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1974 Tornado Victims

1974 Tornado Victims from directly overhead

1974 Tornado Victims is a historic site in Kentucky, at a modelled elevation of 176 m. Bee Knob Hill stands 306 m to the south-southeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Tree Trunk from 1974 Tornado, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 171 miles off.

What the record says

Inscription
Names of all victims from the 1974 Tornado

How to reach it

Coordinates38.00127, -86.17478

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 49
  • Riverfront Park: 0.6 mi
  • Meade-Olin Park: 0.8 mi
  • Lawson Park: 7.8 mi
  • Otter Park: 8.6 mi
  • Buck Creek Lodge: 9.5 mi
Nature reserves: 15
Historic sites: 9
Cliffs: 9
Museums: 4
  • West Point History Museum: 12.3 mi
  • Patton Museum Foundation: 13.1 mi
  • Harrison County Discovery Center: 14.8 mi
  • Little Loomhouse: 24.5 mi
Springs: 3
Attractions: 2
Gardens: 2
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.1 miles of 1974 Tornado Victims. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bee Knob HillSSE 158°306 m10.7 mi
Blueball HillSSE 158°304 m19.6 mi
Hayes HillNNW 346°282 m4.9 mi
Buck KnobsSE 142°280 m7.1 mi
Hogback HillSW 224°280 m8.4 mi
Indian HillSE 127°275 m11.8 mi
Windell HillN 354°272 m9.3 mi
Mount TomN 356°265 m5.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4919:2219:57
June solstice06:2320:3221:11
September equinox07:3319:0919:43
December solstice07:5816:4817:29

Local time (America/Kentucky/Louisville).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333645566572767568574537
Precip in4.03.54.95.46.04.54.93.63.83.93.94.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Brandenburg, 5 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/5255798589

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