Green River Museum
Green River Museum is a museum in Kentucky, at a modelled elevation of 142 m. The WKU Hilltop stands 521 m to the southeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Little Barn Knob, a peak 2.7 miles away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 223 miles off. 129 named places lie within 25 miles, 60 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Built
- 1912
What to expect
- Operated by
- Tommy Hines
How to reach it
- 222.6 mi off the River Road Scenic Byway, National
- 15.2 mi off the Duncan Hines Scenic Road
- 16.6 mi off the US 68 Scenic Byway
- 28.6 mi off the Cordell Hull Highway
Overlooks nearby
- Sunset Point · 29 mi
- Dixon Cave · 29 mi
- Green River Bluffs Overlook · 29 mi
- Furlong Cemetery · 29 mi
129 named places within 25 miles
- Little Barn Knob: 2.7 mi
- Flippo Hill: 3.2 mi
- Roans Knob: 5.0 mi
- Zion Hill: 5.2 mi
- Allens Hill: 5.4 mi
- John Prine Memorial Park: 15.0 mi
- Hobson Grove Park: 15.1 mi
- James Hines Park: 15.5 mi
- Lampkin Park: 15.9 mi
- Fort Webb Park: 16.2 mi
- Downing Museum: 14.7 mi
- Riverview at Hobson Grove: 15.3 mi
- The Historic Railpark and Train Museum: 16.7 mi
- Kentucky Museum: 16.7 mi
- National Corvette Museum: 18.9 mi
- Lost River Cave Entrance: 18.2 mi
- Lost River Cave: 18.2 mi
- Blue Hole 3: 18.4 mi
- Butterfly House: 18.5 mi
- Blue Hole 2: 18.6 mi
- Confederate-Union Veterans Monument: 3.9 mi
- Guthrie Tower: 16.9 mi
- Confederate Monument: 17.8 mi
- fort hartford reconstruction: 22.9 mi
- Big Twigs: 23.8 mi
- Marcum Bluff: 4.6 mi
- Stumps Bluff: 7.0 mi
- Buzzards Roost Bluff: 12.3 mi
- Jackson Bluff: 21.8 mi
- Whiterock Cliff: 24.2 mi
- Brass Dancer: 16.9 mi
- Tango Statue: 17.0 mi
- Baker Arboretum: 14.7 mi
- Drakes Creek: 20.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Green River Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| The WKU Hilltop | SE 144° | 521 m | 16.9 mi |
| Hoover Hill | NE 42° | 264 m | 20.8 mi |
| Shipley Knob | E 81° | 257 m | 16.5 mi |
| Crumps Knob | E 88° | 256 m | 23.3 mi |
| Brooks Knob | E 89° | 254 m | 23.7 mi |
| Duncan Hill | N 2° | 249 m | 22.9 mi |
| Peach Orchard Knob | SSW 201° | 247 m | 10.5 mi |
| Big Clifty | S 178° | 245 m | 5.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:51 | 18:24 | 18:59 |
| June solstice | 05:27 | 19:32 | 20:11 |
| September equinox | 06:35 | 18:11 | 18:45 |
| December solstice | 06:57 | 15:53 | 16:33 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 34 | 37 | 46 | 56 | 65 | 73 | 77 | 76 | 69 | 57 | 46 | 38 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 4.0 | 4.2 | 5.1 | 5.1 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 3.9 | 3.6 | 4.1 | 3.8 | 4.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Rochester Ferry, 15 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
National Register of Historic Places, reference 80001489OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/1133556105
Day trips start here
- Morgantown · 4 mi
- Caves and Lakes · 15 mi
- Bowling Green · 17 mi
- Auburn · 22 mi
- Mammoth Cave National Park · 27 mi
- Russellville · 28 mi
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