Louisville Slugger Museum & Factory
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Louisville Slugger Museum & Factory is a museum in Kentucky, at a modelled elevation of 140 m. Round Knob stands 304 m to the north-northwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Big Bat, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. River Road passes 1.0 miles off.
The story
The Louisville Slugger Museum & Factory, is a museum and factory tour attraction located in Louisville, Kentucky's "Museum Row", part of the West Main District of downtown. The museum showcases the story of Louisville Slugger baseball bats in baseball and in American history. The museum also creates temporary exhibits with more of a pop culture focus, including collaborations with the Norman Rockwell Museum, the Charles M. Schulz Museum and Research Center, Coca-Cola, LEGO artists Sean Kenney and Jason Burik, Topps Trading Cards, The Children's Museum of Indianapolis, and Ripley's Believe It or Not!. The building also houses corporate offices for Hillerich & Bradsby (H&B) and its two other divisions, Bionic Gloves and PowerBilt Golf Clubs. Wilson Sporting Goods also maintains much of its Louisville Slugger sales force in the building after purchasing the brand from H&B in 2015. The Hillerich family maintains ownership of the museum and bat factory.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dates from 1996.
Wikidata Q3263908, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What to expect
- Fee
- Yes
- Step-free access
- Yes
How to reach it
- 1.0 mi off the River Road
- 1.2 mi off the Indiana's Historic Pathways, National
- 1.1 mi off the Ohio River Scenic Byway, National
- 161.0 mi off the River Road Scenic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Fort Nelson Park: 0.1 mi
- Jefferson Square: 0.3 mi
- Baxter Square: 0.3 mi
- The Belvedere: 0.3 mi
- Aegon Plaza: 0.4 mi
- Crescent Hill: 3.4 mi
- Pine Hill: 5.0 mi
- Pigeon Roost: 6.5 mi
- Lost Knob: 6.7 mi
- Kenwood Hill: 7.0 mi
- Big Bat: 0.0 mi
- Sons of Liberty - 1775: 0.1 mi
- The Mirror Dish: 0.1 mi
- "Daniel Boone" (sculpture): 0.1 mi
- "Cloud Rings" (installation): 0.1 mi
- Evan Williams Bourbon Experience: 0.2 mi
- Belle of Louisville: 0.5 mi
- Clark-Floyd Counties Convention & Tourism Bureau: 1.3 mi
- Preservation Station Caboose: 1.6 mi
- Jeffersonville Overlook: 1.6 mi
- Frazier History Museum: 0.1 mi
- Kentucky Science Center: 0.1 mi
- Kentucky Science Center: 0.1 mi
- Muhammad Ali Center: 0.2 mi
- Life Saving Station #10: 0.5 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 4.7 mi
- Jefferson Memorial Forest: 11.9 mi
- Jefferson Memorial Forest: 11.9 mi
- Jefferson Memorial Forest: 12.3 mi
- Horine Reservation: 12.4 mi
- Picnic Area: 1.0 mi
- Picnic Area: 1.1 mi
- Picnic Area: 1.1 mi
- Picnic-in-the-Park Pavilions: 4.4 mi
- Cedar Grove: 14.0 mi
- Vault Point: 11.4 mi
- Blunk Point: 11.7 mi
- Water: 15.4 mi
- Cedar Point: 19.8 mi
- Cedar Point: 22.8 mi
- Waterfront Botanical Gardens: 2.3 mi
- Community Garden: 2.8 mi
- Underground Railroad Gardens: 3.6 mi
- Scribner Garden: 3.7 mi
- Iroquois Flowers: 4.7 mi
- Oldham County (Crestwood) Northbound Rest Area: 14.5 mi
- Bullitt County Welcome Center: 21.8 mi
- Miles Spring: 19.0 mi
- Grable Spring: 19.3 mi
- Springville: 12.5 mi
- Fairmont Falls Arch: 15.2 mi
- Fairmont Falls: 15.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.2 miles of Louisville Slugger Museum & Factory. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Round Knob | NNW 344° | 304 m | 18.9 mi |
| Hickman Hill | W 263° | 302 m | 9.1 mi |
| Dawson Knob | S 183° | 295 m | 23.2 mi |
| Spickert Knob | NW 321° | 289 m | 7.3 mi |
| Daisy Hill | NNW 332° | 282 m | 19.0 mi |
| Williams Knob | NNW 335° | 282 m | 19.1 mi |
| Bowers Knob | NNW 332° | 274 m | 20.1 mi |
| Cubby House Hill | NNW 331° | 273 m | 16.3 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 | 21:11 |
| 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 | 35 | 38 | 47 | 58 | 68 | 76 | 79 | 78 | 72 | 60 | 47 | 39 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 3.5 | 4.5 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 3.5 | 3.3 | 3.9 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 4.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Louisville Mcalpine, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/331282813
Day trips start here
- Louisville · 0 mi
- Clarksville · 3 mi
- Jeffersonville · 3 mi
- New Albany · 4 mi
- Saint Matthews · 6 mi
- Floyds Knobs · 8 mi
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