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Confederate Monument at Crab Orchard

Confederate Monument at Crab Orchard from directly overhead

Confederate Monument at Crab Orchard is a historic site in Kentucky, at a modelled elevation of 311 m. Bear Mountain stands 505 m to the east-northeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Helicopter, a historic site 0.3 miles away. Wilderness Road Heritage Highway passes 9.3 miles off.

The story

The Confederate Monument in Crab Orchard in Lincoln County, Kentucky, near Crab Orchard, Kentucky, commemorates the fallen Confederate soldiers of nearby states. Many of those buried here died at the Battle of Wildcat Mountain. The soldiers buried around the monument were from Kentucky, Georgia, Tennessee, and Texas. Twenty-one in total, they were reinterred atop the Crab Orchard Hill in 1871. The monument itself is a 10 feet (3.0 m) tall column made of white marble. The inscriptions mention the home states of the soldiers buried around the monument, with the motto "Constantes Esque Ad Mortem, Animas Perjecere." on the north side, and a lengthier passage on the south side reading "Here, off duty till the last reveille, rest the Southern soldiers, few in number, who were slain in this and in the adjoining counties, during the War of Secession. They fell among strangers, unknown, unfriended, yet not unhonered [sic]; for strangers' hands have gathered their ashes here and placed this shaft above them, that constancy, valor, sacrifice of self, though displayed in fruitless enterprise, may not be unremembered." The monument was deliberately carved to appear draped by a Confederate flag. On July 17, 1997, the Confederate Monument in Crab Orchard was one of sixty-one different monuments related to the Civil War in Kentucky placed on the National Register of Historic Places, as part of the Civil War Monuments of Kentucky Multiple Property Submission. Only the Confederate Monument in Cynthiana in Cynthiana, Kentucky has been at the same place longer, with the 32nd Indiana Monument the only other monument in Kentucky older than the two. In June 2007 the monument was again dedicated in a ceremony that included then Kentucky Governor Ernie Fletcher, the U.S. Army, Shriners, and a parade.

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Dates from 1872.

Wikidata Q5159693, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

How to reach it

Coordinates37.46470, -84.50277

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Collier Knob: 2.1 mi
  • Sportsmans Hill: 2.5 mi
  • Millers Knob: 3.9 mi
  • Indian Knob: 4.3 mi
  • Button Lick Knob: 4.8 mi
Parks: 36
  • William Whitley State Historic House: 2.6 mi
  • First Southern Veterans Park: 9.3 mi
  • Jaycees Park: 10.3 mi
  • Logan Hubble Park: 10.6 mi
  • Mt, Vernon school Park: 11.6 mi
Historic sites: 15
Nature reserves: 8
Museums: 5
  • Kentucky Music Hall of Fame & Museum: 10.7 mi
  • Kentucky Music Hall of Fame and Museum: 10.8 mi
  • McDowell House & Apothecary Shop Museum: 19.3 mi
  • The Great American Dollhouse Museum: 19.8 mi
  • Camp Nelson Visitor Center: 23.6 mi
Natural arches: 5
  • Upper Main Dome: 16.2 mi
  • Devil's Kitchen Arch: 16.3 mi
  • Robe Mountain Arch: 16.9 mi
  • Shelf In Cave Arch: 20.9 mi
  • Rainbow Rock: 21.2 mi
Attractions: 5
  • Graffiti Bridge: 17.5 mi
  • covered bridge: 18.8 mi
  • Short Creek Cave: 22.1 mi
  • Short Creek: 22.1 mi
  • Wildcat Off-road: 24.2 mi
Springs: 4
  • Buffalo Spring: 10.6 mi
  • Climax Spring: 14.6 mi
  • Piped: 14.7 mi
  • Blue Hole Spring: 16.5 mi
Gardens: 2
  • Sustainable Berea: 13.4 mi
  • Carloftis Garden: 21.9 mi
Cliffs: 2
Waterfalls: 2
  • Joe High Falls: 15.5 mi
  • Anglin Falls: 15.9 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Picnic sites: 1
  • Our Happy Place: 21.5 mi
Artworks: 1
  • Daniel Boone Statue: 22.1 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.0 miles of Confederate Monument at Crab Orchard. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bear MountainENE 70°505 m14.3 mi
Pinnacle KnobENE 71°482 m15.3 mi
Indian Fort MountainENE 65°470 m16.3 mi
Cable KnobSSE 156°465 m9.9 mi
Sand KnobSSE 152°462 m10.8 mi
Robe MountainENE 62°462 m16.7 mi
Bighill MountainENE 75°460 m17.3 mi
Purcell KnobSSE 158°453 m9.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4219:1619:50
June solstice06:1820:2421:03
September equinox07:2719:0219:37
December solstice07:5016:4317:24

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F364048586572757469584839
Precip in3.73.54.74.65.15.15.23.63.93.53.54.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Crab Orchard 6 N, 4 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

National Register of Historic Places, reference 97000682OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • National Register of Historic Places — Confederate Monument at Crab Orchard, reference 97000682, listed 07/17/97.

OpenStreetMap element node/8033157719

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