Pleasure Ridge Park
Pleasure Ridge Park is a park in Kentucky, at a recorded elevation of 138 m. Hickman Hill stands 302 m to the northwest, 8.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Round Knob, a peak 1.2 miles away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 167 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 138 m
How to reach it
- 166.5 mi off the River Road Scenic Byway, National
- 9.6 mi off the River Road
- 8.9 mi off the Ohio River Scenic Byway, National
- 9.5 mi off the Indiana's Historic Pathways, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Round Knob: 1.2 mi
- Red Stone Hill: 2.6 mi
- Bours Points: 3.6 mi
- Hellmans Point: 3.7 mi
- Finley Hill: 3.9 mi
- Waverly Park: 1.5 mi
- Cane Run Park: 2.7 mi
- Riverview Park: 3.0 mi
- Iroquois Park: 3.3 mi
- Riverside Gardens Park: 3.3 mi
- Fallen Soldier: 4.8 mi
- Pegasus (sculpture): 6.4 mi
- Engineering Art: 6.7 mi
- Tau Beta Pi: 6.7 mi
- Conn Center Sculpture Garden: 6.7 mi
- Tortoise Area: 8.6 mi
- Penguin Cove: 8.6 mi
- Louisville Mega Cavern: 8.7 mi
- Puma Area: 8.7 mi
- Lynx Area: 8.7 mi
- American Pharoah Exhibit: 5.9 mi
- Jack Segell Memorial: 6.7 mi
- Garrison Slave Pen Site: 9.2 mi
- York Historical Marker: 9.3 mi
- Lewis and Clark Expedition Historical Marker: 9.3 mi
- Little Loomhouse: 4.3 mi
- Kentucky Derby Museum: 5.9 mi
- J B Speed Art Museum: 6.9 mi
- Conrad-Caldwell House Museum: 7.4 mi
- Louisville Slugger Museum & Factory: 9.0 mi
- Jefferson Memorial Forest: 3.7 mi
- Jefferson Memorial Forest: 4.5 mi
- Jefferson Memorial Forest: 5.2 mi
- Jefferson Memorial Forest: 5.4 mi
- Jefferson Memorial Forest: 5.7 mi
- Picnic-in-the-Park Pavilions: 6.6 mi
- Picnic Area: 9.5 mi
- Picnic Area: 9.5 mi
- Picnic Area: 9.6 mi
- Redbud Shelter: 16.2 mi
- Vault Point: 3.8 mi
- Blunk Point: 3.9 mi
- Cedar Point: 14.8 mi
- The Narrows: 15.2 mi
- Potlick Point: 24.0 mi
- Iroquois Flowers: 4.8 mi
- Community Garden: 7.9 mi
- Scribner Garden: 9.7 mi
- Underground Railroad Gardens: 9.7 mi
- Waterfront Botanical Gardens: 10.6 mi
- Miles Spring: 15.8 mi
- Grable Spring: 15.9 mi
- Distillerie Four Roses: 20.9 mi
- Bullitt County Welcome Center: 16.1 mi
- Oldham County (Crestwood) Northbound Rest Area: 22.3 mi
- Springville: 21.4 mi
- Wynnsboro: 24.3 mi
- Fairmont Falls Arch: 15.1 mi
- Fairmont Falls: 15.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.7 miles of Pleasure Ridge Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hickman Hill | NW 326° | 302 m | 8.1 mi |
| Dawson Knob | SSE 168° | 295 m | 15.8 mi |
| Spickert Knob | N 360° | 289 m | 13.4 mi |
| Windell Hill | W 268° | 272 m | 18.7 mi |
| Brooks Hill | SE 134° | 269 m | 8.1 mi |
| Mount Tom | WSW 257° | 265 m | 18.7 mi |
| Lost Knob | N 359° | 263 m | 12.5 mi |
| Pilot Knob | WNW 287° | 263 m | 16.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:48 | 19:21 | 19:56 |
| June solstice | 06:21 | 20:31 | 21:10 |
| September equinox | 07:32 | 19:07 | 19:42 |
| December solstice | 07:57 | 16:46 | 17:28 |
Local time (America/Kentucky/Louisville).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 36 | 40 | 48 | 59 | 68 | 76 | 80 | 79 | 72 | 60 | 49 | 40 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 3.4 | 4.6 | 4.8 | 5.2 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 3.4 | 4.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Louisville Intl AP, 7 mi away.
- mayapple42 obs
- Christmas fern42 obs
- crane-fly orchid33 obs
- cut-leaved toothwort30 obs
- Mallard29 obs
- broad beech fern28 obs
- American tuliptree27 obs
- sensitive fern27 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 node/358603702
Day trips start here
- Louisville · 8 mi
- New Albany · 10 mi
- Clarksville · 12 mi
- Jeffersonville · 12 mi
- Floyds Knobs · 13 mi
- Georgetown · 13 mi
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