Tank
Tank is a historic site in Kentucky, at a modelled elevation of 234 m. Frenchman Knob stands 353 m to the south-southwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is The Boy Lincoln, a artwork 1.0 miles away. Lincoln Heritage Scenic Highway runs past it.
What the record says
- Inscription
- M41 Walker Bulldog or M46 Patton
How to reach it
- On the Lincoln Heritage Scenic Highway, National
- On the Old Kentucky Turnpike
- 23.4 mi off the US 68 Scenic Byway
- 25.6 mi off the Cumberland Cultural Heritage Highway
Overlooks nearby
- Overlook Landing - Pathway of a President · 2 mi
- Overlook Trail · 6 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Mount Pisgah: 8.1 mi
- Round Knob: 9.3 mi
- Three Springs Knob: 9.6 mi
- Jacobs Knob: 10.3 mi
- Jim Moore Hill: 10.6 mi
- Creekfront Park: 1.2 mi
- McDougal Lake Park: 2.7 mi
- Hidden Creek Neighborhood Forest: 3.9 mi
- Glendale Park: 9.6 mi
- Taylors Bend Park: 10.1 mi
- The Lincoln Museum: 1.0 mi
- Kentucky Railway Museum: 10.3 mi
- Hardin County Museum: 11.5 mi
- Kentucky High School Basketball Hall of Fame: 11.5 mi
- Swope's Cars of Yesteryear: 13.3 mi
- Memorial Building: 2.0 mi
- The Cannonball: 11.4 mi
- Sympson Lake: 21.6 mi
- Basilica of Saint Joseph Proto-Cathedral: 22.6 mi
- Colonel Robert A. Smith Monument: 22.7 mi
- Abraham Lincoln Birth Cabin: 2.0 mi
- Abraham Lincoln Birthplace: 2.0 mi
- Site of the Boundary Oak: 2.0 mi
- Willett Distillery: 21.6 mi
- Bourbon Heritage Center: 21.9 mi
- Sinking Spring: 2.0 mi
- Blue Hole Spring: 15.1 mi
- Round Stone Spring: 15.1 mi
- Evan Williams Distillerie: 21.9 mi
- Rise of Rough Spring: 21.9 mi
- Bell Cliff: 16.8 mi
- Potlick Point: 16.9 mi
- Buzzard Cliff: 22.0 mi
- Cow Cliff: 22.3 mi
- The Boy Lincoln: 1.0 mi
- Saint Joseph Statue: 13.2 mi
- Vernon Douglas State Nature Preserve: 11.3 mi
- Bernheim Forest and Arboretum: 24.9 mi
- Native Plants Garden: 23.2 mi
- Greensburg Heritage Garden: 24.4 mi
- Hart County (Horse County) Northbound Rest Area: 24.5 mi
- Hart County (Horse County) Southbound Rest Area: 24.6 mi
- Brush Creek Church Falls: 16.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.8 miles of Tank. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frenchman Knob | SSW 208° | 353 m | 16.1 mi |
| Rohan Knob | ENE 61° | 334 m | 17.9 mi |
| Grindstone Knob | S 188° | 324 m | 15.7 mi |
| Knox Knob | S 184° | 318 m | 16.2 mi |
| Three Kiln Knob | S 189° | 309 m | 16.7 mi |
| Bald Knob | ENE 75° | 299 m | 16.8 mi |
| Akin Knob | SSE 168° | 296 m | 13.8 mi |
| Watson Knob | NE 50° | 295 m | 14.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:47 | 19:21 | 19:55 |
| June solstice | 06:23 | 20:29 | 21:08 |
| September equinox | 07:31 | 19:07 | 19:42 |
| December solstice | 07:55 | 16:48 | 17:29 |
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 | 65 | 73 | 76 | 75 | 69 | 58 | 47 | 38 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hodgenville Lincoln P, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/9802938545
Day trips start here
- Bardstown · 23 mi
- Shepherdsville · 30 mi
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