Old Fort Harrod State Park
Old Fort Harrod State Park is a park in Kentucky, at a recorded elevation of 266 m. Sand Knob stands 445 m to the south, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Young Park, a park 0.4 miles away. Shakertown Road runs past it.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 266 m
What to expect
How to reach it
- On the Shakertown Road
- On the US 68 Scenic Byway
- 7.7 mi off the Lincoln Heritage Scenic Highway, National
- 9.0 mi off the Cumberland Cultural Heritage Highway
Named places within 25 miles
- Young Park: 0.4 mi
- Young Park: 0.5 mi
- The Big Spring Park: 0.5 mi
- Salt River Park: 1.2 mi
- Anderson Dean Community Park: 2.7 mi
- Laurel Hill: 3.9 mi
- Pine Knob: 11.4 mi
- Persimmon Knob: 11.8 mi
- Parksville Knob: 11.9 mi
- Burdette Knob: 12.2 mi
- Confederate Monument: 0.6 mi
- Beriah Magoffin MOnument: 0.6 mi
- Boone Cave: 2.6 mi
- James McCoun's Mansion (James Harrod Trust JHT 58): 8.6 mi
- Confederate Memorial: 8.8 mi
- Shaker Village of Pleasant Hill: 7.1 mi
- High Bridge Kentucky River Museum: 8.2 mi
- The Great American Dollhouse Museum: 8.6 mi
- McDowell House & Apothecary Shop Museum: 9.1 mi
- 73rd 10-8-62: 10.8 mi
- Jim Beam Nature Preserve: 12.7 mi
- Hickman Creek Nature Center: 14.2 mi
- Hickman Creek Nature Center: 14.2 mi
- Shechem Ministries: 21.3 mi
- Firebrook Wetlands and Nature Sanctuary: 21.4 mi
- John Wesley Statue: 12.4 mi
- covered bridge: 23.0 mi
- Comedy Off Broadway: 23.9 mi
- LakeSide LIve Summer Music Festival: 23.9 mi
- Kentucky Cooperage Visitors Center: 24.6 mi
- Chimney Rock: 12.8 mi
- Lovers Leap: 19.7 mi
- McKinney Bluff: 22.0 mi
- Lovers Leap: 22.8 mi
- Rocky Point: 23.5 mi
- Big Spring: 0.6 mi
- Buffalo Spring: 18.6 mi
- Big Spring: 21.1 mi
- Fulling Mill Falls: 6.9 mi
- Falls At Shaker Landing: 7.8 mi
- Katsina, the Sacred Dancer: 23.6 mi
- Untitled: 24.9 mi
- Brandywine Community Picnic Site: 24.6 mi
- Brandywine Community Picnic Site: 24.6 mi
- Lexington Women’s Recognition Garden: 23.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 24.3 miles of Old Fort Harrod State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sand Knob | S 184° | 445 m | 16.8 mi |
| Turkeyfoot Knob | S 187° | 424 m | 21.0 mi |
| Parksville Knob | S 191° | 415 m | 11.9 mi |
| Gibson Knob | S 181° | 415 m | 16.5 mi |
| Gordon Lick Knob | S 184° | 412 m | 18.1 mi |
| Maxey Knob | S 184° | 408 m | 19.7 mi |
| Burnt Cabin Knob | S 186° | 406 m | 18.8 mi |
| Catholic Knob | S 182° | 405 m | 14.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:44 | 19:17 | 19:51 |
| June solstice | 06:19 | 20:26 | 21:05 |
| September equinox | 07:28 | 19:03 | 19:38 |
| December solstice | 07:52 | 16:44 | 17:25 |
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 | 36 | 39 | 48 | 58 | 66 | 74 | 77 | 75 | 69 | 59 | 46 | 37 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 3.5 | 4.1 | 4.4 | 4.9 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 3.2 | 3.4 | 3.3 | 3.1 | 3.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — DIX DAM, 8 mi away.
- Osage-orange5 obs
- North American Wheel Bug4 obs
- common milkweed2 obs
- Bold Jumping Spider2 obs
- common hackberry2 obs
- Butterweed2 obs
- wild teasel2 obs
- Hackberry Emperor2 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/692909235
Day trips start here
- Harrodsburg · 0 mi
- Danville · 9 mi
- Nicholasville · 17 mi
- Lawrenceburg · 19 mi
- Versailles · 21 mi
- Bluegrass Region · 25 mi
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