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Twin Eagle Wildlife Management Area

Twin Eagle Wildlife Management Area from directly overhead

Twin Eagle Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Kentucky, at a modelled elevation of 142 m. Potato Bug Hill stands 277 m to the north-northwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Sancers City Park, a park 7.1 miles away. Ohio River Scenic Byway passes 11 miles off. 81 named places lie within 25 miles, 11 of them named summits.

What to expect

Operated by
Kentucky Department of Fish & Wildife

How to reach it

Coordinates38.57507, -85.03298

Overlooks nearby

81 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 33
  • Sancers City Park: 7.1 mi
  • Carroll County Fairgrounds: 7.8 mi
  • Carroll County Park: 8.3 mi
  • General Butler Golf course: 9.3 mi
  • General Butler State Resort Park: 9.3 mi
Peaks: 11
Historic sites: 8
  • Soldiers and Sailors Monument: 21.6 mi
  • Twelve Stones Monument: 24.0 mi
  • Noah and the ark: 24.1 mi
  • Wickedness fills the earth: 24.1 mi
  • Cain murders Abel: 24.1 mi
Museums: 7
  • Butler-Turpin House Museum: 9.7 mi
  • Switzerland County Historical Museum: 12.1 mi
  • AME Church Museum: 21.8 mi
  • Judge Jeremiah Sullivan House: 21.9 mi
  • Dr. W.D. Hutchings' Office and Museum: 21.9 mi
Attractions: 7
Nature reserves: 5
Ghost towns: 3
Cliffs: 2
Gardens: 2
  • Rainbow Gardens: 23.9 mi
  • Queue Line Gardens: 24.0 mi
Waterfalls: 2
  • Hoffman Falls: 24.3 mi
  • Tunnel Falls: 24.9 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Baby Beech Picnic Area: 24.2 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Twin Eagle Wildlife Management Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Potato Bug HillNNW 339°277 m12.3 mi
Mound HillWNW 301°260 m10.6 mi
Indian Gap HillSSE 147°259 m20.2 mi
Gathright HillSW 222°255 m22.4 mi
Johnson HillNNE 29°224 m15.2 mi
Wade HillNNE 31°218 m19.3 mi
Bunker HillW 280°206 m12.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4519:1719:52
June solstice06:1720:2921:09
September equinox07:2919:0419:39
December solstice07:5516:4117:23

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333746576674787770584637
Precip in3.63.04.44.54.95.24.23.83.33.43.94.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Vevay, 12 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1467291740

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