Battery Rock
Battery Rock is a cliff in Kentucky, at a recorded elevation of 100 m. High Knob stands 279 m to the west-northwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Battery Rock Alcove Waterfall, a waterfall 0.1 miles away. Ohio River Scenic Byway passes 4.5 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 100 m
How to reach it
- 4.5 mi off the Ohio River Scenic Byway, National
- 205.5 mi off the River Road Scenic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Sturgeon Hill: 0.3 mi
- Brokaw Hill: 1.6 mi
- Crow Hill: 1.6 mi
- Brown Hill: 1.7 mi
- Hamilton Hill: 2.0 mi
- Cedar Point: 2.7 mi
- Barker Bluff: 4.6 mi
- Cain Bluff: 5.1 mi
- Duncan Bluff: 5.5 mi
- Popular Bluff: 11.1 mi
- Riverview Park: 4.5 mi
- Sturgis City Park: 5.6 mi
- Marion Crittenden County Park: 13.2 mi
- Justin Livingston Park: 13.7 mi
- Iron Furnace: 13.8 mi
- Battery Rock Alcove Waterfall: 0.1 mi
- Colorful Bluffs Waterfall: 2.4 mi
- Panther Cascade: 2.4 mi
- Panther Falls: 2.6 mi
- Ripple Canyon Falls: 10.5 mi
- Pounds Hollow Recreation Area: 12.0 mi
- Higginson-Henry Wildlife Management Area: 12.7 mi
- Saline County State Fish and Wildlife Area: 20.2 mi
- War Bluff Valley Sanctuary: 23.4 mi
- Newman's Bluff State Nature Preserve: 23.7 mi
- John Marshall House Museum: 11.7 mi
- Ben E Clement Mineral Museum: 13.5 mi
- Fluorspar Museum: 16.4 mi
- Old Slave House - Closed to the Public: 18.1 mi
- Olde Towne Hall Village History: 20.1 mi
- Confederate Monument: 13.7 mi
- Camp Breckinridge Museum and Art Center: 14.6 mi
- Fluorspar Miners Memorial: 16.4 mi
- Coal Miner Statue: 19.7 mi
- Fredonia Valley Veterans Memorial: 22.5 mi
- Alien Arch: 16.6 mi
- Purse Strap Arch: 17.6 mi
- Elephant Arch: 17.9 mi
- Cave in Rock: 6.2 mi
- Herod Cave: 20.2 mi
- Decker Spring: 11.2 mi
- Negro Spring: 16.8 mi
- Lakeview: 12.1 mi
- High Knob: 14.4 mi
- Cheif Tecumseh Statue: 20.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.4 miles of Battery Rock. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| High Knob | WNW 290° | 279 m | 14.4 mi |
| Wilson Hill | S 180° | 254 m | 15.0 mi |
| Obie Mound | SSE 163° | 226 m | 4.3 mi |
| Gold Hill | NNW 327° | 214 m | 13.4 mi |
| Crider Hill | SSE 151° | 212 m | 9.1 mi |
| Pickens Hill | SSE 158° | 212 m | 12.9 mi |
| Bob Lee Phillips Hill | SE 140° | 208 m | 8.6 mi |
| Schoolhouse Knob | SSE 150° | 205 m | 12.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:57 | 18:30 | 19:04 |
| June solstice | 05:32 | 19:39 | 20:18 |
| September equinox | 06:41 | 18:16 | 18:51 |
| December solstice | 07:04 | 15:57 | 16:38 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 32 | 36 | 45 | 55 | 64 | 72 | 76 | 75 | 68 | 56 | 45 | 36 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 3.7 | 5.1 | 5.1 | 5.3 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 3.6 | 4.2 | 4.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Rosiclare 5NW, 19 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/354050841
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