Heard Park
Heard Park is a park in Kentucky, at a recorded elevation of 198 m. Bee Knob Hill stands 306 m to the west-southwest, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Turret Field, a park 0.7 miles away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 181 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 198 m
How to reach it
- 181.2 mi off the River Road Scenic Byway, National
- 24.2 mi off the Old Kentucky Turnpike
- 24.2 mi off the Lincoln Heritage Scenic Highway, National
- 22.2 mi off the Ohio River Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Overlook Trail · 25 mi
- Overlook Landing - Pathway of a President · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Turret Field: 0.7 mi
- Cornwell Field: 1.9 mi
- Eastman Park: 1.9 mi
- Thorne Park: 2.7 mi
- Armor Memorial Park: 2.9 mi
- Canby Hill: 0.9 mi
- Scott Mountain: 1.9 mi
- Hooker Mountain: 2.0 mi
- Gray Hill: 3.4 mi
- Sugar Loaf: 4.2 mi
- Caboose Car: 6.9 mi
- Jim Beam Distillery: 14.7 mi
- Jim Beam Distillery: 14.7 mi
- Squire Boone Caverns: 16.2 mi
- Louisville Mega Cavern: 23.8 mi
- Stith: 2.1 mi
- Kentucky September 11th Memorial: 3.2 mi
- Fort Duffield Park and Historic Site: 6.4 mi
- Fort Duffield: 6.6 mi
- Three County Corner: 14.5 mi
- Fallen Soldier: 21.3 mi
- Pegasus (sculpture): 21.9 mi
- Engineering Art: 23.2 mi
- Tau Beta Pi: 23.2 mi
- Conn Center Sculpture Garden: 23.3 mi
- Jefferson Memorial Forest: 11.1 mi
- Jefferson Memorial Forest: 11.6 mi
- Jefferson Memorial Forest: 11.7 mi
- Jefferson Memorial Forest: 13.1 mi
- Jefferson Memorial Forest: 13.1 mi
- Patton Museum Foundation: 3.0 mi
- West Point History Museum: 7.0 mi
- Swope's Cars of Yesteryear: 13.1 mi
- Kentucky High School Basketball Hall of Fame: 14.7 mi
- Hardin County Museum: 14.7 mi
- Cedar Point: 5.4 mi
- The Narrows: 8.6 mi
- Potlick Point: 11.0 mi
- Blunk Point: 16.4 mi
- Vault Point: 16.8 mi
- Native Plants Garden: 3.3 mi
- Fairview Lavender Farm: 20.9 mi
- Iroquois Flowers: 21.3 mi
- Community Garden: 24.2 mi
- Picnic-in-the-Park Pavilions: 22.4 mi
- Redbud Shelter: 24.0 mi
- The Woodland Pavillion: 24.1 mi
- Rise of Rough Spring: 15.4 mi
- Distillerie Four Roses: 18.2 mi
- Bullitt County Welcome Center: 12.9 mi
- Fairmont Falls Arch: 22.9 mi
- Fairmont Falls: 22.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.7 miles of Heard Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bee Knob Hill | WSW 253° | 306 m | 10.3 mi |
| Blueball Hill | SSW 211° | 304 m | 13.1 mi |
| Dawson Knob | E 79° | 295 m | 7.4 mi |
| Gross Hill | SSW 204° | 294 m | 17.4 mi |
| Buck Knobs | W 278° | 280 m | 9.6 mi |
| Indian Hill | W 268° | 275 m | 4.4 mi |
| Brooks Hill | NE 41° | 269 m | 14.9 mi |
| Tunnel Hill | SSE 154° | 264 m | 12.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:48 | 19:21 | 19:56 |
| June solstice | 06:22 | 20:31 | 21:10 |
| September equinox | 07:32 | 19:08 | 19:42 |
| December solstice | 07:57 | 16:47 | 17:29 |
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 | 33 | 36 | 45 | 56 | 65 | 72 | 76 | 75 | 68 | 57 | 45 | 37 |
| Precip in | 4.0 | 3.5 | 4.9 | 5.4 | 6.0 | 4.5 | 4.9 | 3.6 | 3.8 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 4.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Brandenburg, 11 mi away.
- Common Raccoon4 obs
- Polyphemus Moth3 obs
- North American Racer2 obs
- Common Box Turtle2 obs
- North American Luna Moth2 obs
- Asian Lady Beetle2 obs
- chicory2 obs
- splitgill mushroom2 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 node/358610261
Day trips start here
- Shepherdsville · 13 mi
- Mount Washington · 22 mi
- Corydon · 24 mi
- Bardstown · 26 mi
- Louisville · 26 mi
- New Albany · 27 mi
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