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Kincaid Lake State Park

Kincaid Lake State Park from directly overhead

Kincaid Lake State Park is a park in Kentucky, at a modelled elevation of 214 m. Liberty Ridge stands 280 m to the south-southwest, 8.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Thomas Hill, a peak 2.3 miles away. Ohio River Scenic Byway passes 7.3 miles off. 10 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates38.72306, -84.28785

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Max Goldberg Park: 4.0 mi
  • Veterans Rigg Street Park: 4.2 mi
  • Pendleton County Athletic Park: 4.4 mi
  • Pendleton County Fairgrounds: 4.5 mi
  • Chilo Lock 34 Park: 9.6 mi
Museums: 13
Artworks: 13
Peaks: 10
  • Thomas Hill: 2.3 mi
  • Oak Hill: 2.6 mi
  • Pleasant Hill: 3.7 mi
  • Reservoir Hill: 4.3 mi
  • Greenwood Hill: 5.7 mi
Attractions: 8
  • Aerial adventure: 17.6 mi
  • Truth Traveler: 17.9 mi
  • Noah’s Village: 17.9 mi
  • Fossil Find: 17.9 mi
  • Fossil find: 18.0 mi
Gardens: 3
  • Queue Line Gardens: 17.8 mi
  • Rainbow Gardens: 17.9 mi
  • Ripley Community Garden: 24.1 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Badger Bluff: 22.0 mi
  • Monarch Meadow: 22.2 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Georgetown Waterfall: 22.0 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Liberty RidgeSSW 203°280 m8.0 mi
Pleasant HillNNW 343°267 m3.7 mi
Pye HillNNW 330°256 m19.9 mi
Woodland MoundN 356°249 m21.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4219:1419:49
June solstice06:1320:2621:06
September equinox07:2619:0119:36
December solstice07:5216:3817:20

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323543546472767569574537
Precip in3.03.34.34.14.64.04.13.12.82.72.83.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chilo Meldahl Locks & DAM, 8 mi away.

  • Great Blue Heron5 obs
  • White-tailed Deer5 obs
  • northern maidenhair fern5 obs
  • wild comfrey5 obs
  • Painted Turtle4 obs
  • common selfheal4 obs
  • summer bluet4 obs
  • American water-willow3 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.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/945877504

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