Green River Lake State Park
Green River Lake State Park is a park in Kentucky, at a recorded elevation of 230 m. Rattlesnake Knob stands 404 m to the east-northeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Green River Park Beach, a beach 2.1 miles away. Cumberland Cultural Heritage Highway passes 1.8 miles off. 83 named places lie within 25 miles, 50 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 230 m
What to expect
How to reach it
- 1.8 mi off the Cumberland Cultural Heritage Highway
- 4.7 mi off the US 68 Scenic Byway
- 28.2 mi off the Lincoln Heritage Scenic Highway, National
- 28.2 mi off the Old Kentucky Turnpike
Overlooks nearby
- Overlook Landing - Pathway of a President · 28 mi
- Overlook Trail · 29 mi
83 named places within 25 miles
- Green River Hill: 2.5 mi
- Dug Hill: 2.7 mi
- Shingle Knob: 13.3 mi
- Willowtown Hill: 13.5 mi
- Round Knob: 14.4 mi
- Taylor County Park: 2.6 mi
- Veterans Memorial Park: 5.5 mi
- Miller Park: 5.9 mi
- Miller Park Walking Track: 6.0 mi
- Miller Park Gazebo: 6.0 mi
- Buffalo Cliff: 4.2 mi
- Little Bottom Cliff: 4.7 mi
- Bell Cliff: 22.6 mi
- Rocky Point: 22.9 mi
- Lovers Leap: 23.4 mi
- Battle of Tebb's Bend Monument: 3.0 mi
- Captain Andrew Offutt Monument: 21.5 mi
- Tommy Jones Memorial: 24.6 mi
- Jamestown Memorial Circle: 25.0 mi
- Green River Park Beach: 2.1 mi
- Smith Ridge Beach: 2.9 mi
- Greensburg Heritage Garden: 9.1 mi
- Brush Creek Church Falls: 16.4 mi
- American Flag Mural: 20.3 mi
- Marion County Heritage Center: 21.0 mi
- Kentucky Cooperage Visitors Center: 21.8 mi
- Marion County WMA and State Forest: 21.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Green River Lake State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rattlesnake Knob | ENE 61° | 404 m | 22.1 mi |
| Button Knob | ENE 60° | 396 m | 19.5 mi |
| Putnam Knob | NNE 29° | 379 m | 22.4 mi |
| Seths Knob | ENE 58° | 378 m | 19.2 mi |
| Earls Knob | NE 48° | 377 m | 23.7 mi |
| May Knob | ENE 62° | 373 m | 22.2 mi |
| Steele Knob | ENE 62° | 369 m | 20.6 mi |
| Dicks Point | NE 47° | 362 m | 23.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:46 | 19:19 | 19:53 |
| June solstice | 06:22 | 20:27 | 21:06 |
| September equinox | 07:30 | 19:06 | 19:40 |
| December solstice | 07:52 | 16:47 | 17:28 |
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 | 35 | 39 | 47 | 56 | 66 | 74 | 78 | 76 | 70 | 58 | 46 | 39 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 4.2 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 5.1 | 4.7 | 4.9 | 3.2 | 4.0 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 4.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Greensburg, 9 mi away.
- Christmas fern8 obs
- fan clubmoss8 obs
- wild comfrey8 obs
- American beech4 obs
- autumn olive4 obs
- rue anemone4 obs
- crane-fly orchid4 obs
- mayapple3 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/848665054
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