Day Cliffs
Day Cliffs is a cliff in Kentucky, at a recorded elevation of 193 m. Blueball Hill stands 304 m to the northeast, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Logsdon Park West, a park 2.0 miles away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 204 miles off. 85 named places lie within 25 miles, 55 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 193 m
How to reach it
- 203.7 mi off the River Road Scenic Byway, National
- 13.4 mi off the Duncan Hines Scenic Road
- 24.4 mi off the Cordell Hull Highway
Overlooks nearby
- Green River Bluffs Overlook · 24 mi
- Dixon Cave · 24 mi
- Sunset Point · 24 mi
- Furlong Cemetery · 26 mi
85 named places within 25 miles
- Layman Knob: 2.0 mi
- Jones Hill: 4.5 mi
- Confederate Hill: 6.2 mi
- Hoover Hill: 6.4 mi
- Double S Hill: 6.9 mi
- Logsdon Park West: 2.0 mi
- Logsdon Park: 2.1 mi
- Logsdon Park East: 2.2 mi
- Leitchfield City Park: 2.7 mi
- Clarkson City Park: 6.5 mi
- Buzzards Roost Bluff: 15.3 mi
- Cow Cliff: 16.4 mi
- Buzzard Cliff: 16.7 mi
- Nappers Rollover: 22.3 mi
- Rise of Rough Spring: 20.7 mi
- Blue Hole Spring: 21.5 mi
- Round Stone Spring: 21.5 mi
- Jerusalem Ridge- Bill Monroe Homeplace: 24.3 mi
- Railroad Engine No. 4: 24.5 mi
- Three County Corner: 23.4 mi
- Fordsville railroad museum: 23.7 mi
- Mammoth Cave: 24.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Day Cliffs. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blueball Hill | NE 42° | 304 m | 23.1 mi |
| Gross Hill | NE 50° | 294 m | 19.6 mi |
| Buzzard Roost | ESE 110° | 292 m | 13.1 mi |
| Jacobs Knob | E 90° | 292 m | 23.2 mi |
| Jim Moore Hill | E 92° | 278 m | 23.5 mi |
| Wilmoth Hill | NE 52° | 276 m | 18.6 mi |
| Layman Knob | NE 41° | 275 m | 2.0 mi |
| Gardner Knob | E 101° | 275 m | 24.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:50 | 18:23 | 18:57 |
| June solstice | 05:25 | 19:31 | 20:10 |
| September equinox | 06:34 | 18:09 | 18:44 |
| December solstice | 06:57 | 15:50 | 16:31 |
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 | 34 | 43 | 54 | 63 | 71 | 75 | 73 | 67 | 55 | 44 | 35 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 4.1 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 4.9 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 3.3 | 4.0 | 3.4 | 4.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Leitchfield 2 N, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/358586769
Day trips start here
- Mammoth Cave National Park · 23 mi
- Morgantown · 27 mi
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