Union Monument in Perryville
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Union Monument in Perryville is a historic site in Kentucky, at a modelled elevation of 273 m. Sand Knob stands 445 m to the south-southeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Confederate Monument in Perryville, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Lincoln Heritage Scenic Highway passes 1.7 miles off.
The story
The Union Monument in Perryville is an historic monument located by the visitor center of the Perryville Battlefield State Historic Site, in the vicinity of Perryville, Kentucky, in Boyle County, Kentucky. It was built in 1928, sixty-six years after the Battle of Perryville, the bloodiest battle in Kentucky history, on October 8, 1862. There were 16,000 Union soldiers at the Battle of Perryville, with 4,276 combined killed, captured, wounded, and missing. The monument was created by a decree of the United States Congress on March 3, 1928. It is a granite obelisk, eighteen feet tall, and is one of only seven monuments to the war in Kentucky that honored the Union cause; the vast majority honored the Confederate States of America. Inscriptions are placed on the north and south sides of the monument. All but one Union monument in Kentucky was erected by either the Federal Government or private funds. The monument at Vanceburg, Kentucky is the only Union structure in Kentucky erected by public submission. On July 17, 1997, the Union Monument in Perryville was one of sixty different monuments related to the Civil War in Kentucky placed on the National Register of Historic Places, as part of the Civil War Monuments of Kentucky Multiple Property Submission. Three other monuments on this Multiple Property Submission are or were also in Boyle County. One of them, the Confederate Monument in Perryville, stands a few yards away, between the Union Monument and the visitor center of the Perryville Battlefield State Historic Site. The Unknown Confederate Dead Monument in Perryville is a mile away on private land at the Goodknight Cemetery. Like the Union monument, it was built in or around 1928, much later than the 1902 construction of the Confederate Monument. The other was formerly in downtown Danville, Kentucky, but is now in Brandenburg, Kentucky: the Confederate Monument in Danville.
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Wikidata Q7885860, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
How to reach it
- 1.7 mi off the Lincoln Heritage Scenic Highway, National
- 1.9 mi off the Shakertown Road
- 1.9 mi off the US 68 Scenic Byway
- 11.0 mi off the Cumberland Cultural Heritage Highway
Named places within 25 miles
- Laurel Hill: 5.1 mi
- Pittman Hill: 5.6 mi
- Mitchellsburg Knob: 5.9 mi
- Parksville Knob: 7.2 mi
- Scrubgrass Knob: 7.7 mi
- Perryville Battlefield State Park: 0.2 mi
- Salt River Park: 7.9 mi
- Young Park: 8.7 mi
- Young Park: 8.7 mi
- Old Fort Harrod State Park: 9.0 mi
- Confederate Monument in Perryville: 0.0 mi
- Perryville Historical Marker: 2.0 mi
- Confederate Monument: 9.6 mi
- Beriah Magoffin MOnument: 9.6 mi
- Confederate Memorial: 10.7 mi
- 73rd 10-8-62: 2.9 mi
- The Great American Dollhouse Museum: 10.7 mi
- McDowell House & Apothecary Shop Museum: 11.1 mi
- Shaker Village of Pleasant Hill: 16.1 mi
- Marion County Heritage Center: 17.1 mi
- Marion County WMA and State Forest: 12.6 mi
- Jim Beam Nature Preserve: 20.8 mi
- Hickman Creek Nature Center: 22.3 mi
- Hickman Creek Nature Center: 22.3 mi
- Shechem Ministries: 24.9 mi
- Lovers Leap: 10.9 mi
- Rocky Point: 16.5 mi
- McKinney Bluff: 19.5 mi
- Chimney Rock: 21.0 mi
- Big Spring: 9.6 mi
- Buffalo Spring: 18.9 mi
- Kentucky Cooperage Visitors Center: 15.8 mi
- John Wesley Statue: 21.3 mi
- Fulling Mill Falls: 15.9 mi
- Falls At Shaker Landing: 16.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.2 miles of Union Monument in Perryville. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sand Knob | SSE 153° | 445 m | 12.1 mi |
| Turkeyfoot Knob | SSE 164° | 424 m | 15.5 mi |
| Parksville Knob | SE 142° | 415 m | 7.2 mi |
| Gibson Knob | SSE 148° | 415 m | 12.3 mi |
| Gordon Lick Knob | SSE 155° | 412 m | 13.4 mi |
| Maxey Knob | SSE 158° | 408 m | 14.7 mi |
| Burnt Cabin Knob | SSE 160° | 406 m | 13.6 mi |
| Catholic Knob | SE 145° | 405 m | 10.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:44 | 19:17 | 19:52 |
| June solstice | 06:19 | 20:26 | 21:06 |
| September equinox | 07:28 | 19:04 | 19:39 |
| December solstice | 07:52 | 16:44 | 17:25 |
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 | 36 | 45 | 56 | 65 | 72 | 76 | 75 | 69 | 57 | 45 | 37 |
| Precip in | 3.7 | 3.7 | 4.6 | 4.2 | 4.4 | 4.7 | 5.0 | 3.2 | 3.7 | 3.5 | 3.0 | 4.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Danville, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
National Register of Historic Places, reference 97000723OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata- National Register of Historic Places — Union Monument in Perryville, reference 97000723, listed 07/17/97.
OpenStreetMap element node/4712280708
Day trips start here
- Harrodsburg · 9 mi
- Danville · 11 mi
- Lawrenceburg · 25 mi
- Nicholasville · 26 mi
- Bardstown · 29 mi
- Versailles · 29 mi
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