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Burial Site

Burial Site from directly overhead

Burial Site is a historic site in Kentucky, at a modelled elevation of 229 m. Peach Orchard Hill stands 363 m to the east-northeast, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Battle Of Blue Licks Battlefield, Revolutionary War, a historic site 0.1 miles away. Ohio River Scenic Byway passes 20 miles off. 81 named places lie within 25 miles, 15 of them named summits.

Blue Licks Battlefield State Resort Park

How to reach it

Coordinates38.43406, -83.99267

81 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 29
  • Blue Licks Battlefield State Park: 0.4 mi
  • Blue Licks Battlefield State Resort Park: 0.4 mi
  • East Union Park: 8.5 mi
  • James Roff Memorial Centennial Park: 9.9 mi
  • Flemingsburg Recreation Park: 13.8 mi
Peaks: 15
  • Tunnel Hill: 5.0 mi
  • Locust Graveyard Hill: 17.0 mi
  • Fox Mountain: 17.8 mi
  • Tunnel Hill: 20.8 mi
  • Sugar Loaf Mountain: 20.9 mi
Museums: 14
  • Pioneer Museum: 0.1 mi
  • Kentucky Doll and Toy Museum: 8.6 mi
  • Harriet Beecher Stowe Slavery to Freedom Museum: 16.0 mi
  • Albert Sidney Johnston House: 16.0 mi
  • Cynthiana Harrison County Museum: 16.7 mi
Historic sites: 12
Picnic sites: 3
Artworks: 3
  • The Maiden City: 16.8 mi
  • Eiffel Tower: 21.0 mi
  • Augusta, Kentucky: 23.5 mi
Attractions: 2
Nature reserves: 2
  • Simon Kenton Wildlife Management Area: 18.8 mi
  • Griffith Woods Wildlife Management Area: 20.7 mi
Gardens: 1
  • Ripley Community Garden: 23.0 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Peach Orchard HillENE 76°363 m24.9 mi
Sugar Loaf MountainE 82°355 m20.9 mi
Tanbark HillENE 77°355 m24.2 mi
White Oak HillSSE 147°327 m20.9 mi
Five Forks HillSSW 191°307 m21.3 mi
Tunnel HillSSE 156°300 m20.8 mi
Tunnel HillSE 127°281 m5.0 mi
Liberty RidgeWNW 303°280 m22.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4019:1319:48
June solstice06:1320:2421:04
September equinox07:2419:0019:35
December solstice07:5016:3817:19

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323543546472767468574537
Precip in3.73.54.74.74.84.85.83.53.43.53.24.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Flemingsburg 2 N, 14 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/768200877

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