi
- Iroquois Flowers: 4.0 mi
- Waterfront Botanical Gardens: 4.2 mi
- Underground Railroad Gardens: 8.2 mi
- Scribner Garden: 8.3 mi
- Distillerie Four Roses: 20.6 mi
- Miles Spring: 22.2 mi
- Grable Spring: 22.4 mi
- Oldham County (Crestwood) Northbound Rest Area: 13.8 mi
- Bullitt County Welcome Center: 17.9 mi
- Fairmont Falls Arch: 10.5 mi
- Fairmont Falls: 10.5 mi
- Springville: 15.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.3 miles of Tortoise Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Round Knob | NNW 339° | 304 m | 23.3 mi |
| Hickman Hill | WNW 282° | 302 m | 12.4 mi |
| Dawson Knob | SSW 192° | 295 m | 20.1 mi |
| Spickert Knob | NW 321° | 289 m | 12.0 mi |
| Cubby House Hill | NNW 329° | 273 m | 20.9 mi |
| Brooks Hill | S 190° | 269 m | 9.9 mi |
| Hounds Leap | NNW 329° | 264 m | 20.3 mi |
| Lost Knob | NW 317° | 263 m | 11.4 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 | 16:45 | 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, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/6886875021
Day trips start here
- Louisville · 4 mi
- Saint Matthews · 4 mi
- Jeffersonville · 6 mi
- Clarksville · 7 mi
- Jeffersontown · 7 mi
- New Albany · 8 mi
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