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Adena Mound

Adena Mound from directly overhead

Adena Mound is a park in Kentucky, at a modelled elevation of 258 m. Pleasant Hill stands 330 m to the east-southeast, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Steeplechase Racetrack, a park 2.5 miles away. Old Frankfort Pike passes 7.6 miles off. 18 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

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Getting there

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Coordinates38.15926, -84.46580
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Steeplechase Racetrack: 2.5 mi
  • Kentucky Horse Park: 2.9 mi
  • Georgetown Soccer Complex: 4.1 mi
  • Finley Park: 5.1 mi
  • Mary Todd Park: 5.2 mi
Artworks: 54
  • Man o’ War Memorial: 3.1 mi
  • Painted horse: 6.2 mi
  • Waste Knot: 7.0 mi
  • Buffalo: 7.2 mi
  • The Pythia in Agate: 7.3 mi
Historic sites: 53
Gardens: 26
Museums: 21
  • American Saddlebred Museum: 2.9 mi
  • International Museum of the Horse: 3.0 mi
  • Scott County Museum: 6.1 mi
  • Ward Hall: 7.4 mi
  • Living Arts and Science Center: 7.7 mi
Peaks: 18
  • Sugar Hill: 11.2 mi
  • Pleasant Hill: 15.6 mi
  • Spring Hill: 15.7 mi
  • Catnip Hill: 16.2 mi
  • Hickman Hill: 17.2 mi
Attractions: 10
Springs: 9
  • Commonwealth Spring: 5.9 mi
  • Linsday Spring: 7.4 mi
  • Blue Hole: 8.0 mi
  • Boils: 8.1 mi
  • Preston Spring: 8.2 mi
Nature reserves: 6
  • Veterans Memorial Wildlife Management Area: 12.3 mi
  • Firebrook Wetlands and Nature Sanctuary: 13.2 mi
  • Griffith Woods Wildlife Management Area: 13.3 mi
  • Floracliff Nature Sanctuary: 18.5 mi
  • Kleber WMA: 21.5 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • Scott County (Georgetown) Rest Area Northbound: 7.6 mi
  • Scott County (Georgetown) Rest Area Southbound: 7.7 mi
Picnic sites: 2
Waterfalls: 2
  • Elk Lick Falls: 18.4 mi
  • Silver Falls: 18.6 mi
Cliffs: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Adena Mound. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Pleasant HillESE 122°330 m23.5 mi
Five Forks HillE 95°307 m21.6 mi
Spring HillSE 131°294 m15.7 mi
The BackboneWNW 285°262 m20.4 mi
Indian Gap HillWNW 301°259 m23.0 mi
Hickman HillW 276°251 m17.2 mi
Fort HillW 279°174 m22.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4219:1519:50
June solstice06:1620:2621:05
September equinox07:2619:0219:37
December solstice07:5116:4117:22

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343846566573777669584638
Precip in3.43.64.54.45.45.05.13.73.43.73.44.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lexington Bluegrass AP, 12 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • House Finch4 obs
  • Eastern Screech-Owl3 obs
  • Common Garter Snake2 obs
  • Common Box Turtle2 obs
  • Eastern Carpenter Bee2 obs
  • White-marked Tussock Moth2 obs
  • Running Buffalo Clover2 obs
  • Mallard1 obs

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

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/1330301615

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