Sympson Lake
Sympson Lake is a historic site in Kentucky, at a recorded elevation of 158 m. Rohan Knob stands 334 m to the south-southeast, 9.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Basilica of Saint Joseph Proto-Cathedral, a historic site 2.1 miles away. Old Kentucky Turnpike passes 2.0 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 158 m
How to reach it
- 2.0 mi off the Old Kentucky Turnpike
- 2.0 mi off the Lincoln Heritage Scenic Highway, National
- 21.7 mi off the US 68 Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Overlook Trail · 16 mi
- Overlook Landing - Pathway of a President · 23 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Federal Hill: 2.9 mi
- Germantown Hill: 3.3 mi
- Ritchie Knob: 3.9 mi
- Crutchers Knob: 4.7 mi
- Rhodes Knob: 5.0 mi
- Bardstown Community Park: 2.9 mi
- My Old Kentucky Home State Park: 3.0 mi
- Dean Watts Park: 5.1 mi
- New Haven Municipal Park: 12.1 mi
- Lebanon Junction Memorial Park: 12.2 mi
- Basilica of Saint Joseph Proto-Cathedral: 2.1 mi
- Confederate Monument of Bardstown: 2.7 mi
- Iwo Jima memorial: 17.2 mi
- Vietnam War memorial: 17.3 mi
- The Cannonball: 20.8 mi
- Oscar Getz Museum of Whiskey History/Bardstown Historical Museum: 2.1 mi
- Women's Civil War Museum: 2.5 mi
- Bardstown Civil War Museum: 2.6 mi
- James B. Beam Distilling Co.: 11.1 mi
- Kentucky Railway Museum: 11.9 mi
- Bourbon Heritage Center: 2.9 mi
- My Old Kentucky Home: 3.0 mi
- Willett Distillery: 3.3 mi
- Jim Beam Distillery: 11.1 mi
- Kentucky Cooperage Visitors Center: 22.4 mi
- Bernheim Forest and Arboretum: 11.1 mi
- Vernon Douglas State Nature Preserve: 12.6 mi
- Jefferson Memorial Forest: 22.6 mi
- Horine Reservation: 22.8 mi
- Evan Williams Distillerie: 2.9 mi
- Distillerie Four Roses: 8.5 mi
- Sinking Spring: 23.3 mi
- Saint Joseph Statue: 10.7 mi
- Ten Deere: 13.3 mi
- The Boy Lincoln: 20.9 mi
- Potlick Point: 13.7 mi
- Snyder Bluff: 18.0 mi
- Cedar Point: 19.1 mi
- Redbud Shelter: 19.6 mi
- The Woodland Pavillion: 19.7 mi
- Bullitt County Welcome Center: 13.4 mi
- Fairmont Falls: 19.5 mi
- Fairmont Falls Arch: 19.5 mi
- Native Plants Garden: 23.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.2 miles of Sympson Lake. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rohan Knob | SSE 160° | 334 m | 9.5 mi |
| Bald Knob | SSE 164° | 299 m | 14.1 mi |
| Watson Knob | S 188° | 295 m | 8.5 mi |
| Flag Knob | SSE 164° | 295 m | 13.8 mi |
| Dawson Knob | WNW 296° | 295 m | 16.8 mi |
| Cambron Knob | S 189° | 294 m | 9.1 mi |
| Forty-Acre Knob | S 190° | 294 m | 9.5 mi |
| Vineyard Knob | SSW 192° | 291 m | 10.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:46 | 19:20 | 19:54 |
| June solstice | 06:21 | 20:29 | 21:08 |
| September equinox | 07:31 | 19:06 | 19:41 |
| December solstice | 07:55 | 16:46 | 17:27 |
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 | 35 | 39 | 47 | 57 | 66 | 73 | 77 | 75 | 69 | 58 | 47 | 38 |
| Precip in | 3.7 | 3.9 | 4.9 | 4.7 | 5.5 | 4.9 | 4.5 | 3.6 | 3.9 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 4.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bardstown 5E, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/61858466
Day trips start here
- Bardstown · 3 mi
- Mount Washington · 16 mi
- Shepherdsville · 16 mi
- Jeffersontown · 27 mi
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