Confederate Monument
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Confederate Monument is a historic site in Kentucky, at a modelled elevation of 277 m. Spring Hill stands 294 m to the southeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Robert Lonnie Suffoletta Memorial Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Midway-Versailles Road (US-62) passes 7.1 miles off. 17 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
The Confederate Monument in Georgetown is within the Georgetown Cemetery of Georgetown, Kentucky. It is an unpolished granite obelisk that is twenty feet tall, surrounded by the graves of eighteen former Confederate soldiers. The various reliefs upon the obelisk include crossed cannons, crossed muskets, a drum, an azid, and flags. It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on July 17, 1997, as part of the Civil War Monuments of Kentucky Multiple Property Submission. The dedication of the monument took place in June 1888. The Ladies Monument Association, in association with the women of Scott County, Kentucky, was responsible for the attainment of the funds necessary to erect the monument. They had eighteen fallen Confederates, from graves around the county, reinterred around the monument, in a manner similar to other such monuments in Kentucky. Two of these were victims of Stephen G. Burbridge's Order 59, which called for the killing of four Confederate prisoners of war whenever one Union civilian was killed. The dedication was presided by Dr. John A. Lewis, with a parade preceding the dedication containing thousands from around the state of Kentucky. Scott County had provided 1,000 troops for the Confederacy, while only providing 118 men to the Union Army.
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Dates from 1888.
Wikidata Q5159698, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
How to reach it
- 7.1 mi off the Midway-Versailles Road (US-62)
- 7.5 mi off the Old Frankfort Pike, National
- 10.5 mi off the Pisgah Pike Scenic Byway
- 10.8 mi off the US 68 Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Robert Lonnie Suffoletta Memorial Park: 0.3 mi
- The Quad: 0.5 mi
- Hinton Field: 0.7 mi
- Marshall Park: 0.8 mi
- College Arboretum: 0.8 mi
- Man o’ War Memorial: 4.1 mi
- Buffalo Statue: 8.2 mi
- Secretariat: 8.9 mi
- Stockyard Commons: 9.6 mi
- My Name is MO: 10.2 mi
- Angel of Hope Ashley Lyons Memorial: 2.7 mi
- Stonetown: 8.7 mi
- John Hunt Morgan Memorial: 10.0 mi
- Ladies' Confederate Memorial: 10.0 mi
- Confederate Soldier Monument: 10.0 mi
- Yuko-En on the Elkhorn: 1.5 mi
- TMMK Garden: 4.6 mi
- Roosevelt Blvd Community Garden: 9.5 mi
- Kilrush Food Forest: 9.8 mi
- GTP Forest Garden: 9.8 mi
- Scott County Museum: 0.8 mi
- Ward Hall: 1.7 mi
- International Museum of the Horse: 4.0 mi
- American Saddlebred Museum: 4.1 mi
- Headley-Whitney Museum: 7.6 mi
- Sugar Hill: 9.1 mi
- Hickman Hill: 12.0 mi
- Locust Hill: 13.3 mi
- The Backbone: 14.8 mi
- Pleasant Hill: 15.5 mi
- Old Friends Thouroughbred Retirement Farm Tours: 2.4 mi
- Buffalo Springs Park: 8.6 mi
- Ockerman Globe Monument: 10.2 mi
- Mary Todd Lincoln House: 10.7 mi
- LakeSide LIve Summer Music Festival: 14.2 mi
- Commonwealth Spring: 8.1 mi
- Linsday Spring: 8.4 mi
- Buffalo Springs: 8.5 mi
- Preston Spring: 9.8 mi
- Boils: 10.1 mi
- Veterans Memorial Wildlife Management Area: 8.7 mi
- Firebrook Wetlands and Nature Sanctuary: 14.2 mi
- Griffith Woods Wildlife Management Area: 14.5 mi
- Kleber WMA: 15.9 mi
- Dr. James R. Rich WMA: 17.1 mi
- Benson Creek Falls: 20.5 mi
- Silver Falls: 22.7 mi
- Elk Lick Falls: 22.9 mi
- Scott County (Georgetown) Rest Area Northbound: 3.5 mi
- Scott County (Georgetown) Rest Area Southbound: 3.6 mi
- Brandywine Community Picnic Site: 16.8 mi
- Brandywine Community Picnic Site: 16.8 mi
- Lovers Leap: 18.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Confederate Monument. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spring Hill | SE 128° | 294 m | 21.4 mi |
| The Backbone | W 280° | 262 m | 14.8 mi |
| Indian Gap Hill | WNW 302° | 259 m | 17.2 mi |
| Hickman Hill | W 266° | 251 m | 12.0 mi |
| The Mound | SW 231° | 226 m | 23.8 mi |
| Fort Hill | W 272° | 174 m | 16.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:43 | 19:16 | 19:50 |
| June solstice | 06:16 | 20:26 | 21:06 |
| September equinox | 07:27 | 19:02 | 19:37 |
| December solstice | 07:52 | 16:41 | 17:22 |
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 | 34 | 38 | 46 | 56 | 65 | 73 | 77 | 76 | 69 | 58 | 46 | 38 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 3.6 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 5.4 | 5.0 | 5.1 | 3.7 | 3.4 | 3.7 | 3.4 | 4.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lexington Bluegrass AP, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
National Register of Historic Places, reference 97000669OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata- National Register of Historic Places — Confederate Monument in Georgetown, reference 97000669, listed 07/17/97.
OpenStreetMap element node/4715340601
Day trips start here
- Midway · 7 mi
- Lexington · 12 mi
- Bluegrass Region · 14 mi
- Versailles · 14 mi
- Lawrenceburg · 22 mi
- Nicholasville · 22 mi
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