Downtown Commercial District
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Downtown Commercial District is a historic site in Kentucky, at a modelled elevation of 291 m. Grassy Knob stands 450 m to the southeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Bluegrass Heritage Museum, a museum 0.3 miles away. Boone Creek Scenic Byway passes 10.0 miles off.
The story
The Winchester Downtown Commercial District is a 21 acres (8.5 ha) historic district that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. It included 114 contributing buildings. It includes both the 1853 Clark County Court House and the 1889 S. P. Kerr Building on the northwest corner of North Main Street and West Broadway. The building contains about 32,000 square feet (3,000 m2) of space.
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Wikidata Q8023802, matched on coordinates and name (63 m apart).
What the record says
- Material
- metal
- Inscription
- See Mapillary image 993256152579938
How to reach it
- 10.0 mi off the Boone Creek Scenic Byway
- 18.0 mi off the US 68 Scenic Byway
- 18.2 mi off the Pisgah Pike Scenic Byway
- 18.3 mi off the Old Frankfort Pike, National
Overlooks nearby
- Star Gap Arch · 29 mi
- Haystack Rock · 29 mi
- Arch of Triumph · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- The Holler: 0.6 mi
- College Park: 0.6 mi
- GRCHS Baseball Field: 0.7 mi
- Wiseman Park: 1.2 mi
- Winchester Traveling Trail: 1.5 mi
- Spring Hill: 4.1 mi
- Pleasant Hill: 4.3 mi
- Rose Hill: 6.1 mi
- Eagle Nest Hill: 8.1 mi
- Five Forks Hill: 11.2 mi
- Painted horse: 13.3 mi
- Eiffel Tower: 15.5 mi
- Buffalo: 17.2 mi
- Lexington Grove: 17.4 mi
- The Meadow: 17.4 mi
- Mill: 7.2 mi
- Fort Boonesborough: 8.6 mi
- Evans Grist Mill: 13.6 mi
- Lime Kiln: 13.9 mi
- Moore Grave: 13.9 mi
- Castlewood Park Orchard: 16.8 mi
- Bascayne Apt Garden at Urban Farm: 16.9 mi
- Castlewood Community Garden: 17.0 mi
- Nelson Avenue Community Garden: 17.0 mi
- Grace Garden: 17.1 mi
- Bluegrass Heritage Museum: 0.3 mi
- Hopewell Museum: 15.4 mi
- Red River Museum: 16.7 mi
- Living Arts and Science Center: 17.4 mi
- Kentucky Room: 17.8 mi
- Kentucky River Museum: 8.4 mi
- Moore Spring: 14.0 mi
- County Quad Point: 17.4 mi
- Mary Todd Lincoln House: 18.2 mi
- Ockerman Globe Monument: 18.4 mi
- Kettle Springs: 11.8 mi
- Blue Hole: 19.7 mi
- Boils: 19.8 mi
- Commonwealth Spring: 19.8 mi
- Preston Spring: 20.4 mi
- Floracliff Nature Sanctuary: 12.0 mi
- Hidden Valley Training Area: 12.6 mi
- Pilot Knob State Nature Preserve: 14.3 mi
- Taylor Fork Ecological Area: 20.2 mi
- Firebrook Wetlands and Nature Sanctuary: 22.4 mi
- Elk Lick Falls: 11.9 mi
- Silver Falls: 13.7 mi
- Brandywine Community Picnic Site: 16.5 mi
- Brandywine Community Picnic Site: 16.5 mi
- Bradley Rocks: 22.1 mi
- Lily Mountain Arch: 24.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.0 miles of Downtown Commercial District. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grassy Knob | SE 143° | 450 m | 18.2 mi |
| Rotten Point | ESE 113° | 434 m | 14.9 mi |
| Pilot Knob | ESE 113° | 433 m | 14.3 mi |
| McKinney Mountain | SE 146° | 432 m | 19.9 mi |
| Sugarloaf Mountain | SE 144° | 430 m | 17.6 mi |
| Buzzard Roost | SE 141° | 429 m | 18.1 mi |
| Low Knob | SE 146° | 425 m | 20.6 mi |
| Raven Rock | ESE 113° | 421 m | 22.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
The recorded facing catches the sunset.
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:41 | 19:14 | 19:49 |
| June solstice | 06:15 | 20:24 | 21:03 |
| September equinox | 07:25 | 19:01 | 19:35 |
| December solstice | 07:50 | 16:40 | 17:21 |
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 | 37 | 44 | 55 | 64 | 72 | 75 | 73 | 67 | 56 | 45 | 38 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 3.7 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 5.4 | 4.9 | 5.4 | 3.7 | 3.9 | 3.5 | 3.3 | 4.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cressy, 14 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/12079420247
Day trips start here
- Lexington · 17 mi
- Bluegrass Region · 18 mi
- Nicholasville · 23 mi
- Midway · 30 mi
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