Mill Springs Battlefield Visitor Center and Museum
Mill Springs Battlefield Visitor Center and Museum is a museum in Kentucky, at a modelled elevation of 332 m. Green River Knob stands 531 m to the northwest, 8.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Zollicoffer Park, a park 0.9 miles away. Cumberland Cultural Heritage Highway passes 0.3 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- National Park Service
How to reach it
- 0.3 mi off the Cumberland Cultural Heritage Highway
- 29.3 mi off the Wilderness Road Heritage Highway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Potato Knoll: 3.8 mi
- High Rock: 4.6 mi
- Rainwater Knob: 4.6 mi
- Denham Knob: 4.9 mi
- Harrison Knob: 4.9 mi
- Zollicoffer Park: 0.9 mi
- Pulaski County Park: 2.2 mi
- Public Boat Launch with Parking: 4.3 mi
- Firebrook Community Park: 5.0 mi
- Trinity Park: 6.9 mi
- Shinbone Cliff: 10.3 mi
- Washing Cliff: 17.9 mi
- Sand Cliff: 17.9 mi
- Tabletop Cliff: 18.2 mi
- Betts Cliff: 18.5 mi
- Meadow Creek Falls: 9.6 mi
- Lily Bend Falls: 17.5 mi
- Little Lily Creek Falls: 17.7 mi
- Lower Lily Creek Falls: 17.8 mi
- Upper Lily Creek Falls: 17.8 mi
- General Felix K. Zollicoffer Monument: 0.9 mi
- Confederate Mass Grave Monument: 0.9 mi
- Town Spring: 7.3 mi
- P.O.W. M.I.A. Memorial: 7.4 mi
- Burnside: 9.0 mi
- Downtown Somerset Welcome: 7.2 mi
- Tank: 7.4 mi
- Short Creek Cave: 17.7 mi
- Short Creek: 17.7 mi
- The Ritner Swinging Bridge: 20.1 mi
- Chimney Arch: 19.5 mi
- Natural Arch: 19.8 mi
- Nathan McClure Arch: 22.3 mi
- Nathan McClure Arch 2: 22.3 mi
- Yahoo Arch: 24.3 mi
- Lake Cumberland Slaves Memorial: 6.7 mi
- Senator John Sherman Cooper: 7.4 mi
- American Flag Mural: 19.4 mi
- Buck Creek Wildlife Management Area: 18.0 mi
- Ping-Sinking Valley Wildlife Management Area: 21.3 mi
- Mill Spring: 9.6 mi
- Wayne County Historical Museum: 17.6 mi
- Stop: 22.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.8 miles of Mill Springs Battlefield Visitor Center and Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Green River Knob | NW 314° | 531 m | 8.4 mi |
| Dye Knob | NW 324° | 466 m | 8.3 mi |
| Cedar Knob | N 358° | 466 m | 9.4 mi |
| Spaw Knob | NNW 334° | 440 m | 10.4 mi |
| Bethel Knob | N 354° | 440 m | 10.9 mi |
| Tarter Knob | NNW 330° | 433 m | 9.1 mi |
| Sugar Hill Knob | ENE 67° | 428 m | 10.9 mi |
| Buzzard Knob | ENE 58° | 427 m | 11.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:43 | 19:17 | 19:51 |
| June solstice | 06:20 | 20:24 | 21:03 |
| September equinox | 07:27 | 19:03 | 19:38 |
| December solstice | 07:49 | 16:46 | 17:26 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 37 | 41 | 49 | 59 | 67 | 74 | 78 | 77 | 70 | 59 | 48 | 41 |
| Precip in | 4.3 | 3.9 | 5.1 | 4.9 | 5.2 | 5.0 | 5.3 | 3.9 | 3.7 | 3.2 | 3.8 | 4.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Somerset 2 N, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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