U.S. Marine Hospital
U.S. Marine Hospital is a historic site in Kentucky, at a modelled elevation of 140 m. Hickman Hill stands 302 m to the west-southwest, 8.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Portland Museum, a museum 0.2 miles away. Indiana's Historic Pathways passes 1.3 miles off.
The story
Historic building in Louisville, Kentucky, United States.
Wikidata Q135234271, matched on coordinates and name (28 m apart).
What the record says
- Material
- metal
- Inscription
- Built between 1845 and 1852, during the zenith of steamboat and river commerce, the U.S. Marine Hospital in Louisville served boatmen on the Western waterways....
What to expect
How to reach it
- 1.3 mi off the Indiana's Historic Pathways, National
- 1.3 mi off the Ohio River Scenic Byway, National
- 2.3 mi off the River Road
- 14.6 mi off the US 42
Named places within 25 miles
- Lannan Park: 0.2 mi
- LaPorte Park: 0.3 mi
- Portland Park: 0.5 mi
- Colonel Charles D. Young Park: 0.5 mi
- Boone Square: 0.7 mi
- Pine Hill: 4.0 mi
- Crescent Hill: 4.6 mi
- Lost Knob: 5.2 mi
- Spickert Knob: 5.9 mi
- Pigeon Roost: 6.0 mi
- Big Bat: 1.4 mi
- Sons of Liberty - 1775: 1.4 mi
- The Mirror Dish: 1.5 mi
- "Daniel Boone" (sculpture): 1.5 mi
- "David (inspired by Michelangelo)" (sculpture): 1.5 mi
- Old Clarksville Site: 1.2 mi
- Evan Williams Bourbon Experience: 1.7 mi
- Belle of Louisville: 1.7 mi
- Clark-Floyd Counties Convention & Tourism Bureau: 1.9 mi
- New Albany Sign: 2.2 mi
- Portland Museum: 0.2 mi
- Falls of the Ohio Interpretive Center: 1.2 mi
- Frazier History Museum: 1.4 mi
- Louisville Slugger Museum & Factory: 1.5 mi
- Kentucky Science Center: 1.5 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 6.1 mi
- Jefferson Memorial Forest: 12.9 mi
- Horine Reservation: 13.4 mi
- Alum Cave Hollow Nature Preserve: 14.9 mi
- Indian Creek Trail: 19.1 mi
- Vault Point: 11.4 mi
- Blunk Point: 11.7 mi
- Water: 15.4 mi
- Cedar Point: 20.1 mi
- The Narrows: 24.1 mi
- Underground Railroad Gardens: 2.1 mi
- Scribner Garden: 2.3 mi
- Waterfront Botanical Gardens: 3.3 mi
- Iroquois Flowers: 5.7 mi
- Picnic-in-the-Park Pavilions: 5.7 mi
- Cedar Grove: 13.7 mi
- The Woodland Pavillion: 17.2 mi
- Redbud Shelter: 17.3 mi
- Oldham County (Crestwood) Northbound Rest Area: 15.2 mi
- Bullitt County Welcome Center: 23.0 mi
- Miles Spring: 18.1 mi
- Grable Spring: 18.4 mi
- Springville: 12.0 mi
- Fairmont Falls Arch: 16.6 mi
- Fairmont Falls: 16.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 22.5 miles of U.S. Marine Hospital. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hickman Hill | WSW 256° | 302 m | 8.3 mi |
| Rock Knob | N 357° | 291 m | 22.5 mi |
| Spickert Knob | NW 323° | 289 m | 5.9 mi |
| Oak Knob | N 356° | 288 m | 22.4 mi |
| Daisy Hill | NNW 333° | 282 m | 17.6 mi |
| Williams Knob | NNW 337° | 282 m | 17.7 mi |
| Bowers Knob | NNW 333° | 274 m | 18.7 mi |
| Cubby House Hill | NNW 333° | 273 m | 14.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
The recorded facing catches the sunrise.
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:48 | 19:20 | 19:55 |
| June solstice | 06:21 | 20:31 | 21:11 |
| September equinox | 07:32 | 19:07 | 19:42 |
| December solstice | 07:57 | 16:45 | 17:27 |
Local time (America/Kentucky/Louisville).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 35 | 38 | 47 | 58 | 68 | 76 | 79 | 78 | 72 | 60 | 47 | 39 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 3.5 | 4.5 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 3.5 | 3.3 | 3.9 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 4.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Louisville Mcalpine, under a mile away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/10221292663
Day trips start here
- Clarksville · 2 mi
- Louisville · 2 mi
- New Albany · 2 mi
- Jeffersonville · 3 mi
- Floyds Knobs · 6 mi
- Saint Matthews · 7 mi
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