Waterfront Botanical Gardens
Waterfront Botanical Gardens is a garden in Kentucky, at a modelled elevation of 145 m. Round Knob stands 304 m to the north-northwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Heigold House Facade, a historic site 0.1 miles away. River Road runs past it.
What to expect
- Fee
- Yes
How to reach it
- On the River Road
- 2.1 mi off the Indiana's Historic Pathways, National
- 0.8 mi off the Ohio River Scenic Byway, National
- 161.5 mi off the River Road Scenic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Butchertown Greenway: 0.2 mi
- Karen Lynch Park: 0.3 mi
- Eva Bandman Park & Cyclocross Venue: 0.3 mi
- Story Avenue Park: 0.4 mi
- Clifton Park: 0.6 mi
- Crescent Hill: 1.3 mi
- Pine Hill: 7.2 mi
- Kenwood Hill: 7.9 mi
- Lost Knob: 8.1 mi
- Spickert Knob: 8.6 mi
- Our City: 0.6 mi
- Veterans Monument: 1.2 mi
- "Perpetual Perception" Water Tank Mural: 1.4 mi
- NoCo Arts Story Trail: 1.4 mi
- Story Trail Mosaic Mural: 1.4 mi
- Bingham Park: 0.8 mi
- Market Street line sign: 0.8 mi
- Jeffersonville Overlook: 0.9 mi
- Preservation Station Caboose: 1.1 mi
- Clark-Floyd Counties Convention & Tourism Bureau: 1.5 mi
- Heigold House Facade: 0.1 mi
- Lincoln Memorial: 0.9 mi
- Thomas Jefferson Statue: 1.3 mi
- Col. Harland Sander’s grave: 1.3 mi
- Muhammad Ali’s grave: 1.6 mi
- 1883 Gallery: 0.7 mi
- Museum of the American Printing House for the Blind: 0.7 mi
- Howard Steamboat Museum: 1.0 mi
- Vintage Fire Museum: 1.4 mi
- Clark County Museum: 1.5 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 4.0 mi
- Jefferson Memorial Forest: 12.4 mi
- Jefferson Memorial Forest: 12.7 mi
- Horine Reservation: 13.1 mi
- Jefferson Memorial Forest: 13.4 mi
- Picnic Area: 1.2 mi
- Picnic Area: 1.2 mi
- Picnic Area: 1.3 mi
- Picnic-in-the-Park Pavilions: 4.9 mi
- Cedar Grove: 12.7 mi
- Vault Point: 13.4 mi
- Blunk Point: 13.7 mi
- Water: 13.7 mi
- Cedar Point: 17.7 mi
- Cedar Point: 23.7 mi
- Community Garden: 3.1 mi
- Underground Railroad Gardens: 5.4 mi
- Scribner Garden: 5.6 mi
- Iroquois Flowers: 6.0 mi
- Miles Spring: 21.3 mi
- Grable Spring: 21.6 mi
- Distillerie Four Roses: 24.8 mi
- Oldham County (Crestwood) Northbound Rest Area: 12.3 mi
- Bullitt County Welcome Center: 22.0 mi
- Springville: 11.5 mi
- Fairmont Falls Arch: 14.2 mi
- Fairmont Falls: 14.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.8 miles of Waterfront Botanical Gardens. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Round Knob | NNW 337° | 304 m | 19.2 mi |
| Hickman Hill | W 262° | 302 m | 11.4 mi |
| Rock Knob | N 350° | 291 m | 23.4 mi |
| Spickert Knob | NW 308° | 289 m | 8.6 mi |
| Oak Knob | NNW 348° | 288 m | 23.4 mi |
| Williams Knob | NNW 329° | 282 m | 19.7 mi |
| Daisy Hill | NW 326° | 282 m | 19.8 mi |
| Bowers Knob | NW 326° | 274 m | 20.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:47 | 19:20 | 19:55 |
| June solstice | 06:21 | 20:31 | 21:10 |
| September equinox | 07:31 | 19:07 | 19:42 |
| December solstice | 07:57 | 16:45 | 17:27 |
Local time (America/Kentucky/Louisville).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 35 | 38 | 47 | 58 | 68 | 76 | 79 | 78 | 72 | 60 | 47 | 39 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 3.5 | 4.5 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 3.5 | 3.3 | 3.9 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 4.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Louisville Mcalpine, 4 mi away.
- Mallard106 obs
- American Robin81 obs
- Red Fox68 obs
- Canada Goose60 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel56 obs
- American pokeweed53 obs
- honey-vine climbing milkweed48 obs
- Red-winged Blackbird47 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 way/817089288
Day trips start here
- Jeffersonville · 2 mi
- Clarksville · 3 mi
- Louisville · 3 mi
- Saint Matthews · 4 mi
- New Albany · 6 mi
- Floyds Knobs · 9 mi
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