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Castlewood Park Orchard

Castlewood Park Orchard from directly overhead

Castlewood Park Orchard is a garden in Kentucky, at a modelled elevation of 308 m. Pleasant Hill stands 330 m to the east-southeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Castlewood Park, a park 0.1 miles away. US 68 Scenic Byway passes 1.5 miles off. 23 named summits stand within 25 miles.

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Coordinates38.05584, -84.47427
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Castlewood Park: 0.1 mi
  • Duncan Park: 0.8 mi
  • Constitution Park: 0.9 mi
  • Isaac Murphy Memorial Art Garden: 1.0 mi
  • London Ferrell Community Garden: 1.0 mi
Historic sites
Artworks: 54
Gardens: 26
Museums: 23
Peaks: 23
  • Sugar Hill: 9.9 mi
  • Catnip Hill: 9.9 mi
  • Pleasant Hill: 10.6 mi
  • Meridian Hill: 11.6 mi
  • Spring Hill: 12.7 mi
Attractions: 11
Springs: 9
  • Blue Hole: 3.1 mi
  • Boils: 3.1 mi
  • Commonwealth Spring: 3.2 mi
  • Preston Spring: 3.7 mi
  • Linsday Spring: 4.5 mi
Nature reserves: 7
Waterfalls: 4
  • Silver Falls: 11.8 mi
  • Elk Lick Falls: 12.0 mi
  • Falls At Shaker Landing: 21.2 mi
  • Fulling Mill Falls: 21.8 mi
Picnic sites: 2
Rest areas: 2
  • Scott County (Georgetown) Rest Area Northbound: 13.9 mi
  • Scott County (Georgetown) Rest Area Southbound: 14.0 mi
Cliffs: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Pleasant HillESE 104°330 m21.1 mi
Rose HillESE 110°311 m22.6 mi
Five Forks HillENE 76°307 m22.6 mi
Spring HillESE 105°294 m12.7 mi
The BackboneWNW 303°262 m23.0 mi
Eagle Nest HillSE 126°260 m20.7 mi
Hickman HillWNW 298°251 m18.9 mi
The MoundWSW 257°226 m23.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4219:1519:50
June solstice06:1620:2521:05
September equinox07:2619:0219:37
December solstice07:5116:4117:22

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343846566573777669584638
Precip in3.43.64.54.45.45.05.13.73.43.73.44.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lexington Bluegrass AP, 8 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • House Sparrow51 obs
  • Common Garter Snake48 obs
  • American Robin44 obs
  • Virginia Springbeauty43 obs
  • Monarch32 obs
  • tree-of-heaven31 obs
  • Northern Cardinal30 obs
  • common star-of-Bethlehem30 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/6993537842

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