Historic site · Kentucky
Our Honored Dead
Our Honored Dead is a historic site in Kentucky, at a modelled elevation of 167 m. Hickman Hill stands 302 m to the west, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Seminary park, a park 0.8 miles away. River Road passes 2.8 miles off.
What the record says
- Inscription
- Our Honored Dead|William Frank Adams|Vernon O. Allyn|Robert Mike Clarkson|Charles D. Collins|James A. Copeland|Cecil Thomas Crow|Frank T. Dreisbach|Dan H. Driver|Sidney W. Eline|Carl F. Ellinger|Francis Faulkner|Frederick Feigel...
How to reach it
Coordinates38.25295, -85.65769
- 2.8 mi off the River Road
- 3.4 mi off the Ohio River Scenic Byway, National
- 5.7 mi off the Indiana's Historic Pathways, National
- 11.3 mi off the US 42
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Seminary park: 0.8 mi
- Eastover Park: 1.1 mi
- Seneca Park: 1.2 mi
- Brown Park: 1.5 mi
- Arthur K. Draut Park: 1.6 mi
Peaks
- Crescent Hill: 2.4 mi
- Evergreen Hill: 7.5 mi
- Pleasant Hill: 8.3 mi
- Kenwood Hill: 9.1 mi
- Tinker Hill: 9.9 mi
Artworks: 54
- John Hultgren Photography: 2.1 mi
- Sculpture Garden: 3.0 mi
- Our City: 4.1 mi
- Veterans Monument: 4.6 mi
- Ad Astra "To the Stars": 4.9 mi
Attractions: 46
- Sign: 1.6 mi
- Bingham Park: 2.9 mi
- Market Street line sign: 3.0 mi
- Gorilla Sanctuary: 4.0 mi
- Pygmy Hippo Area: 4.0 mi
Historic sites: 33
- Woodlawn Race Course: 1.7 mi
- Daniel Boone statue: 2.8 mi
- Col. Harland Sander’s grave: 2.9 mi
- John B. Castleman Monument: 3.2 mi
- Muhammad Ali’s grave: 3.3 mi
Museums: 24
- WaterWorks Museum: 3.1 mi
- 1883 Gallery: 3.1 mi
- Museum of the American Printing House for the Blind: 3.1 mi
- Howard Steamboat Museum: 4.1 mi
- Colonel Sanders Museum: 4.2 mi
Nature reserves: 9
- Butterfly Garden: 4.1 mi
- Jefferson Memorial Forest: 12.6 mi
- Horine Reservation: 13.5 mi
- Shelby Trails Park: 16.1 mi
- Alum Cave Hollow Nature Preserve: 19.8 mi
Gardens: 5
- Waterfront Botanical Gardens: 3.6 mi
- Iroquois Flowers: 7.9 mi
- Underground Railroad Gardens: 9.0 mi
- Scribner Garden: 9.2 mi
- Tim McClure Botanical Garden: 23.9 mi
Cliffs: 5
- Water: 12.7 mi
- Cedar Point: 15.6 mi
- Vault Point: 16.0 mi
- Blunk Point: 16.2 mi
- Snyder Bluff: 23.2 mi
Picnic sites: 4
- Picnic-in-the-Park Pavilions: 6.2 mi
- The Woodland Pavillion: 12.0 mi
- Redbud Shelter: 12.1 mi
- Cedar Grove: 12.8 mi
Rest areas: 2
- Oldham County (Crestwood) Northbound Rest Area: 9.6 mi
- Bullitt County Welcome Center: 21.2 mi
Springs: 2
- Distillerie Four Roses: 23.2 mi
- Miles Spring: 24.8 mi
Natural arches: 1
- Fairmont Falls Arch: 11.9 mi
Waterfalls: 1
- Fairmont Falls: 11.9 mi
Ghost towns: 1
- Springville: 12.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 24.0 miles of Our Honored Dead. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hickman Hill | W 267° | 302 m | 14.9 mi |
| Dawson Knob | SSW 197° | 295 m | 24.0 mi |
| Spickert Knob | WNW 300° | 289 m | 12.0 mi |
| Williams Knob | NW 322° | 282 m | 22.3 mi |
| Daisy Hill | NW 319° | 282 m | 22.5 mi |
| Bowers Knob | NW 320° | 274 m | 23.6 mi |
| Cubby House Hill | NW 317° | 273 m | 19.9 mi |
| Brooks Hill | SSW 199° | 269 m | 13.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:47 | 19:20 | 19:55 |
| June solstice | 06:20 | 20:31 | 21:10 |
| September equinox | 07:31 | 19:07 | 19:41 |
| December solstice | 07:57 | 16:45 | 17:26 |
Local time (America/Kentucky/Louisville).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 35 | 39 | 47 | 58 | 67 | 75 | 79 | 78 | 70 | 59 | 47 | 39 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 3.3 | 4.4 | 4.7 | 5.2 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 3.5 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 3.4 | 3.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Louisville Bowman FLD, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/793702232
Day trips start here
- Saint Matthews · 0 mi
- Jeffersonville · 5 mi
- Clarksville · 6 mi
- Jeffersontown · 6 mi
- Louisville · 6 mi
- New Albany · 9 mi
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