McConnell Springs
McConnell Springs is a park in Kentucky, at a modelled elevation of 281 m. Pleasant Hill stands 330 m to the east-southeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Blue Hole, a spring less than a tenth of a mile away. Old Frankfort Pike runs past it. 22 named summits stand within 25 miles.
How to reach it
- On the Old Frankfort Pike, National
- 0.4 mi off the Pisgah Pike Scenic Byway
- 1.3 mi off the US 68 Scenic Byway
- 2.9 mi off the Shakertown Road
Named places within 25 miles
- Creamery Foundation: 0.0 mi
- Barn Foundation: 0.1 mi
- Ladies' Confederate Memorial: 1.1 mi
- John Hunt Morgan Memorial: 1.1 mi
- Confederate Soldier Monument: 1.1 mi
- Thompson Road Park: 0.7 mi
- Addison Park: 0.8 mi
- Pine Meadows Park: 0.8 mi
- Speigle Heights Park: 0.8 mi
- Speigle Heights Park: 0.8 mi
- Stockyard Commons: 0.6 mi
- My Name is MO: 0.7 mi
- Distillery District: 1.2 mi
- First Impressions: 1.3 mi
- Friendship: 1.6 mi
- Kilrush Food Forest: 1.1 mi
- Whitney Avenue Community Garden: 1.5 mi
- Baby Health Garden: 1.5 mi
- Roosevelt Blvd Community Garden: 1.6 mi
- GTP Forest Garden: 1.7 mi
- William S. Webb Museum of Anthropology: 1.5 mi
- Lexington Children's Museum: 1.7 mi
- Lexington History Museum: 1.8 mi
- Kentucky Room: 1.9 mi
- Living Arts and Science Center: 2.3 mi
- Sugar Hill: 7.0 mi
- Pleasant Hill: 8.0 mi
- Catnip Hill: 8.2 mi
- Meridian Hill: 9.5 mi
- Grizzard Hill: 15.4 mi
- Ockerman Globe Monument: 1.4 mi
- Mary Todd Lincoln House: 1.5 mi
- LakeSide LIve Summer Music Festival: 4.1 mi
- Comedy Off Broadway: 4.2 mi
- Old Friends Thouroughbred Retirement Farm Tours: 9.3 mi
- Blue Hole: 0.0 mi
- Boils: 0.1 mi
- Preston Spring: 0.7 mi
- Linsday Spring: 2.0 mi
- Commonwealth Spring: 2.2 mi
- Firebrook Wetlands and Nature Sanctuary: 5.3 mi
- Floracliff Nature Sanctuary: 13.8 mi
- Veterans Memorial Wildlife Management Area: 18.6 mi
- Hickman Creek Nature Center: 18.8 mi
- Hickman Creek Nature Center: 18.8 mi
- Silver Falls: 13.2 mi
- Elk Lick Falls: 13.8 mi
- Falls At Shaker Landing: 19.3 mi
- Fulling Mill Falls: 19.8 mi
- Benson Creek Falls: 24.6 mi
- Brandywine Community Picnic Site: 6.9 mi
- Brandywine Community Picnic Site: 6.9 mi
- Scott County (Georgetown) Rest Area Northbound: 13.4 mi
- Scott County (Georgetown) Rest Area Southbound: 13.5 mi
- Lovers Leap: 18.4 mi
- Chimney Rock: 18.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of McConnell Springs. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pleasant Hill | ESE 102° | 330 m | 24.0 mi |
| Spring Hill | ESE 101° | 294 m | 15.6 mi |
| The Backbone | NW 308° | 262 m | 20.5 mi |
| Eagle Nest Hill | ESE 122° | 260 m | 23.2 mi |
| Hickman Hill | NW 304° | 251 m | 16.4 mi |
| The Mound | WSW 256° | 226 m | 20.7 mi |
| Fort Hill | WNW 300° | 174 m | 21.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:43 | 19:15 | 19:50 |
| June solstice | 06:16 | 20:26 | 21:05 |
| September equinox | 07:27 | 19:02 | 19:37 |
| December solstice | 07:51 | 16:41 | 17:23 |
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 | 34 | 38 | 46 | 56 | 65 | 73 | 77 | 76 | 69 | 58 | 46 | 38 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 3.6 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 5.4 | 5.0 | 5.1 | 3.7 | 3.4 | 3.7 | 3.4 | 4.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lexington Bluegrass AP, 5 mi away.
- bur oak70 obs
- Amur honeysuckle66 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel63 obs
- Monarch56 obs
- Parrot's feather55 obs
- Celandine Poppy55 obs
- Virginia bluebells50 obs
- Pond Slider49 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 way/144791301
Day trips start here
- Lexington · 3 mi
- Bluegrass Region · 4 mi
- Midway · 11 mi
- Versailles · 11 mi
- Nicholasville · 12 mi
- Lawrenceburg · 20 mi
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