Smiley Pete
Smiley Pete is a historic site in Kentucky, at a modelled elevation of 291 m. Rose Hill stands 311 m to the east-southeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Zero Milestone Camel, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. US 68 Scenic Byway passes 0.3 miles off. 22 named summits stand within 25 miles.
Memorial to a dog that used to hang out in front of the court house in the 1950s.
What the record says
- Inscription
- APRIL 1943 / JUNE 1957 / SMILEY PETE / MISSED BY ALL
How to reach it
- 0.3 mi off the US 68 Scenic Byway
- 0.4 mi off the Pisgah Pike Scenic Byway
- 0.5 mi off the Old Frankfort Pike, National
- 3.6 mi off the Shakertown Road
Named places within 25 miles
- Phoenix Park: 0.0 mi
- Courthouse Plaza: 0.1 mi
- Henry A. Tandy Centennial Park: 0.1 mi
- Gratz Park: 0.3 mi
- Triangle Park: 0.3 mi
- Zero Milestone Camel: 0.0 mi
- Lexington Fireman Memorial: 0.0 mi
- Lexington Police Memorial: 0.0 mi
- Jefferson Davis: 0.2 mi
- Patterson Cabin: 0.4 mi
- Lex: 0.0 mi
- Nightwatchers: 0.1 mi
- The Mother of Us All: 0.1 mi
- Lincoln: 0.2 mi
- Moonshine: 0.2 mi
- Smith Street Food Forest: 0.7 mi
- Grace Garden: 0.7 mi
- Ohio Street/Kids Cafe Garden: 0.8 mi
- Nelson Avenue Community Garden: 0.8 mi
- Whitney Avenue Community Garden: 1.1 mi
- Kentucky Room: 0.1 mi
- Lexington History Museum: 0.1 mi
- Lexington Children's Museum: 0.3 mi
- Living Arts and Science Center: 0.5 mi
- William S. Webb Museum of Anthropology: 1.2 mi
- Catnip Hill: 8.6 mi
- Sugar Hill: 8.9 mi
- Pleasant Hill: 9.2 mi
- Meridian Hill: 10.2 mi
- Spring Hill: 13.7 mi
- Mary Todd Lincoln House: 0.5 mi
- Ockerman Globe Monument: 0.9 mi
- LakeSide LIve Summer Music Festival: 3.8 mi
- Comedy Off Broadway: 3.8 mi
- Moore Spring: 12.1 mi
- Blue Hole: 1.9 mi
- Boils: 2.0 mi
- Preston Spring: 2.6 mi
- Commonwealth Spring: 3.0 mi
- Linsday Spring: 3.7 mi
- Firebrook Wetlands and Nature Sanctuary: 6.2 mi
- Floracliff Nature Sanctuary: 12.2 mi
- Hickman Creek Nature Center: 18.6 mi
- Jim Beam Nature Preserve: 19.0 mi
- Veterans Memorial Wildlife Management Area: 19.4 mi
- Silver Falls: 11.7 mi
- Elk Lick Falls: 12.2 mi
- Falls At Shaker Landing: 19.9 mi
- Fulling Mill Falls: 20.5 mi
- Scott County (Georgetown) Rest Area Northbound: 14.2 mi
- Scott County (Georgetown) Rest Area Southbound: 14.3 mi
- Chimney Rock: 18.6 mi
- Lovers Leap: 20.3 mi
- Brandywine Community Picnic Site: 5.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Smiley Pete. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rose Hill | ESE 107° | 311 m | 23.5 mi |
| Five Forks Hill | ENE 76° | 307 m | 24.0 mi |
| Spring Hill | E 101° | 294 m | 13.7 mi |
| The Backbone | NW 306° | 262 m | 22.3 mi |
| Eagle Nest Hill | ESE 123° | 260 m | 21.3 mi |
| Hickman Hill | WNW 302° | 251 m | 18.2 mi |
| The Mound | WSW 258° | 226 m | 22.3 mi |
| Fort Hill | WNW 299° | 174 m | 23.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:42 | 19:15 | 19:50 |
| June solstice | 06:16 | 20:25 | 21:05 |
| September equinox | 07:26 | 19:02 | 19:37 |
| December solstice | 07:51 | 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, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/5173758947
Day trips start here
- Lexington · 1 mi
- Bluegrass Region · 3 mi
- Midway · 12 mi
- Nicholasville · 12 mi
- Versailles · 13 mi
- Lawrenceburg · 22 mi
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