Shelby Park
Shelby Park is a park in Kentucky, at a recorded elevation of 140 m. Round Knob stands 304 m to the north-northwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Toonerville Trolley Park, a park 0.4 miles away. River Road passes 1.8 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 140 m
What to expect
How to reach it
- 1.8 mi off the River Road
- 2.9 mi off the Indiana's Historic Pathways, National
- 2.4 mi off the Ohio River Scenic Byway, National
- 162.9 mi off the River Road Scenic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Toonerville Trolley Park: 0.4 mi
- Ballard Park: 0.4 mi
- Gnadinger Park: 0.7 mi
- Emerson Park: 0.9 mi
- Memorial Park: 0.9 mi
- Crescent Hill: 2.9 mi
- Kenwood Hill: 5.5 mi
- Pine Hill: 6.3 mi
- Red Stone Hill: 6.7 mi
- Finley Hill: 7.0 mi
- Witch Tree: 1.0 mi
- Children with Kites: 1.1 mi
- Frolic: 1.1 mi
- Ad Astra "To the Stars": 1.1 mi
- Miles To Go Before I Sleep: 1.1 mi
- Evan Williams Bourbon Experience: 1.8 mi
- Belle of Louisville: 1.9 mi
- Market Street line sign: 2.4 mi
- Jeffersonville Overlook: 2.6 mi
- Clark-Floyd Counties Convention & Tourism Bureau: 2.6 mi
- Jack Segell Memorial: 1.7 mi
- Garrison Slave Pen Site: 1.7 mi
- Muhammad Ali’s grave: 1.7 mi
- John B. Castleman Monument: 1.8 mi
- Louisville Steamboat Era Historical Marker: 1.9 mi
- Conrad-Caldwell House Museum: 1.0 mi
- J B Speed Art Museum: 1.3 mi
- Roots 101 African American Museum: 1.7 mi
- Life Saving Station #10: 1.9 mi
- Muhammad Ali Center: 1.9 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 2.8 mi
- Jefferson Memorial Forest: 10.2 mi
- Jefferson Memorial Forest: 10.4 mi
- Horine Reservation: 10.8 mi
- Jefferson Memorial Forest: 11.0 mi
- Picnic Area: 1.6 mi
- Picnic Area: 1.6 mi
- Picnic Area: 1.7 mi
- Picnic-in-the-Park Pavilions: 2.6 mi
- The Woodland Pavillion: 13.9 mi
- Vault Point: 11.2 mi
- Blunk Point: 11.4 mi
- Water: 16.1 mi
- Cedar Point: 20.0 mi
- Cedar Point: 21.4 mi
- Community Garden: 0.9 mi
- Waterfront Botanical Gardens: 2.4 mi
- Iroquois Flowers: 3.5 mi
- Underground Railroad Gardens: 5.4 mi
- Scribner Garden: 5.4 mi
- Miles Spring: 20.0 mi
- Grable Spring: 20.2 mi
- Distillerie Four Roses: 23.2 mi
- Oldham County (Crestwood) Northbound Rest Area: 14.4 mi
- Bullitt County Welcome Center: 20.0 mi
- Fairmont Falls Arch: 13.3 mi
- Fairmont Falls: 13.3 mi
- Springville: 13.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 22.9 miles of Shelby Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Round Knob | NNW 343° | 304 m | 20.8 mi |
| Hickman Hill | W 273° | 302 m | 10.1 mi |
| Dawson Knob | S 186° | 295 m | 21.7 mi |
| Spickert Knob | NW 323° | 289 m | 9.2 mi |
| Daisy Hill | NNW 332° | 282 m | 20.9 mi |
| Williams Knob | NNW 335° | 282 m | 21.0 mi |
| Bowers Knob | NNW 332° | 274 m | 22.1 mi |
| Cubby House Hill | NNW 331° | 273 m | 18.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:47 | 19:20 | 19:55 |
| June solstice | 06:21 | 20:31 | 21:10 |
| September equinox | 07:31 | 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 | 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, 4 mi away.
- Eastern Gray Squirrel240 obs
- American Robin145 obs
- House Sparrow114 obs
- American pokeweed104 obs
- Mourning Dove99 obs
- Virginia creeper87 obs
- honey-vine climbing milkweed80 obs
- Northern Cardinal78 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/63696214
Day trips start here
- Louisville · 2 mi
- Jeffersonville · 4 mi
- Clarksville · 5 mi
- Saint Matthews · 5 mi
- New Albany · 6 mi
- Floyds Knobs · 9 mi
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