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Kentucky Gateway Museum Center

Kentucky Gateway Museum Center from directly overhead

Kentucky Gateway Museum Center is a museum in Kentucky, at a modelled elevation of 161 m. Durrell Mountain stands 389 m to the east-northeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is The Mall, a park 0.1 miles away. Ohio River Scenic Byway passes 0.6 miles off. 159 named places lie within 25 miles, 33 of them named summits.

What to expect

Fee
Yes

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates38.64823, -83.76705

159 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 42
  • The Mall: 0.1 mi
  • Limestone Landing Park: 0.3 mi
  • Rotary Park: 0.5 mi
  • Aberdeen Community Park: 0.5 mi
  • Aberdeen Community Park: 0.8 mi
Historic sites: 40
Peaks: 33
  • Cedar Hill: 5.1 mi
  • Sycamore Hill: 5.4 mi
  • Rankin Hill: 8.3 mi
  • Hymes Knob: 10.3 mi
  • Sulphur Knob: 14.1 mi
Museums: 15
  • National Underground Railroad Museum: 0.1 mi
  • Aberdeen–Huntington Township Museum: 0.6 mi
  • Albert Sidney Johnston House: 3.2 mi
  • Harriet Beecher Stowe Slavery to Freedom Museum: 3.2 mi
  • Ohio Tobacco Museum: 7.1 mi
Artworks: 13
Nature reserves: 7
Picnic sites: 3
Gardens: 2
Waterfalls: 2
Attractions: 1
Cliffs: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Kentucky Gateway Museum Center. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Durrell MountainENE 72°389 m19.2 mi
Mist MountainENE 72°388 m19.0 mi
North Cedar KnobENE 76°377 m18.9 mi
Buckeye KnobENE 73°373 m19.2 mi
Big Brier KnobE 88°371 m14.4 mi
South Cedar KnobENE 77°368 m18.9 mi
Eskalapia MountainSE 124°365 m15.1 mi
Peach Orchard HillSE 126°363 m14.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3919:1219:47
June solstice06:1120:2421:04
September equinox07:2318:5919:34
December solstice07:5016:3617:18

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323543546372767569574537
Precip in3.63.44.74.75.04.35.03.43.53.33.24.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Maysville Wwtp, 3 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/684806956

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