The Cannonball
The Cannonball is a historic site in Kentucky, at a modelled elevation of 217 m. Bee Knob Hill stands 306 m to the northwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Haycraft Mill Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Lincoln Heritage Scenic Highway passes 10 miles off.
A Civil War cannonball stuck in the side of the building. Small signpost nearby to give details of the event.
What to expect
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
- 10.4 mi off the Lincoln Heritage Scenic Highway, National
- 10.4 mi off the Old Kentucky Turnpike
- 196.0 mi off the River Road Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Overlook Landing - Pathway of a President · 13 mi
- Overlook Trail · 13 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Tunnel Hill: 3.9 mi
- Miller Hill: 6.0 mi
- Hall Hill: 8.5 mi
- Potmesser Knob: 9.4 mi
- Cecil Hill: 10.6 mi
- Haycraft Mill Park: 0.1 mi
- American Legion Park: 1.0 mi
- University Park: 1.7 mi
- Freeman Lake Park: 2.1 mi
- Freeman Lake Park: 2.3 mi
- Hardin County Museum: 0.1 mi
- Kentucky High School Basketball Hall of Fame: 0.2 mi
- Swope's Cars of Yesteryear: 1.9 mi
- The Lincoln Museum: 10.4 mi
- Kentucky Railway Museum: 14.7 mi
- Abraham Lincoln Statue: 10.4 mi
- Tank: 11.4 mi
- Memorial Building: 13.0 mi
- Kentucky September 11th Memorial: 13.4 mi
- Stith: 15.0 mi
- Abraham Lincoln Birth Cabin: 13.0 mi
- Site of the Boundary Oak: 13.0 mi
- Abraham Lincoln Birthplace: 13.0 mi
- Jim Beam Distillery: 19.8 mi
- Jim Beam Distillery: 20.0 mi
- Rise of Rough Spring: 12.4 mi
- Sinking Spring: 13.0 mi
- Blue Hole Spring: 19.5 mi
- Round Stone Spring: 19.6 mi
- Distillerie Four Roses: 21.6 mi
- Potlick Point: 9.3 mi
- Buzzard Cliff: 14.2 mi
- Cow Cliff: 14.5 mi
- Cedar Point: 16.5 mi
- The Narrows: 22.4 mi
- Vernon Douglas State Nature Preserve: 8.4 mi
- Bernheim Forest and Arboretum: 18.6 mi
- The Boy Lincoln: 10.4 mi
- Saint Joseph Statue: 18.0 mi
- Native Plants Garden: 12.1 mi
- Bullitt County Welcome Center: 19.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.2 miles of The Cannonball. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bee Knob Hill | NW 311° | 306 m | 17.5 mi |
| Blueball Hill | WNW 287° | 304 m | 10.6 mi |
| Dawson Knob | NNE 14° | 295 m | 16.3 mi |
| Watson Knob | E 90° | 295 m | 17.9 mi |
| Gross Hill | W 262° | 294 m | 10.7 mi |
| Forty-Acre Knob | E 93° | 294 m | 17.3 mi |
| Cambron Knob | E 91° | 294 m | 17.7 mi |
| Jacobs Knob | S 190° | 292 m | 14.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:48 | 19:21 | 19:56 |
| June solstice | 06:23 | 20:30 | 21:09 |
| September equinox | 07:32 | 19:08 | 19:42 |
| December solstice | 07:56 | 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 | 33 | 37 | 45 | 56 | 65 | 73 | 76 | 75 | 68 | 57 | 45 | 37 |
| Precip in | 4.0 | 3.9 | 5.1 | 5.1 | 5.8 | 4.7 | 5.4 | 4.1 | 3.5 | 4.1 | 3.7 | 4.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Elizabethtown WP CS, 1 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/7198085049
Day trips start here
- Shepherdsville · 22 mi
- Bardstown · 23 mi
- Mount Washington · 29 mi
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