Columbus-Belmont State Park
Columbus-Belmont State Park is a park in Kentucky, at a recorded elevation of 128 m. Fishgap Hill stands 154 m to the south-southwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Columbus-Belmont State Park Civil War Museum, a museum 0.1 miles away. Great River Road passes 0.3 miles off. 98 named places lie within 25 miles, 7 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 128 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- Kentucky Department of Parks
How to reach it
- 0.3 mi off the Great River Road, National
- 274.9 mi off the River Road Scenic Byway, National
- 15.5 mi off the Ohio River Scenic Byway, National
- 25.1 mi off the Great River Road - Missouri
Overlooks nearby
- Lowest Point in Illinois · 15 mi
98 named places within 25 miles
- Towosahgy State Park: 8.6 mi
- Big Oak Tree State Park: 13.1 mi
- City Park: 14.0 mi
- Wickliffe Mounds State Historic Site: 14.2 mi
- A.E. Davis Park: 15.2 mi
- Belmont: 0.7 mi
- Crosno: 4.4 mi
- Fuget: 5.5 mi
- Norfolk: 11.4 mi
- Rushs Ridge: 12.0 mi
- Cotton Belt Caboose: 15.3 mi
- Caboose: 16.7 mi
- Magnolia Manor: 17.4 mi
- Big Subway Gate: 18.2 mi
- Mill Ridge: 22.6 mi
- Lewis & Clark: 16.9 mi
- Research Uncovered: 16.9 mi
- Cairo River Wall Murals: 16.9 mi
- The Story of Cairo: 16.9 mi
- Welcome to Historical Cairo: 16.9 mi
- Columbus-Belmont State Park Civil War Museum: 0.1 mi
- Warren Thomas Museum: 14.1 mi
- Cairo Custom House Museum: 16.8 mi
- Warren E. Hearns Museum: 17.2 mi
- Discovery Center: 22.7 mi
- Casey Jones Marker: 15.1 mi
- Proceeding On: 15.2 mi
- Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial: 16.6 mi
- Desert Storm Memorial: 17.3 mi
- Confederate Memorial: 21.6 mi
- Indian Mound: 17.5 mi
- Wilson Hill: 18.1 mi
- Twin Mounds: 21.0 mi
- Mathis Hill: 21.7 mi
- Fishgap Hill: 21.8 mi
- European Garden: 22.6 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 22.6 mi
- Japanese Garden: 22.6 mi
- Children's Discovery Garden: 22.7 mi
- American Garden: 22.7 mi
- Doug Travis Wildlife Management Area: 3.7 mi
- Coil Estate Wildlife Management Area: 11.7 mi
- Obion Creek Wildlife Management Area: 11.8 mi
- Winford Wildlife Management Area: 11.8 mi
- Chalk Bluff: 2.8 mi
- Three Ponds Bluff: 6.7 mi
- A: 0.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Columbus-Belmont State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fishgap Hill | SSW 207° | 154 m | 21.8 mi |
| Logan Hill | S 184° | 154 m | 22.4 mi |
| Wilson Hill | SSW 204° | 143 m | 18.1 mi |
| Mathis Hill | SSW 192° | 119 m | 21.7 mi |
| Dogtooth Bend Mounds | NNW 329° | 102 m | 24.1 mi |
| Twin Mounds | N 355° | 99 m | 21.0 mi |
| Indian Mound | SW 222° | 92 m | 17.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:01 | 18:34 | 19:09 |
| June solstice | 05:39 | 19:41 | 20:19 |
| September equinox | 06:45 | 18:21 | 18:55 |
| December solstice | 07:06 | 16:04 | 16:44 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 36 | 39 | 49 | 58 | 68 | 76 | 79 | 78 | 71 | 59 | 47 | 39 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bardwell 2 E, 10 mi away.
- Fowler's Toad5 obs
- box elder4 obs
- Asian mazus4 obs
- Chrysopilus velutinus4 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel3 obs
- common hackberry3 obs
- ground-ivy3 obs
- red deadnettle3 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/848664273
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