Baxter Square
Baxter Square is a park in Kentucky, at a recorded elevation of 141 m. Round Knob stands 304 m to the north-northwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Louisville Slugger Museum & Factory, a museum 0.3 miles away. River Road passes 1.3 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 141 m
What to expect
How to reach it
- 1.3 mi off the River Road
- 1.4 mi off the Indiana's Historic Pathways, National
- 1.4 mi off the Ohio River Scenic Byway, National
- 161.0 mi off the River Road Scenic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Fort Nelson Park: 0.5 mi
- Jefferson Square: 0.5 mi
- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Park: 0.6 mi
- Sheppard Park: 0.6 mi
- Founders Square: 0.6 mi
- Crescent Hill: 3.7 mi
- Pine Hill: 4.7 mi
- Pigeon Roost: 6.2 mi
- Lost Knob: 6.6 mi
- Kenwood Hill: 6.8 mi
- Big Bat: 0.4 mi
- Sons of Liberty - 1775: 0.4 mi
- The Mirror Dish: 0.4 mi
- "Cloud Rings" (installation): 0.5 mi
- "Daniel Boone" (sculpture): 0.5 mi
- Evan Williams Bourbon Experience: 0.6 mi
- Belle of Louisville: 0.8 mi
- Clark-Floyd Counties Convention & Tourism Bureau: 1.6 mi
- Preservation Station Caboose: 1.9 mi
- Jeffersonville Overlook: 2.0 mi
- Louisville Slugger Museum & Factory: 0.3 mi
- Frazier History Museum: 0.4 mi
- Kentucky Science Center: 0.4 mi
- Kentucky Science Center: 0.4 mi
- Muhammad Ali Center: 0.6 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 4.8 mi
- Jefferson Memorial Forest: 11.7 mi
- Jefferson Memorial Forest: 11.8 mi
- Jefferson Memorial Forest: 12.1 mi
- Horine Reservation: 12.2 mi
- Picnic Area: 1.3 mi
- Picnic Area: 1.4 mi
- Picnic Area: 1.4 mi
- Picnic-in-the-Park Pavilions: 4.3 mi
- Cedar Grove: 14.3 mi
- Vault Point: 11.1 mi
- Blunk Point: 11.4 mi
- Water: 15.7 mi
- Cedar Point: 20.1 mi
- Cedar Point: 22.6 mi
- Waterfront Botanical Gardens: 2.6 mi
- Community Garden: 2.8 mi
- Underground Railroad Gardens: 3.4 mi
- Scribner Garden: 3.5 mi
- Iroquois Flowers: 4.6 mi
- Oldham County (Crestwood) Northbound Rest Area: 14.9 mi
- Bullitt County Welcome Center: 21.7 mi
- Miles Spring: 18.7 mi
- Grable Spring: 19.0 mi
- Springville: 12.8 mi
- Fairmont Falls Arch: 15.3 mi
- Fairmont Falls: 15.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.1 miles of Baxter Square. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Round Knob | NNW 345° | 304 m | 19.0 mi |
| Hickman Hill | W 264° | 302 m | 8.8 mi |
| Dawson Knob | S 182° | 295 m | 23.1 mi |
| Spickert Knob | NW 324° | 289 m | 7.3 mi |
| Daisy Hill | NNW 333° | 282 m | 19.0 mi |
| Williams Knob | NNW 336° | 282 m | 19.1 mi |
| Bowers Knob | NNW 333° | 274 m | 20.1 mi |
| Cubby House Hill | NNW 332° | 273 m | 16.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:48 | 19:20 | 19:55 |
| June solstice | 06:21 | 20:31 | 21:11 |
| September equinox | 07:32 | 19:07 | 19:42 |
| December solstice | 07:57 | 16:45 | 17:27 |
Local time (America/Kentucky/Louisville).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 35 | 38 | 47 | 58 | 68 | 76 | 79 | 78 | 72 | 60 | 47 | 39 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 3.5 | 4.5 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 3.5 | 3.3 | 3.9 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 4.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Louisville Mcalpine, 2 mi away.
- American Robin107 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel89 obs
- Canada Goose78 obs
- House Sparrow64 obs
- Mallard57 obs
- Great Blue Heron54 obs
- European Starling53 obs
- Mourning Dove51 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/63689162
Day trips start here
- Louisville · 0 mi
- Clarksville · 3 mi
- Jeffersonville · 4 mi
- New Albany · 4 mi
- Saint Matthews · 6 mi
- Floyds Knobs · 7 mi
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