Blue Licks Battlefield State Park
Blue Licks Battlefield State Park is a park in Kentucky, at a recorded elevation of 196 m. Sugar Loaf Mountain stands 355 m to the east, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Blue Licks Battlefield State Resort Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Ohio River Scenic Byway passes 20 miles off. 79 named places lie within 25 miles, 14 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 196 m
What to expect
- Step-free access
- Limited
How to reach it
- 20.1 mi off the Ohio River Scenic Byway, National
79 named places within 25 miles
- Blue Licks Battlefield State Resort Park: 0.0 mi
- East Union Park: 8.1 mi
- James Roff Memorial Centennial Park: 10.2 mi
- Flemingsburg City Park: 13.9 mi
- Flemingsburg Recreation Park: 14.0 mi
- Pioneer Museum: 0.3 mi
- Kentucky Doll and Toy Museum: 8.2 mi
- Harriet Beecher Stowe Slavery to Freedom Museum: 16.3 mi
- Albert Sidney Johnston House: 16.4 mi
- Cynthiana Harrison County Museum: 16.5 mi
- Tunnel Hill: 4.8 mi
- Locust Graveyard Hill: 16.9 mi
- Fox Mountain: 17.9 mi
- Tunnel Hill: 20.5 mi
- White Oak Hill: 20.7 mi
- Foundation of Old Farm House: 0.3 mi
- Battle Of Blue Licks Battlefield, Revolutionary War: 0.3 mi
- Burial Site: 0.4 mi
- Robertson County Veterans Memorial: 7.5 mi
- Confederate Monument: 15.8 mi
- Picnic Ground: 0.1 mi
- Picnic Area: 0.2 mi
- Picnic Area: 0.3 mi
- The Maiden City: 16.6 mi
- Eiffel Tower: 20.6 mi
- Augusta, Kentucky: 23.9 mi
- Tanner Trading Fort: 0.6 mi
- County Quad Point: 16.4 mi
- Simon Kenton Wildlife Management Area: 19.1 mi
- Griffith Woods Wildlife Management Area: 20.5 mi
- Ripley Community Garden: 23.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Blue Licks Battlefield State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sugar Loaf Mountain | E 81° | 355 m | 21.1 mi |
| Tanbark Hill | ENE 76° | 355 m | 24.4 mi |
| White Oak Hill | SE 146° | 327 m | 20.7 mi |
| Five Forks Hill | S 191° | 307 m | 20.9 mi |
| Tunnel Hill | SSE 155° | 300 m | 20.5 mi |
| Tunnel Hill | ESE 122° | 281 m | 4.8 mi |
| Liberty Ridge | NW 304° | 280 m | 23.0 mi |
| Fox Mountain | E 94° | 276 m | 17.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:40 | 19:13 | 19:48 |
| June solstice | 06:13 | 20:24 | 21:04 |
| September equinox | 07:24 | 19:00 | 19:35 |
| December solstice | 07:50 | 16:38 | 17:19 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 32 | 35 | 43 | 54 | 64 | 72 | 76 | 74 | 68 | 57 | 45 | 37 |
| Precip in | 3.7 | 3.5 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 5.8 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 3.2 | 4.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Flemingsburg 2 N, 14 mi away.
- white fawnlily16 obs
- Amur honeysuckle13 obs
- bloodroot12 obs
- dwarf larkspur11 obs
- butterfly milkweed10 obs
- post oak10 obs
- white jelly fungus10 obs
- eastern redbud9 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 node/358582409
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