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Lapping Park

Lapping Park from directly overhead

Lapping Park is a park in Indiana, at a modelled elevation of 139 m. Round Knob stands 304 m to the north-northwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Lapping Memorial Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Ohio River Scenic Byway passes 2.6 miles off.

How to reach it

Coordinates38.34042, -85.77316

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Lapping Memorial Park: 0.1 mi
  • Cedar Park: 1.3 mi
  • Kevin Hammersmith Memorial Park: 1.7 mi
  • Gaskell Park: 1.8 mi
  • Meadows Park: 2.2 mi
Peaks
Artworks: 55
  • Winged Man: 4.6 mi
  • New Albany, Indiana. 1850’s: 4.6 mi
  • Lucy Higgs Nichols: 4.6 mi
  • Promised Lands: 4.6 mi
  • Landscape: 4.6 mi
Attractions: 43
Historic sites: 38
Museums: 25
Picnic sites: 7
  • Picnic Area: 6.0 mi
  • Picnic Area: 6.0 mi
  • Picnic Area: 6.0 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 9.6 mi
  • Picnic-in-the-Park Pavilions: 10.1 mi
Gardens: 5
Cliffs: 5
Springs: 2
Ghost towns: 1
Rest areas: 1
  • Oldham County (Crestwood) Northbound Rest Area: 13.9 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Fairmont Falls Arch: 20.1 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Fairmont Falls: 20.1 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 23.8 miles of Lapping Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Round KnobNNW 339°304 m13.2 mi
Hickman HillSW 231°302 m11.0 mi
Rock KnobN 355°291 m17.8 mi
Spickert KnobW 269°289 m4.1 mi
Oak KnobN 353°288 m17.7 mi
Williams KnobNNW 327°282 m13.8 mi
Daisy HillNW 322°282 m13.9 mi
Reno HillWNW 281°278 m23.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4819:2019:55
June solstice06:2020:3121:11
September equinox07:3219:0719:42
December solstice07:5716:4517:27

Local time (America/Kentucky/Louisville).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F353847586876797872604739
Precip in3.53.54.54.84.84.43.53.33.93.53.74.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Louisville Mcalpine, 4 mi away.

  • Eastern Gray Squirrel31 obs
  • American Robin17 obs
  • Blue Jay15 obs
  • Pale Beauty15 obs
  • Large Maple Spanworm Moth14 obs
  • Pileated Woodpecker13 obs
  • Common Box Turtle13 obs
  • Mourning Dove11 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/158090108

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