Confederate Memorial
Confederate Memorial is a historic site in Kentucky, at a modelled elevation of 296 m. Sand Knob stands 445 m to the south-southwest, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is The Great American Dollhouse Museum, a museum 0.3 miles away. Lincoln Heritage Scenic Highway runs past it.
The story
The Confederate Monument in Danville, originally located between Centre College and the First Presbyterian Church at the corner of Main and College Streets in Danville, Kentucky, was a monument dedicated to the Confederate States of America that is on the National Register of Historic Places. The monument was dedicated in 1910 by the surviving veterans of the Confederacy of Boyle County, Kentucky and the Kate Morrison Breckinridge Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy (UDC). In 2021, it was relocated to a museum in Meade County, Kentucky.
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Wikidata Q5159696, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
How to reach it
- On the Lincoln Heritage Scenic Highway, National
- 0.3 mi off the Cumberland Cultural Heritage Highway
- 7.7 mi off the US 68 Scenic Byway
- 7.7 mi off the Shakertown Road
Overlooks nearby
- Welch Mtn Overlook · 27 mi
- Piney Knob Overlook · 27 mi
- Radio Tower Overlook · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Pine Knob: 4.1 mi
- Persimmon Knob: 5.1 mi
- Parksville Knob: 7.1 mi
- Berger Knob: 7.6 mi
- Burdette Knob: 7.7 mi
- Constitution Square: 0.5 mi
- Henry Jackson Park: 0.7 mi
- Michael E. Smith Park: 0.9 mi
- Millennium Park: 1.0 mi
- Henson Park: 1.5 mi
- Beriah Magoffin MOnument: 9.1 mi
- Confederate Monument: 9.1 mi
- Perryville Historical Marker: 9.5 mi
- Site of Historic Stanford Fort: 9.7 mi
- Boone Cave: 9.7 mi
- The Great American Dollhouse Museum: 0.3 mi
- McDowell House & Apothecary Shop Museum: 0.4 mi
- 73rd 10-8-62: 10.1 mi
- Shaker Village of Pleasant Hill: 12.1 mi
- High Bridge Kentucky River Museum: 12.4 mi
- Jim Beam Nature Preserve: 13.2 mi
- Hickman Creek Nature Center: 14.2 mi
- Hickman Creek Nature Center: 14.2 mi
- Dix River Wildlife Management Area: 19.0 mi
- Marion County WMA and State Forest: 20.5 mi
- Chimney Rock: 13.5 mi
- McKinney Bluff: 13.5 mi
- Lovers Leap: 18.0 mi
- Rocky Point: 18.0 mi
- John Wesley Statue: 16.3 mi
- covered bridge: 20.0 mi
- Graffiti Bridge: 23.1 mi
- Big Spring: 8.8 mi
- Buffalo Spring: 9.8 mi
- Falls At Shaker Landing: 12.5 mi
- Fulling Mill Falls: 12.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.2 miles of Confederate Memorial. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sand Knob | SSW 210° | 445 m | 10.1 mi |
| Turkeyfoot Knob | SSW 206° | 424 m | 14.3 mi |
| Parksville Knob | WSW 239° | 415 m | 7.1 mi |
| Gibson Knob | SSW 206° | 415 m | 9.4 mi |
| Gordon Lick Knob | SSW 206° | 412 m | 11.2 mi |
| Maxey Knob | SSW 204° | 408 m | 12.7 mi |
| Burnt Cabin Knob | SSW 209° | 406 m | 12.2 mi |
| Catholic Knob | SSW 212° | 405 m | 8.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:44 | 19:17 | 19:51 |
| June solstice | 06:19 | 20:26 | 21:05 |
| September equinox | 07:28 | 19:03 | 19:38 |
| December solstice | 07:51 | 16:44 | 17:25 |
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 | 33 | 36 | 45 | 56 | 65 | 72 | 76 | 75 | 69 | 57 | 45 | 37 |
| Precip in | 3.7 | 3.7 | 4.6 | 4.2 | 4.4 | 4.7 | 5.0 | 3.2 | 3.7 | 3.5 | 3.0 | 4.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Danville, under a mile away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
National Register of Historic Places, reference 97000720OpenStreetMapWikidata- National Register of Historic Places — Confederate Monument in Danville, reference 97000720, listed 07/17/97.
OpenStreetMap element node/4715518488
Day trips start here
- Danville · 0 mi
- Harrodsburg · 9 mi
- Nicholasville · 20 mi
- Lawrenceburg · 27 mi
- Versailles · 28 mi
- Bluegrass Region · 29 mi
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