Confederate Memorial
Confederate Memorial is a historic site in Kentucky, at a modelled elevation of 286 m. Persimmon Knob stands 402 m to the southwest, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Jessamine County Veterans Memorial, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Shakertown Road passes 3.1 miles off. 25 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
The Confederate Memorial in Nicholasville is a historic statue created in the Jim Crow era and located on the Jessamine County courthouse lawn in Nicholasville, Kentucky, ten miles south of Lexington, Kentucky.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dates from 1896.
Wikidata Q1124905, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
How to reach it
- 3.1 mi off the Shakertown Road
- 3.1 mi off the US 68 Scenic Byway
- 10.7 mi off the Boone Creek Scenic Byway
- 11.3 mi off the Pisgah Pike Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Welch Mtn Overlook · 27 mi
- Piney Knob Overlook · 27 mi
- Radio Tower Overlook · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Performance Park: 0.0 mi
- Rock Fence Park: 0.2 mi
- Lake Mingo/Corman Park: 0.7 mi
- Riney B Park: 1.2 mi
- Woodrow Grow Park: 1.7 mi
- Jessamine County Veterans Memorial: 0.0 mi
- Barbaro: 4.5 mi
- Wesley monument: 5.0 mi
- bicentennial / centennial: 5.0 mi
- Fort Jackson: 5.8 mi
- Katsina, the Sacred Dancer: 8.5 mi
- old soldier: 10.1 mi
- just like mom: 10.1 mi
- summer fun: 10.1 mi
- Lil Duffer: 10.1 mi
- Catnip Hill: 4.8 mi
- Meridian Hill: 5.2 mi
- Crow Hill: 7.0 mi
- Boones Knob: 8.0 mi
- Pleasant Hill: 8.3 mi
- Wilmore Rail-Side Museum: 4.9 mi
- Camp Nelson Visitor Center: 6.0 mi
- Waveland Museum: 6.6 mi
- High Bridge Kentucky River Museum: 8.9 mi
- Shaker Village of Pleasant Hill: 10.0 mi
- Lexington Women’s Recognition Garden: 8.5 mi
- Home Demonstration Garden: 9.9 mi
- Perennial Teaching Garden of KY Arboretum: 9.9 mi
- Fragrance Garden: 10.0 mi
- Kentucky Children’s Garden: 10.1 mi
- John Wesley Statue: 4.9 mi
- Comedy Off Broadway: 8.3 mi
- LakeSide LIve Summer Music Festival: 8.4 mi
- Moore Spring: 9.7 mi
- Mary Todd Lincoln House: 12.4 mi
- Kettle Springs: 11.6 mi
- Boils: 12.2 mi
- Blue Hole: 12.2 mi
- Preston Spring: 12.3 mi
- Linsday Spring: 13.6 mi
- Hickman Creek Nature Center: 6.5 mi
- Jim Beam Nature Preserve: 6.8 mi
- Firebrook Wetlands and Nature Sanctuary: 7.9 mi
- Floracliff Nature Sanctuary: 11.5 mi
- Taylor Fork Ecological Area: 18.9 mi
- Falls At Shaker Landing: 9.3 mi
- Silver Falls: 9.7 mi
- Fulling Mill Falls: 10.5 mi
- Elk Lick Falls: 11.6 mi
- Chimney Rock: 6.5 mi
- Lovers Leap: 21.6 mi
- Brandywine Community Picnic Site: 7.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Confederate Memorial. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Persimmon Knob | SW 216° | 402 m | 24.8 mi |
| Button Lick Knob | SSE 168° | 397 m | 24.7 mi |
| Pine Knob | SW 215° | 365 m | 23.8 mi |
| Burdette Knob | SSW 196° | 336 m | 14.1 mi |
| Graveyard Hill | SSE 163° | 325 m | 22.9 mi |
| Spring Hill | ENE 63° | 294 m | 19.8 mi |
| Eagle Nest Hill | E 90° | 260 m | 22.0 mi |
| Hickman Hill | NNW 332° | 251 m | 23.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:43 | 19:16 | 19:50 |
| June solstice | 06:17 | 20:25 | 21:05 |
| September equinox | 07:27 | 19:02 | 19:37 |
| December solstice | 07:51 | 16:42 | 17:23 |
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 | 36 | 39 | 48 | 58 | 66 | 74 | 77 | 75 | 69 | 59 | 46 | 37 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 3.5 | 4.1 | 4.4 | 4.9 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 3.2 | 3.4 | 3.3 | 3.1 | 3.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — DIX DAM, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
National Register of Historic Places, reference 97000686OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata- National Register of Historic Places — Confederate Memorial in Nicholasville, reference 97000686, listed 07/17/97.
OpenStreetMap element node/4725378662
Day trips start here
- Nicholasville · 0 mi
- Bluegrass Region · 9 mi
- Lexington · 11 mi
- Versailles · 15 mi
- Harrodsburg · 17 mi
- Danville · 20 mi
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