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Howard Steamboat Museum

Howard Steamboat Museum from directly overhead

Howard Steamboat Museum is a museum in Indiana, at a modelled elevation of 136 m. Round Knob stands 304 m to the north-northwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Port Fulton Park, a park 0.1 miles away. River Road passes 0.8 miles off.

What to expect

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates38.27825, -85.72534

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Port Fulton Park: 0.1 mi
  • Steamboat Park: 0.1 mi
  • Memorial Park: 0.5 mi
  • Eva Bandman Park & Cyclocross Venue: 0.7 mi
  • Butchertown Greenway: 0.9 mi
Peaks
Attractions: 46
  • Jeffersonville Overlook: 0.9 mi
  • Preservation Station Caboose: 1.0 mi
  • Clark-Floyd Counties Convention & Tourism Bureau: 1.4 mi
  • Bingham Park: 1.5 mi
  • Market Street line sign: 1.7 mi
Historic sites: 39
Museums: 25
Picnic sites: 7
  • Picnic Area: 1.8 mi
  • Picnic Area: 1.8 mi
  • Picnic Area: 1.9 mi
  • Picnic-in-the-Park Pavilions: 5.8 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 11.8 mi
Gardens: 5
Cliffs: 5
Rest areas: 2
  • Oldham County (Crestwood) Northbound Rest Area: 12.0 mi
  • Bullitt County Welcome Center: 23.0 mi
Springs: 2
Ghost towns: 1
Natural arches: 1
  • Fairmont Falls Arch: 15.1 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Fairmont Falls: 15.1 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 24.6 miles of Howard Steamboat Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Round KnobNNW 336°304 m18.2 mi
Hickman HillWSW 257°302 m11.5 mi
Rock KnobN 349°291 m22.4 mi
Spickert KnobWNW 302°289 m7.9 mi
Oak KnobNNW 348°288 m22.4 mi
Williams KnobNNW 327°282 m18.8 mi
Daisy HillNW 324°282 m18.9 mi
Bowers KnobNW 325°274 m20.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4719:2019:55
June solstice06:2020:3121:10
September equinox07:3119:0719:42
December solstice07:5716:4517:27

Local time (America/Kentucky/Louisville).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F353847586876797872604739
Precip in3.53.54.54.84.84.43.53.33.93.53.74.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Louisville Mcalpine, 4 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/839774924

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