Portland Park
Portland Park is a park in Kentucky, at a recorded elevation of 140 m. Round Knob stands 304 m to the north-northwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Colonel Charles D. Young Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Indiana's Historic Pathways passes 1.3 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 140 m
How to reach it
- 1.3 mi off the Indiana's Historic Pathways, National
- 1.3 mi off the Ohio River Scenic Byway, National
- 2.7 mi off the River Road
- 159.3 mi off the River Road Scenic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Colonel Charles D. Young Park: 0.2 mi
- Lannan Park: 0.3 mi
- LaPorte Park: 0.4 mi
- Portland Wharf Park: 0.7 mi
- Westonia Park: 0.9 mi
- Pine Hill: 3.6 mi
- Lost Knob: 4.8 mi
- Crescent Hill: 5.1 mi
- Spickert Knob: 5.5 mi
- Pigeon Roost: 5.8 mi
- New Albany, Indiana. 1850’s: 1.7 mi
- Promised Lands: 1.7 mi
- Winged Man: 1.7 mi
- Lucy Higgs Nichols: 1.7 mi
- Landscape: 1.9 mi
- Old Clarksville Site: 1.2 mi
- New Albany Sign: 1.7 mi
- Evan Williams Bourbon Experience: 2.1 mi
- Belle of Louisville: 2.2 mi
- Clark-Floyd Counties Convention & Tourism Bureau: 2.3 mi
- U.S. Marine Hospital: 0.5 mi
- Division Street School: 1.5 mi
- In Loving Memory of Darrell Anthony Sweet: 1.7 mi
- York Historical Marker: 2.2 mi
- Lewis and Clark Expedition Historical Marker: 2.2 mi
- Portland Museum: 0.4 mi
- Falls of the Ohio Interpretive Center: 1.5 mi
- Frazier History Museum: 1.9 mi
- Carnegie Center for Art and History: 1.9 mi
- Louisville Slugger Museum & Factory: 1.9 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 6.5 mi
- Jefferson Memorial Forest: 13.0 mi
- Jefferson Memorial Forest: 13.1 mi
- Jefferson Memorial Forest: 13.3 mi
- Jefferson Memorial Forest: 13.6 mi
- Picnic Area: 2.8 mi
- Picnic Area: 2.9 mi
- Picnic Area: 2.9 mi
- Picnic-in-the-Park Pavilions: 6.0 mi
- Cedar Grove: 13.7 mi
- Vault Point: 11.3 mi
- Blunk Point: 11.6 mi
- Water: 15.6 mi
- Cedar Point: 20.4 mi
- Cedar Point: 23.8 mi
- Underground Railroad Gardens: 1.7 mi
- Scribner Garden: 1.8 mi
- Waterfront Botanical Gardens: 3.8 mi
- Community Garden: 4.6 mi
- Iroquois Flowers: 5.9 mi
- Oldham County (Crestwood) Northbound Rest Area: 15.5 mi
- Bullitt County Welcome Center: 23.3 mi
- Miles Spring: 17.7 mi
- Grable Spring: 18.0 mi
- Springville: 12.0 mi
- Fairmont Falls Arch: 17.1 mi
- Fairmont Falls: 17.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 22.3 miles of Portland Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Round Knob | NNW 348° | 304 m | 17.4 mi |
| Hickman Hill | WSW 253° | 302 m | 7.9 mi |
| Spickert Knob | NW 325° | 289 m | 5.5 mi |
| Oak Knob | N 357° | 288 m | 22.2 mi |
| Daisy Hill | NNW 334° | 282 m | 17.3 mi |
| Williams Knob | NNW 338° | 282 m | 17.4 mi |
| Henry Ott Hill | W 277° | 278 m | 22.3 mi |
| Bowers Knob | NNW 334° | 274 m | 18.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:48 | 19:20 | 19:55 |
| June solstice | 06:21 | 20:31 | 21:11 |
| September equinox | 07:32 | 19:07 | 19:42 |
| December solstice | 07:57 | 16:45 | 17:27 |
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 | 35 | 38 | 47 | 58 | 68 | 76 | 79 | 78 | 72 | 60 | 47 | 39 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 3.5 | 4.5 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 3.5 | 3.3 | 3.9 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 4.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Louisville Mcalpine, under a mile away.
- Black Vulture47 obs
- American Robin46 obs
- Great Blue Heron43 obs
- false indigo bush42 obs
- Canada Goose38 obs
- Japanese Chaff Flower36 obs
- American trumpet vine30 obs
- purple loosestrife27 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/60442771
Day trips start here
- Clarksville · 2 mi
- Louisville · 2 mi
- New Albany · 2 mi
- Jeffersonville · 4 mi
- Floyds Knobs · 6 mi
- Saint Matthews · 8 mi
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