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A. J. Jolly County Park

A. J. Jolly County Park from directly overhead

A. J. Jolly County Park is a park in Kentucky, at a recorded elevation of 215 m. Liberty Ridge stands 280 m to the south, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Buckners Playground, a park 4.6 miles away. Ohio River Scenic Byway passes 6.6 miles off. 20 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
215 m

What to expect

Operated by
Campbell County

How to reach it

Coordinates38.88695, -84.37275

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Buckners Playground: 4.6 mi
  • Tribute Park: 5.0 mi
  • Kees Park: 5.1 mi
  • Alexandria Community Park: 5.3 mi
  • River Promenade Park: 6.5 mi
Artworks
Attractions
Gardens: 45
Museums: 40
Peaks: 20
  • Pye Hill: 8.0 mi
  • Pleasant Hill: 8.6 mi
  • Greenwood Hill: 9.5 mi
  • Woodland Mound: 10.4 mi
  • Johns Hill: 11.3 mi
Picnic sites: 19
  • Badger Bluff: 10.8 mi
  • Monarch Meadow: 11.0 mi
  • Lower Picnic Area: 15.8 mi
  • Area 23: 21.7 mi
  • Area 22, Furnas Hill: 21.7 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Waterfalls: 1
  • Georgetown Waterfall: 23.9 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of A. J. Jolly County Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Liberty RidgeS 176°280 m18.7 mi
Orchard HillNW 321°268 m13.7 mi
Pleasant HillSSE 156°267 m8.6 mi
Galley HillNNE 27°265 m20.5 mi
Brighton HillNNW 334°257 m18.0 mi
Pye HillNW 317°256 m8.0 mi
Mount EchoNW 324°254 m17.8 mi
Goat HillNNW 336°250 m17.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4219:1419:50
June solstice06:1320:2721:07
September equinox07:2619:0119:36
December solstice07:5316:3717:19

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323543546472767569574537
Precip in3.03.34.34.14.64.04.13.12.82.72.83.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chilo Meldahl Locks & DAM, 12 mi away.

  • Purple Finch11 obs
  • common milkweed8 obs
  • Slaty Skimmer8 obs
  • Japanese honeysuckle7 obs
  • shrubby St. John's-wort7 obs
  • Great Blue Heron6 obs
  • Common Watersnake6 obs
  • Widow Skimmer6 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/752892518

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