J B Speed Art Museum
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J B Speed Art Museum is a museum in Kentucky, at a recorded elevation of 140 m. Round Knob stands 304 m to the north-northwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Silver Wishbone, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. River Road passes 2.9 miles off.
The story
The Speed Art Museum, originally the J.B. Speed Memorial Museum and colloquially the Speed, is an art museum in Louisville, Kentucky, United States. Established in 1927, it is the oldest and largest art museum in the state of Kentucky. It is located on South Third Street in Louisville, adjacent to the main campus of the University of Louisville. As of 2016, it received around 180,000 visits annually. The museum offers a variety of "art experiences" outside its collection and international exhibitions, including the Community Days, Family Days, the Art Sparks Interactive Family Gallery, and the late-night event After Hours at the Speed. The Speed houses ancient, classical, modern, and contemporary art from around the world. The focus of the collection is Western art, from antiquity to the present day. In particular, the museum holds significant collections of paintings from the Netherlands, France, and Italy, as well as important contemporary art and American decorative art. The Speed also holds meaningful works on paper and historical and contemporary Native American and African artworks.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dates from 1927.
Wikidata Q3492931, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 140 m
What to expect
- Fee
- Yes
How to reach it
- 2.9 mi off the River Road
- 3.9 mi off the Indiana's Historic Pathways, National
- 3.6 mi off the Ohio River Scenic Byway, National
- 163.6 mi off the River Road Scenic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- The Quad: 0.1 mi
- Stansbury Park: 0.2 mi
- Parkway Field: 0.4 mi
- McDonald's Field: 0.4 mi
- Jack Segell Park: 0.6 mi
- Crescent Hill: 4.2 mi
- Kenwood Hill: 4.3 mi
- Red Stone Hill: 5.4 mi
- Finley Hill: 5.8 mi
- Pine Hill: 6.0 mi
- Silver Wishbone: 0.0 mi
- Modified Social Bench C: 0.0 mi
- Fingertips: 0.1 mi
- Calliope (The Nine Muses): 0.1 mi
- Skydance: 0.1 mi
- Evan Williams Bourbon Experience: 2.7 mi
- Belle of Louisville: 2.9 mi
- Tortoise Area: 3.0 mi
- Penguin Cove: 3.0 mi
- Warthog Area: 3.1 mi
- Jack Segell Memorial: 0.6 mi
- American Pharoah Exhibit: 1.0 mi
- Garrison Slave Pen Site: 2.7 mi
- York Historical Marker: 2.9 mi
- Lewis and Clark Expedition Historical Marker: 2.9 mi
- Conrad-Caldwell House Museum: 0.8 mi
- Kentucky Derby Museum: 1.0 mi
- Louisville Slugger Museum & Factory: 2.7 mi
- Kentucky Science Center: 2.7 mi
- Kentucky Science Center: 2.7 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 3.1 mi
- Jefferson Memorial Forest: 9.2 mi
- Jefferson Memorial Forest: 9.2 mi
- Horine Reservation: 9.7 mi
- Jefferson Memorial Forest: 9.8 mi
- Picnic-in-the-Park Pavilions: 1.8 mi
- Picnic Area: 2.8 mi
- Picnic Area: 2.8 mi
- Picnic Area: 2.8 mi
- The Woodland Pavillion: 13.9 mi
- Vault Point: 9.9 mi
- Blunk Point: 10.1 mi
- Water: 17.4 mi
- Cedar Point: 20.2 mi
- Cedar Point: 21.3 mi
- Community Garden: 1.2 mi
- Iroquois Flowers: 2.2 mi
- Waterfront Botanical Gardens: 3.8 mi
- Underground Railroad Gardens: 5.6 mi
- Scribner Garden: 5.6 mi
- Miles Spring: 19.2 mi
- Grable Spring: 19.4 mi
- Distillerie Four Roses: 22.5 mi
- Oldham County (Crestwood) Northbound Rest Area: 15.6 mi
- Bullitt County Welcome Center: 19.1 mi
- Fairmont Falls Arch: 13.2 mi
- Fairmont Falls: 13.2 mi
- Springville: 15.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 22.2 miles of J B Speed Art Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Round Knob | NNW 346° | 304 m | 21.5 mi |
| Hickman Hill | W 280° | 302 m | 9.4 mi |
| Dawson Knob | S 184° | 295 m | 20.5 mi |
| Spickert Knob | NNW 330° | 289 m | 9.6 mi |
| Daisy Hill | NNW 335° | 282 m | 21.5 mi |
| Williams Knob | NNW 338° | 282 m | 21.6 mi |
| Cubby House Hill | NNW 335° | 273 m | 18.8 mi |
| Brooks Hill | S 174° | 269 m | 10.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:47 | 19:20 | 19:55 |
| June solstice | 06:21 | 20:31 | 21:10 |
| September equinox | 07:31 | 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 | 36 | 40 | 48 | 59 | 68 | 76 | 80 | 79 | 72 | 60 | 49 | 40 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 3.4 | 4.6 | 4.8 | 5.2 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 3.4 | 4.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Louisville Intl AP, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/334900781
Day trips start here
- Louisville · 2 mi
- Clarksville · 6 mi
- Jeffersonville · 6 mi
- New Albany · 6 mi
- Saint Matthews · 6 mi
- Floyds Knobs · 10 mi
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