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Highview Park

Highview Park from directly overhead

Highview Park is a park in Kentucky, at a modelled elevation of 200 m. Hickman Hill stands 302 m to the west-northwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Test Park, a park 1.6 miles away. River Road passes 10 miles off.

How to reach it

Coordinates38.13904, -85.62890

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Peaks
Artworks: 55
Attractions: 48
  • Bingo City: 4.1 mi
  • Louisville Mega Cavern: 5.9 mi
  • Walleroo Walkabout: 6.0 mi
  • Lorikeet Landing: 6.0 mi
  • Guanaco Area: 6.0 mi
Historic sites: 41
Museums: 29
Cliffs: 8
Picnic sites: 7
  • The Woodland Pavillion: 4.9 mi
  • Redbud Shelter: 4.9 mi
  • Picnic-in-the-Park Pavilions: 7.4 mi
  • Picnic Area: 10.2 mi
  • Picnic Area: 10.3 mi
Gardens: 6
Rest areas: 2
  • Bullitt County Welcome Center: 13.7 mi
  • Oldham County (Crestwood) Northbound Rest Area: 15.0 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Fairmont Falls Arch: 4.2 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Fairmont Falls: 4.2 mi
Springs: 1
  • Distillerie Four Roses: 15.2 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.5 miles of Highview Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Hickman HillWNW 293°302 m17.9 mi
Dawson KnobSSW 210°295 m17.3 mi
Spickert KnobNW 319°289 m18.3 mi
Brooks HillSW 230°269 m8.0 mi
Lost KnobNW 317°263 m17.6 mi
Mitchell HillWSW 240°261 m8.9 mi
Jefferson HillWSW 246°261 m10.0 mi
Pendleton HillWSW 241°260 m13.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4719:2019:55
June solstice06:2120:3021:10
September equinox07:3119:0619:41
December solstice07:5616:4517:27

Local time (America/Kentucky/Louisville).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343847576674787770594738
Precip in3.83.75.15.35.84.94.73.33.84.23.94.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Louisville WFO, 2 mi away.

  • Virginia creeper10 obs
  • Asian Lady Beetle9 obs
  • American Robin8 obs
  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail8 obs
  • crane-fly orchid8 obs
  • fortune's spindle8 obs
  • Northern Cardinal7 obs
  • common jewelweed7 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/59636642

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