Morning View Heritage Area
Morning View Heritage Area is a nature reserve in Kentucky, at a modelled elevation of 248 m. Liberty Ridge stands 280 m to the south-southeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Greenwood Hill, a peak 5.9 miles away. Ohio River Scenic Byway passes 13 miles off. 23 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Kenton County Conservation District
How to reach it
- 12.5 mi off the Ohio River Scenic Byway, National
- 13.8 mi off the Big Bone Lick Scenic Byway
- 18.8 mi off the Riverboat Row Scenic Byway
- 27.8 mi off the Presidential Pathways Ohio Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- A. J. Jolly County Park: 6.5 mi
- Manor Hill Community Walking and Nature Trails: 8.5 mi
- Grant County Park: 8.7 mi
- Walton Citizens Park: 9.1 mi
- Middleton-Mills Park: 9.3 mi
- Walton–Verona Veterans Memorial: 9.1 mi
- Memorial of Wesley Chapel Church: 9.3 mi
- Fee Villa: 12.2 mi
- New Richmond: 13.0 mi
- Grant Memorial Bridge: 13.0 mi
- Unbridled Spirit: 12.8 mi
- Cannon: 13.0 mi
- Box sculpture: 14.7 mi
- Blessed Virgin Mary: 15.4 mi
- Big Boy: 15.5 mi
- Aerial adventure: 15.3 mi
- Fossil Find: 15.4 mi
- Fossil find: 15.5 mi
- Noah’s Village: 15.5 mi
- Truth Traveler: 15.5 mi
- Campbell County Historical and Genealogical Society Museum: 10.5 mi
- Cardboard Boat Museum: 13.0 mi
- William Arnold Log House: 13.9 mi
- Punkyville: 13.9 mi
- The Ark: 15.4 mi
- Queue Line Gardens: 15.4 mi
- Rainbow Gardens: 15.5 mi
- Model Native Garden: 17.2 mi
- Rain Garden: 18.4 mi
- Kay’s Garden: 20.5 mi
- Cedar Line Nature Preserve: 8.3 mi
- Mullins Wildlife Management Area: 8.4 mi
- Wolsing Trails & Wetlands: 11.3 mi
- Ten-Mile Creek Nature Preserve: 15.9 mi
- Pierce Preserve: 16.3 mi
- Greenwood Hill: 5.9 mi
- Pleasant Hill: 8.5 mi
- Pye Hill: 10.7 mi
- Thomas Hill: 12.1 mi
- Reservoir Hill: 12.5 mi
- Badger Bluff: 16.8 mi
- Monarch Meadow: 17.0 mi
- Lower Picnic Area: 20.4 mi
- Area 30, McFarlan Woods: 24.5 mi
- Area 23: 24.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Morning View Heritage Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberty Ridge | SSE 157° | 280 m | 15.1 mi |
| Orchard Hill | NNW 345° | 268 m | 16.0 mi |
| Pleasant Hill | ESE 111° | 267 m | 8.5 mi |
| Brighton Hill | N 351° | 257 m | 21.3 mi |
| Pye Hill | N 354° | 256 m | 10.7 mi |
| Mount Echo | NNW 343° | 254 m | 20.1 mi |
| Goat Hill | N 353° | 250 m | 20.8 mi |
| Woodland Mound | NNE 26° | 249 m | 16.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:42 | 19:15 | 19:50 |
| June solstice | 06:14 | 20:27 | 21:07 |
| September equinox | 07:26 | 19:01 | 19:37 |
| December solstice | 07:53 | 16:38 | 17:20 |
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 | 33 | 38 | 46 | 57 | 66 | 73 | 77 | 76 | 70 | 59 | 47 | 37 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 3.3 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 4.9 | 5.0 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 3.5 | 3.0 | 3.6 | 3.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Williamstown, 14 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/967293060
Day trips start here
- Florence · 16 mi
- Covington · 17 mi
- Fort Wright · 17 mi
- Fort Thomas · 18 mi
- Newport · 18 mi
- Amelia · 19 mi
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