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Black Mudd Park

Black Mudd Park from directly overhead

Black Mudd Park is a park in Kentucky, at a recorded elevation of 145 m. Hickman Hill stands 302 m to the west-northwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Petersburg Park, a park 1.3 miles away. River Road passes 7.6 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
145 m

How to reach it

Coordinates38.16371, -85.66878

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Petersburg Park: 1.3 mi
  • Norfolk Acres Park: 1.9 mi
  • Okolona Park: 2.0 mi
  • Test Park: 2.5 mi
  • Highview Park: 2.8 mi
Peaks
Artworks: 54
Attractions: 47
  • Louisville Mega Cavern: 3.2 mi
  • Walleroo Walkabout: 3.3 mi
  • Lorikeet Landing: 3.4 mi
  • Guanaco Area: 3.4 mi
  • Snowy Owl Area: 3.4 mi
Historic sites: 38
Museums: 27
Picnic sites: 7
  • Picnic-in-the-Park Pavilions: 4.7 mi
  • Picnic Area: 7.6 mi
  • Picnic Area: 7.6 mi
  • Picnic Area: 7.6 mi
  • The Woodland Pavillion: 7.6 mi
Cliffs: 7
Gardens: 6
Springs: 3
Rest areas: 2
  • Oldham County (Crestwood) Northbound Rest Area: 14.6 mi
  • Bullitt County Welcome Center: 15.1 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Fairmont Falls Arch: 6.9 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Fairmont Falls: 6.9 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 22.1 miles of Black Mudd Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Hickman HillWNW 291°302 m15.2 mi
Dawson KnobSSW 201°295 m17.9 mi
Spickert KnobNW 321°289 m15.6 mi
Brooks HillSSW 210°269 m7.9 mi
Lost KnobNW 319°263 m14.9 mi
Mitchell HillSW 222°261 m8.3 mi
Jefferson HillSW 230°261 m9.1 mi
Pendleton HillSW 229°260 m12.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4719:2019:55
June solstice06:2120:3021:10
September equinox07:3119:0719:41
December solstice07:5616:4517:27

Local time (America/Kentucky/Louisville).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F364048596876807972604940
Precip in3.43.44.64.85.24.34.13.73.73.73.44.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Louisville Intl AP, 4 mi away.

  • Eastern Carpenter Bee25 obs
  • Asian Lady Beetle23 obs
  • Monarch22 obs
  • Canada Goose21 obs
  • Yellow Garden Spider20 obs
  • American Robin18 obs
  • Western Honey Bee17 obs
  • American pokeweed17 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/120163688

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