General James Taylor Park
General James Taylor Park is a park in Kentucky, at a modelled elevation of 152 m. Rumpke Mountain stands 319 m to the north-northwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is BB Riverboats, a attraction 0.2 miles away. Riverboat Row Scenic Byway runs past it. 32 named summits stand within 25 miles.
How to reach it
- On the Riverboat Row Scenic Byway
- 0.6 mi off the Ohio River Scenic Byway, National
- 13.8 mi off the Presidential Pathways Ohio Scenic Byway
- 16.1 mi off the Big Bone Lick Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Bird Watching Shelter · 19 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- BB Riverboats: 0.2 mi
- Newport on the Levee: 0.4 mi
- Main Street Fountain: 0.5 mi
- Labyrinth: 0.5 mi
- Rain Fountain: 0.6 mi
- George Rogers Clark Park: 0.3 mi
- Tim Freudenberg Memorial Park: 0.4 mi
- Police Memorial Park: 0.4 mi
- 1869 Red Stockings Pavilion: 0.5 mi
- Yeatmans Cove Park: 0.5 mi
- National Steamboat Monument: 0.4 mi
- Black Brigade Monument: 0.5 mi
- 1869 Red Stockings Pavilion: 0.5 mi
- Fort Washington Monument: 0.6 mi
- Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus: 0.6 mi
- Mister Redlegs: 0.4 mi
- Roebling Murals: 0.5 mi
- The London Police: 0.5 mi
- Kentucky Natural History: 0.5 mi
- Johnny Lee Bench: 0.6 mi
- Kay’s Garden: 1.4 mi
- Pleasant Street North Community Garden: 1.7 mi
- Over-The-Rhine People’s Garden: 1.8 mi
- Druffel Gardens: 2.4 mi
- Rain Garden: 2.8 mi
- Newport History Museum: 0.5 mi
- Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame and Museum: 0.6 mi
- National Underground Railroad Freedom Center: 0.7 mi
- Cincinnati Black Music Walk of Fame: 0.7 mi
- Taft Museum of Art: 0.8 mi
- Scarborough Woods: 3.3 mi
- Theresa Street Reserve: 3.7 mi
- Imago: 3.9 mi
- Bettman Preserve: 3.9 mi
- Glenway Woods: 4.0 mi
- Mount Adams: 1.1 mi
- Goat Hill: 1.8 mi
- Brighton Hill: 2.3 mi
- Bald Knob: 3.2 mi
- Mount Echo: 3.5 mi
- Lower Picnic Area: 4.3 mi
- Area 23: 6.0 mi
- Area 22, Furnas Hill: 6.1 mi
- Area 19, Stone Steps: 6.2 mi
- Area 26: 6.2 mi
- Lower Buckeye Falls: 14.1 mi
- Buckeye Falls: 14.1 mi
- Simpkinsville: 19.6 mi
- Butterworth: 19.7 mi
- Hidden Valley Lake Beach: 18.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of General James Taylor Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rumpke Mountain | NNW 338° | 319 m | 13.7 mi |
| Harrison Hill | WNW 299° | 284 m | 21.7 mi |
| Harrison Hill | WNW 301° | 279 m | 21.6 mi |
| Heitsmanns Hill | NNW 344° | 274 m | 22.6 mi |
| Whites Hill | WNW 300° | 273 m | 23.8 mi |
| Orchard Hill | SSW 205° | 268 m | 3.9 mi |
| Pleasant Hill | SSE 155° | 267 m | 24.3 mi |
| Galley Hill | ENE 76° | 265 m | 16.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:42 | 19:15 | 19:50 |
| June solstice | 06:13 | 20:28 | 21:08 |
| September equinox | 07:26 | 19:02 | 19:37 |
| December solstice | 07:54 | 16:37 | 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 | 44 | 55 | 64 | 72 | 76 | 75 | 68 | 56 | 45 | 36 |
| Precip in | 2.9 | 2.8 | 3.9 | 4.4 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 3.4 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 2.9 | 3.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cincinnati Muni AP Lunken FLD, 5 mi away.
- Canada Goose111 obs
- Common Wall Lizard110 obs
- White-tailed Deer78 obs
- Spotted Lanternfly77 obs
- American Robin71 obs
- Northern Cardinal66 obs
- Monarch64 obs
- Rock Pigeon61 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/286277295
Day trips start here
- Cincinnati · 1 mi
- Cincinnati/Downtown · 1 mi
- Newport · 1 mi
- Cincinnati/Over-the-Rhine · 2 mi
- Covington · 2 mi
- Fort Thomas · 3 mi
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