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Bicknell Park

Bicknell Park from directly overhead

Bicknell Park is a park in Indiana, at a recorded elevation of 134 m. Round Knob stands 304 m to the north-northwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Division Street School, a historic site 0.3 miles away. Ohio River Scenic Byway runs past it.

What the record says

Elevation
134 m

What to expect

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates38.29498, -85.79971

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Ritter Park: 0.8 mi
  • W C Culbertson Mansion: 1.0 mi
  • Sertoma Park: 1.0 mi
  • Holy Trinity Heritage Park: 1.0 mi
  • Portland Wharf Park: 1.1 mi
Peaks
Artworks: 54
  • Winged Man: 1.3 mi
  • New Albany, Indiana. 1850’s: 1.3 mi
  • Promised Lands: 1.3 mi
  • Lucy Higgs Nichols: 1.3 mi
  • Landscape: 1.4 mi
Attractions: 45
Historic sites: 39
Museums: 25
Picnic sites: 7
  • Picnic Area: 4.0 mi
  • Picnic Area: 4.0 mi
  • Picnic Area: 4.1 mi
  • Picnic-in-the-Park Pavilions: 7.5 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 12.8 mi
Gardens: 5
Cliffs: 5
Ghost towns: 2
Rest areas: 2
  • Oldham County (Crestwood) Northbound Rest Area: 15.6 mi
  • Bullitt County Welcome Center: 24.8 mi
Springs: 2
Natural arches: 1
  • Fairmont Falls Arch: 18.4 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Fairmont Falls: 18.4 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 22.0 miles of Bicknell Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Round KnobNNW 348°304 m15.9 mi
Hickman HillWSW 242°302 m8.0 mi
Rock KnobN 360°291 m20.8 mi
Spickert KnobNW 319°289 m4.1 mi
Oak KnobN 358°288 m20.7 mi
Daisy HillNNW 333°282 m15.8 mi
Williams KnobNNW 337°282 m15.9 mi
Henry Ott HillW 274°278 m21.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4819:2019:55
June solstice06:2120:3121:11
September equinox07:3219:0719:42
December solstice07:5716:4517:27

Local time (America/Kentucky/Louisville).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F353847586876797872604739
Precip in3.53.54.54.84.84.43.53.33.93.53.74.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Louisville Mcalpine, 1 mi away.

  • Japanese Chaff Flower23 obs
  • Common Whitetail20 obs
  • Asian Lady Beetle19 obs
  • Halberd-leaf Rosemallow15 obs
  • American Robin13 obs
  • White-tailed Deer12 obs
  • American trumpet vine12 obs
  • Mourning Dove10 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 site

OpenStreetMap element way/399048990

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