First Boy Scout Troop
First Boy Scout Troop is a historic site in Kentucky, at a modelled elevation of 262 m. Big Knob stands 433 m to the north-northeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Cole Community Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Cumberland Cultural Heritage Highway passes 0.8 miles off.
The story
park in Pulaski County, Kentucky, United States of America
Wikidata Q49489309, matched on coordinates and name (12 m apart).
What the record says
- Material
- metal
- Inscription
- Before Boy Scouts of America was organized, 1910, a troop of 15 had been formed here, spring of 1908, by Mrs. Myra Greeno Bass. Using the official handbook of English scouting, she guided them hiking and camping, like scouting today. Known as Eagle Troop,
How to reach it
- 0.8 mi off the Cumberland Cultural Heritage Highway
- 27.1 mi off the Wilderness Road Heritage Highway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Bunker Hill: 0.9 mi
- Possum Knob: 2.5 mi
- Jones Knob: 3.0 mi
- Thunder Struck Knob: 3.3 mi
- Potato Knob: 3.7 mi
- Cole Community Park: 0.1 mi
- General Burnside Island State Park: 0.8 mi
- Firebrook Community Park: 4.4 mi
- Ferguson Park: 4.8 mi
- Public Boat Launch with Parking: 5.9 mi
- Hens Nest Cliff: 11.7 mi
- Silvermine Cliff: 12.0 mi
- Tabletop Cliff: 12.1 mi
- Wildcat Cliff: 12.2 mi
- Pound Cliff: 12.3 mi
- Meadow Creek Falls: 10.4 mi
- Bear Creek Falls: 13.5 mi
- Pole Bridge Branch Falls: 13.6 mi
- Dutch Branch Falls: 14.2 mi
- Yahoo Falls: 15.7 mi
- Chimney Arch: 10.9 mi
- Natural Arch: 11.1 mi
- Nathan McClure Arch: 13.7 mi
- Nathan McClure Arch 2: 13.9 mi
- Yahoo Arch: 16.2 mi
- Downtown Somerset Welcome: 7.1 mi
- Tank: 7.3 mi
- Freedom Church Swinging Bridge: 13.1 mi
- Beast Mode: 13.2 mi
- The Ritner Swinging Bridge: 13.8 mi
- Burnside: 0.4 mi
- Town Spring: 7.0 mi
- P.O.W. M.I.A. Memorial: 7.1 mi
- Confederate Mass Grave Monument: 8.9 mi
- General Felix K. Zollicoffer Monument: 8.9 mi
- Lake Cumberland Slaves Memorial: 5.0 mi
- Senator John Sherman Cooper: 7.1 mi
- Mill Spring: 10.6 mi
- Koger Spring: 18.3 mi
- Buck Creek Wildlife Management Area: 13.2 mi
- Ping-Sinking Valley Wildlife Management Area: 18.6 mi
- Bald Rock Picnic Area: 21.0 mi
- Stop: 24.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.9 miles of First Boy Scout Troop. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Knob | NNE 19° | 433 m | 11.0 mi |
| Sugar Hill Knob | NNE 15° | 428 m | 10.1 mi |
| Buzzard Knob | N 11° | 427 m | 11.6 mi |
| Clebitt Hill | WSW 236° | 424 m | 11.3 mi |
| Meace Knob | N 9° | 414 m | 10.2 mi |
| Cox Knob | NNE 13° | 413 m | 11.3 mi |
| Barn Hill | SW 229° | 411 m | 4.9 mi |
| Holtzclaw Knob | N 355° | 410 m | 11.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:43 | 19:16 | 19:50 |
| June solstice | 06:20 | 20:23 | 21:02 |
| September equinox | 07:27 | 19:03 | 19:37 |
| December solstice | 07:49 | 16:45 | 17:26 |
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 | 37 | 41 | 49 | 59 | 67 | 74 | 78 | 77 | 70 | 59 | 48 | 41 |
| Precip in | 4.3 | 3.9 | 5.1 | 4.9 | 5.2 | 5.0 | 5.3 | 3.9 | 3.7 | 3.2 | 3.8 | 4.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Somerset 2 N, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/10152405671
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