Smith Street Food Forest
Smith Street Food Forest is a garden in Kentucky, at a modelled elevation of 296 m. Pleasant Hill stands 330 m to the east-southeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is The Pythia in Agate, a artwork 0.1 miles away. US 68 Scenic Byway passes 0.6 miles off. 23 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Seedleaf
How to reach it
- 0.6 mi off the US 68 Scenic Byway
- 0.7 mi off the Old Frankfort Pike, National
- 0.8 mi off the Pisgah Pike Scenic Byway
- 4.1 mi off the Shakertown Road
Named places within 25 miles
- Back Circle: 0.2 mi
- Coolavin Park: 0.3 mi
- Alumni Plaza: 0.3 mi
- Gratz Park: 0.4 mi
- Duncan Park: 0.5 mi
- Patterson Cabin: 0.3 mi
- Transylvania Alumni: 0.3 mi
- Old Morrison: 0.3 mi
- Smiley Pete: 0.7 mi
- Zero Milestone Camel: 0.7 mi
- The Pythia in Agate: 0.1 mi
- Waste Knot: 0.3 mi
- Youth: 0.4 mi
- Friendship: 0.4 mi
- Til the Cows Come Home: 0.5 mi
- Whitney Avenue Community Garden: 0.6 mi
- GTP Forest Garden: 0.6 mi
- Ohio Street/Kids Cafe Garden: 0.8 mi
- North Pole Community Garden: 0.9 mi
- Grace Garden: 0.9 mi
- Lexington Children's Museum: 0.5 mi
- Lexington History Museum: 0.6 mi
- Living Arts and Science Center: 0.6 mi
- Kentucky Room: 0.7 mi
- William S. Webb Museum of Anthropology: 1.8 mi
- Sugar Hill: 8.8 mi
- Catnip Hill: 9.3 mi
- Pleasant Hill: 9.6 mi
- Meridian Hill: 10.8 mi
- Spring Hill: 13.8 mi
- Ockerman Globe Monument: 0.5 mi
- Mary Todd Lincoln House: 0.6 mi
- LakeSide LIve Summer Music Festival: 4.5 mi
- Comedy Off Broadway: 4.5 mi
- Old Friends Thouroughbred Retirement Farm Tours: 10.1 mi
- Blue Hole: 1.9 mi
- Boils: 2.0 mi
- Commonwealth Spring: 2.4 mi
- Preston Spring: 2.6 mi
- Linsday Spring: 3.5 mi
- Firebrook Wetlands and Nature Sanctuary: 6.7 mi
- Floracliff Nature Sanctuary: 12.8 mi
- Veterans Memorial Wildlife Management Area: 18.7 mi
- Hickman Creek Nature Center: 19.3 mi
- Hickman Creek Nature Center: 19.4 mi
- Silver Falls: 12.3 mi
- Elk Lick Falls: 12.7 mi
- Falls At Shaker Landing: 20.5 mi
- Fulling Mill Falls: 21.1 mi
- Brandywine Community Picnic Site: 6.4 mi
- Brandywine Community Picnic Site: 6.5 mi
- Scott County (Georgetown) Rest Area Northbound: 13.6 mi
- Scott County (Georgetown) Rest Area Southbound: 13.7 mi
- Chimney Rock: 19.3 mi
- Lovers Leap: 20.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Smith Street Food Forest. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pleasant Hill | ESE 104° | 330 m | 22.2 mi |
| Rose Hill | ESE 109° | 311 m | 23.7 mi |
| Five Forks Hill | ENE 77° | 307 m | 23.7 mi |
| Spring Hill | ESE 104° | 294 m | 13.8 mi |
| The Backbone | NW 305° | 262 m | 22.0 mi |
| Eagle Nest Hill | SE 125° | 260 m | 21.6 mi |
| Hickman Hill | WNW 300° | 251 m | 17.9 mi |
| The Mound | WSW 257° | 226 m | 22.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:42 | 19:15 | 19:50 |
| June solstice | 06:16 | 20:25 | 21:05 |
| September equinox | 07:26 | 19:02 | 19:37 |
| December solstice | 07:51 | 16:41 | 17:22 |
Local time (America/New_York).
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 | 56 | 65 | 73 | 77 | 76 | 69 | 58 | 46 | 38 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 3.6 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 5.4 | 5.0 | 5.1 | 3.7 | 3.4 | 3.7 | 3.4 | 4.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lexington Bluegrass AP, 7 mi away.
- Eastern Gray Squirrel177 obs
- American Robin98 obs
- House Sparrow96 obs
- Northern Cardinal75 obs
- Virginia Springbeauty71 obs
- Monarch69 obs
- Mourning Dove55 obs
- Common Garter Snake55 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/4070871292
Day trips start here
- Lexington · 2 mi
- Bluegrass Region · 4 mi
- Midway · 12 mi
- Nicholasville · 13 mi
- Versailles · 13 mi
- Lawrenceburg · 22 mi
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