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Kentucky Horse Park

Kentucky Horse Park from directly overhead

Kentucky Horse Park is a park in Kentucky, at a recorded elevation of 262 m. Five Forks Hill stands 307 m to the east, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is International Museum of the Horse, a museum 0.3 miles away. Old Frankfort Pike passes 5.9 miles off. 18 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
262 m
Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates38.15466, -84.51962
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Steeplechase Racetrack: 0.5 mi
  • Georgetown Soccer Complex: 2.0 mi
  • Adena Mound: 2.9 mi
  • Marshall Park: 3.4 mi
  • Robert Lonnie Suffoletta Memorial Park: 3.5 mi
Historic sites: 55
Artworks: 54
  • Man o’ War Memorial: 0.4 mi
  • Secretariat: 6.2 mi
  • Stockyard Commons: 6.4 mi
  • Waste Knot: 6.7 mi
  • My Name is MO: 6.8 mi
Gardens: 26
Museums: 21
  • International Museum of the Horse: 0.3 mi
  • American Saddlebred Museum: 0.4 mi
  • Scott County Museum: 4.3 mi
  • Ward Hall: 5.2 mi
  • Headley-Whitney Museum: 6.4 mi
Peaks: 18
  • Sugar Hill: 8.5 mi
  • Pleasant Hill: 13.6 mi
  • Hickman Hill: 14.4 mi
  • Catnip Hill: 14.9 mi
  • Locust Hill: 15.4 mi
Attractions: 10
Springs: 9
  • Commonwealth Spring: 4.8 mi
  • Linsday Spring: 5.6 mi
  • Preston Spring: 6.8 mi
  • Blue Hole: 6.9 mi
  • Boils: 7.0 mi
Nature reserves: 6
  • Firebrook Wetlands and Nature Sanctuary: 11.7 mi
  • Veterans Memorial Wildlife Management Area: 11.8 mi
  • Griffith Woods Wildlife Management Area: 15.2 mi
  • Floracliff Nature Sanctuary: 19.3 mi
  • Kleber WMA: 19.6 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • Silver Falls: 19.1 mi
  • Elk Lick Falls: 19.2 mi
  • Benson Creek Falls: 23.0 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • Scott County (Georgetown) Rest Area Northbound: 6.6 mi
  • Scott County (Georgetown) Rest Area Southbound: 6.7 mi
Picnic sites: 2
Cliffs: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Kentucky Horse Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Five Forks HillE 94°307 m24.5 mi
Spring HillSE 124°294 m17.8 mi
The BackboneWNW 289°262 m17.7 mi
Indian Gap HillNW 306°259 m20.7 mi
Hickman HillW 279°251 m14.4 mi
The MoundWSW 240°226 m23.9 mi
Fort HillW 281°174 m19.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4319:1519:50
June solstice06:1620:2621:05
September equinox07:2719:0219:37
December solstice07:5216:4117:22

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343846566573777669584638
Precip in3.43.64.54.45.45.05.13.73.43.73.44.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lexington Bluegrass AP, 10 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Mallard7 obs
  • Barn Swallow7 obs
  • bird's-eye speedwell7 obs
  • Monarch6 obs
  • Green Heron5 obs
  • Greylag Goose5 obs
  • Canada Goose5 obs
  • Red-winged Blackbird5 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/386423318

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