Hawkers Bluff
Hawkers Bluff is a cliff in Kentucky, at a recorded elevation of 124 m. Telephone Knob stands 259 m to the northeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Whoopee Hill, a peak 1.1 miles away. Ohio River Scenic Byway passes 29 miles off. 118 named places lie within 25 miles, 57 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 124 m
How to reach it
- 29.0 mi off the Ohio River Scenic Byway, National
118 named places within 25 miles
- Whoopee Hill: 1.1 mi
- Barnes Hill: 4.9 mi
- Hoover Hill: 5.0 mi
- Bean Hill: 7.8 mi
- Barrett Hill: 9.5 mi
- Ellis Park: 2.3 mi
- Ohio County Fair Grounds: 3.0 mi
- Oldham Park: 5.9 mi
- Beaver Dam Park & Amphitheater: 6.2 mi
- McHenry Community Park: 7.8 mi
- fort hartford reconstruction: 2.8 mi
- Everly Brothers Monument: 18.1 mi
- Confederate-Union Veterans Monument: 21.7 mi
- Confederate Monument: 22.9 mi
- Fordsville railroad museum: 14.4 mi
- Owensboro Museum of Fine Art: 22.5 mi
- Owensboro Museum of Science and History: 22.9 mi
- Bluegrass Hall of Fame & Museum: 23.0 mi
- Jackson Bluff: 12.2 mi
- Buzzards Roost Bluff: 22.3 mi
- Stony Point: 23.5 mi
- Jerusalem Ridge- Bill Monroe Homeplace: 8.3 mi
- Church Garden: 21.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Hawkers Bluff. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Telephone Knob | NE 42° | 258.7 m | 19.5 mi |
| Duncan Hill | E 82° | 249 m | 15.5 mi |
| Powell Hill | ENE 63° | 247 m | 23.9 mi |
| Sand Knob | ENE 66° | 246 m | 24.2 mi |
| Cretcheloe Hill | ENE 63° | 244 m | 23.1 mi |
| Junction Hill | ENE 78° | 243 m | 21.1 mi |
| Egypt Knob | NE 48° | 236 m | 21.0 mi |
| Pine Knob | E 91° | 234 m | 21.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:52 | 18:25 | 19:00 |
| June solstice | 05:28 | 19:34 | 20:13 |
| September equinox | 06:36 | 18:12 | 18:46 |
| December solstice | 06:59 | 15:53 | 16:34 |
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 | 34 | 38 | 46 | 58 | 66 | 74 | 78 | 77 | 70 | 58 | 47 | 38 |
| Precip in | 3.8 | 4.0 | 5.1 | 5.0 | 5.5 | 4.3 | 4.6 | 3.4 | 3.8 | 4.3 | 3.7 | 4.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Beaver DAM, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358591642
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- Morgantown · 22 mi
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