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Life Saving Station #10

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Elevation, modelled
128 m
Tallest summit within 23.5 miles
Round Knob304 m · 18.9 mi
Nearest byway
River Road0.5 mi off
Sunset, June solstice
21:10local time
Coordinates
38.2593, -85.7552

Life Saving Station #10 is a museum in Kentucky, at a modelled 128 m. Round Knob stands 304 m to the north-northwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Captain John F. Gilooly, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. River Road passes 0.5 miles off.

Stationed at the Falls of the Ohio, this one of a kind floating life saving station was the only inland station in the U.S. Life Saving Service (USLSS). It was manned by USLSS and U.S. Coast Guard crews for 91 years from 1881-1972.

lifesaving station built by the United States Life-Saving Service located in Louisville, Kentucky

Wikidata Q3303013, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 23.5 miles of Life Saving Station #10. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Round KnobNNW 343°304 m18.9 mi
Hickman HillW 263°302 m9.6 mi
Dawson KnobS 184°295 m23.4 mi
Rock KnobN 354°291 m23.5 mi
Spickert KnobNW 317°289 m7.5 mi
Oak KnobN 353°288 m23.4 mi
Daisy HillNNW 330°282 m19.1 mi
Williams KnobNNW 334°282 m19.1 mi

Named places within 25 miles

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4719:2019:55
June solstice06:2120:3121:10
September equinox07:3119:0719:42
December solstice07:5716:4517:27

Local time (America/Kentucky/Louisville).

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