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McDonald's Field

McDonald's Field from directly overhead

McDonald's Field is a park in Kentucky, at a recorded elevation of 140 m. Round Knob stands 304 m to the north-northwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Leonard "Lenny" Lyles, a artwork 0.1 miles away. River Road passes 3.1 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
140 m

How to reach it

Coordinates38.21408, -85.75463

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Parkway Field: 0.2 mi
  • Jack Segell Park: 0.3 mi
  • The Quad: 0.3 mi
  • Stansbury Park: 0.5 mi
  • Bradley Park: 0.6 mi
Peaks
Artworks: 54
Attractions: 47
  • Tortoise Area: 2.6 mi
  • Penguin Cove: 2.6 mi
  • Warthog Area: 2.7 mi
  • Ring-Tailed Lemur: 2.7 mi
  • Rhinoceros Area: 2.7 mi
Historic sites: 40
Museums: 27
Picnic sites: 7
  • Picnic-in-the-Park Pavilions: 1.4 mi
  • Picnic Area: 3.0 mi
  • Picnic Area: 3.0 mi
  • Picnic Area: 3.0 mi
  • The Woodland Pavillion: 13.5 mi
Cliffs: 6
Gardens: 5
Springs: 3
Rest areas: 2
  • Oldham County (Crestwood) Northbound Rest Area: 15.5 mi
  • Bullitt County Welcome Center: 18.8 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Fairmont Falls Arch: 12.7 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Fairmont Falls: 12.7 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 22.1 miles of McDonald's Field. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Round KnobNNW 345°304 m21.9 mi
Hickman HillW 281°302 m9.8 mi
Dawson KnobS 185°295 m20.3 mi
Spickert KnobNNW 329°289 m10.0 mi
Daisy HillNNW 334°282 m21.9 mi
Williams KnobNNW 337°282 m22.0 mi
Cubby House HillNNW 334°273 m19.1 mi
Brooks HillS 176°269 m10.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4719:2019:55
June solstice06:2120:3121:10
September equinox07:3119:0719:42
December solstice07:5716:4517:27

Local time (America/Kentucky/Louisville).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F364048596876807972604940
Precip in3.43.44.64.85.24.34.13.73.73.73.44.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Louisville Intl AP, 3 mi away.

  • Eastern Gray Squirrel289 obs
  • American Robin167 obs
  • American pokeweed138 obs
  • Mourning Dove120 obs
  • House Sparrow106 obs
  • Northern Cardinal99 obs
  • European Starling82 obs
  • honey-vine climbing milkweed79 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/139631124

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