Town Spring
Town Spring is a historic site in Kentucky, at a modelled elevation of 274 m. Big Knob stands 433 m to the northeast, 5.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Children's Botanical Garden of South Central Kentucky, a garden 0.1 miles away. Cumberland Cultural Heritage Highway passes 6.1 miles off.
The story
park in Pulaski County, Kentucky, United States of America
Wikidata Q49563029, matched on coordinates and name (15 m apart).
What the record says
- Material
- metal
- Inscription
- Near the site of this spring Somerset was established as the county seat in 1801 on forty acres given by William Dodson. The path to it became the town's most traveled street in order to drink from the Old Town Spring. Thus a saying became popular, "Whoev
How to reach it
- 6.1 mi off the Cumberland Cultural Heritage Highway
- 23.3 mi off the Wilderness Road Heritage Highway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Reservoir Knob: 1.1 mi
- Hale Knob: 1.4 mi
- Smith Knob: 2.0 mi
- Bogle Knob: 2.4 mi
- Shop Knob: 2.5 mi
- Rocky Hollow Park: 0.2 mi
- Fountain Square: 0.2 mi
- Veterans Memorial Park: 0.4 mi
- Bourne Park: 0.4 mi
- Rosewood Neighborhood Park: 0.4 mi
- Meadow Creek Falls: 14.3 mi
- Bear Creek Falls: 15.4 mi
- Pole Bridge Branch Falls: 16.0 mi
- Lick Branch Falls: 16.7 mi
- Dutch Branch Falls: 17.0 mi
- Nathan McClure Arch 2: 16.2 mi
- Nathan McClure Arch: 16.4 mi
- Chimney Arch: 17.6 mi
- Natural Arch: 17.7 mi
- Charlottes Web Arch: 19.6 mi
- Shinbone Cliff: 16.9 mi
- Hens Nest Cliff: 18.6 mi
- Tabletop Cliff: 19.0 mi
- Silvermine Cliff: 19.0 mi
- Washing Cliff: 19.1 mi
- P.O.W. M.I.A. Memorial: 0.2 mi
- Burnside: 6.9 mi
- First Boy Scout Troop: 7.0 mi
- Confederate Mass Grave Monument: 7.7 mi
- General Felix K. Zollicoffer Monument: 7.7 mi
- Downtown Somerset Welcome: 0.2 mi
- Tank: 0.4 mi
- Short Creek Cave: 10.4 mi
- Short Creek: 10.5 mi
- Beast Mode: 19.6 mi
- Senator John Sherman Cooper: 0.2 mi
- Lake Cumberland Slaves Memorial: 2.1 mi
- Buck Creek Wildlife Management Area: 10.7 mi
- Ping-Sinking Valley Wildlife Management Area: 14.2 mi
- Mill Spring: 14.4 mi
- Bald Rock Picnic Area: 21.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.2 miles of Town Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Knob | NE 48° | 433 m | 5.2 mi |
| Sugar Hill Knob | NE 45° | 428 m | 4.0 mi |
| Buzzard Rock Knob | NE 52° | 428 m | 7.2 mi |
| Buzzard Knob | NNE 29° | 427 m | 5.1 mi |
| Meace Knob | NNE 32° | 414 m | 3.7 mi |
| Cox Knob | NE 34° | 413 m | 5.0 mi |
| Holtzclaw Knob | N 351° | 410 m | 4.9 mi |
| Potato Hill | ENE 69° | 409 m | 5.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:43 | 19:16 | 19:50 |
| June solstice | 06:20 | 20:24 | 21:02 |
| September equinox | 07:27 | 19:03 | 19:37 |
| December solstice | 07:49 | 16:45 | 17:26 |
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 | 37 | 41 | 49 | 59 | 67 | 74 | 78 | 77 | 70 | 59 | 48 | 41 |
| Precip in | 4.3 | 3.9 | 5.1 | 4.9 | 5.2 | 5.0 | 5.3 | 3.9 | 3.7 | 3.2 | 3.8 | 4.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Somerset 2 N, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/10152548681
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