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Sky View Park

Sky View Park from directly overhead

Sky View Park is a park in Kentucky, at a recorded elevation of 192 m. Jeptha Knob stands 361 m to the east, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Gaslight Lamp, a artwork 0.6 miles away. River Road passes 8.7 miles off. 60 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
192 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates38.20347, -85.56084
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Jeffersontown Veterans Memorial Park: 0.9 mi
  • Jeffersontown Veterans Memorial Park: 1.0 mi
  • Neighborhood Park: 1.3 mi
  • Papa John's Park: 1.7 mi
  • Charlie Vettner Park: 2.3 mi
Peaks: 60
  • Evergreen Hill: 3.5 mi
  • Tinker Hill: 3.7 mi
  • Pleasant Hill: 3.9 mi
  • Long Run Hill: 8.3 mi
  • Crescent Hill: 8.4 mi
Artworks: 55
  • Gaslight Lamp: 0.6 mi
  • Gallapalooza Horse Statue: 7.1 mi
  • Sculpture Garden: 7.3 mi
  • John Hultgren Photography: 7.8 mi
  • Pegasus (sculpture): 9.9 mi
Attractions: 47
  • Party Center: 2.8 mi
  • Bingo City: 3.4 mi
  • Gorilla Sanctuary: 7.7 mi
  • Pygmy Hippo Area: 7.7 mi
  • Meerkat Area: 7.7 mi
Historic sites: 35
Museums: 25
Nature reserves: 14
Picnic sites: 7
  • The Woodland Pavillion: 7.3 mi
  • Redbud Shelter: 7.3 mi
  • Picnic-in-the-Park Pavilions: 10.0 mi
  • Picnic Area: 10.6 mi
  • Picnic Area: 10.6 mi
Gardens: 6
Cliffs: 6
Rest areas: 2
  • Oldham County (Crestwood) Northbound Rest Area: 9.6 mi
  • Bullitt County Welcome Center: 19.1 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Fairmont Falls: 7.7 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Fairmont Falls Arch: 7.7 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Springs: 1
  • Distillerie Four Roses: 19.5 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Sky View Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Jeptha KnobE 94°361 m24.5 mi
Jeptha KnobE 95°360 m24.0 mi
Hickman HillW 278°302 m20.3 mi
Dawson KnobSSW 212°295 m23.0 mi
Spickert KnobWNW 301°289 m18.2 mi
Brooks HillSW 225°269 m13.7 mi
Lost KnobWNW 298°263 m17.8 mi
Mitchell HillSW 232°261 m14.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4719:2019:54
June solstice06:2020:3021:10
September equinox07:3119:0619:41
December solstice07:5616:4517:26

Local time (America/Kentucky/Louisville).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F353947586775797870594739
Precip in3.33.34.44.75.24.74.63.53.63.73.43.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Louisville Bowman FLD, 6 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • mayapple13 obs
  • Asian Lady Beetle12 obs
  • Amur honeysuckle11 obs
  • Mourning Dove9 obs
  • Canada Goose9 obs
  • Northern Cardinal9 obs
  • chicory9 obs
  • eastern redbud8 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/60229648

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