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David Armstrong Extreme Park

David Armstrong Extreme Park from directly overhead

David Armstrong Extreme Park is a park in Kentucky, at a modelled elevation of 136 m. Round Knob stands 304 m to the north-northwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Picnic Area, a picnic site 0.2 miles away. River Road runs past it.

What to expect

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates38.25747, -85.73975

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Ginny Reichard Park: 0.4 mi
  • Belknap Plaza: 0.6 mi
  • Irish Hill Park: 0.8 mi
  • Riverstage Park: 0.8 mi
  • LOUMED Commons: 0.8 mi
Peaks
Artworks: 54
  • Our City: 0.4 mi
  • Gracehopper: 0.5 mi
  • Ad Astra "To the Stars": 0.7 mi
  • Miles To Go Before I Sleep: 0.7 mi
  • Frolic: 0.8 mi
Attractions: 46
Historic sites: 39
Museums: 26
Picnic sites: 7
  • Picnic Area: 0.2 mi
  • Picnic Area: 0.2 mi
  • Picnic Area: 0.3 mi
  • Picnic-in-the-Park Pavilions: 4.3 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 13.4 mi
Cliffs: 6
Gardens: 5
Springs: 3
Rest areas: 2
  • Oldham County (Crestwood) Northbound Rest Area: 13.3 mi
  • Bullitt County Welcome Center: 21.6 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Natural arches: 1
  • Fairmont Falls Arch: 14.4 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Fairmont Falls: 14.4 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 23.6 miles of David Armstrong Extreme Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Round KnobNNW 340°304 m19.3 mi
Hickman HillW 264°302 m10.4 mi
Dawson KnobS 186°295 m23.4 mi
Spickert KnobNW 314°289 m8.2 mi
Oak KnobN 351°288 m23.6 mi
Williams KnobNNW 332°282 m19.6 mi
Daisy HillNNW 328°282 m19.6 mi
Bowers KnobNNW 329°274 m20.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4719:2019:55
June solstice06:2120:3121:10
September equinox07:3119:0719:42
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, 3 mi away.

  • Mallard120 obs
  • American Robin94 obs
  • Canada Goose92 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel71 obs
  • House Sparrow70 obs
  • Red Fox69 obs
  • American pokeweed65 obs
  • honey-vine climbing milkweed63 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.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/152861514

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