South Central Park
South Central Park is a park in Kentucky, at a recorded elevation of 139 m. Round Knob stands 304 m to the north-northwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is G.G. Moore Park, a park 0.5 miles away. River Road passes 3.6 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 139 m
How to reach it
- 3.6 mi off the River Road
- 4.3 mi off the Indiana's Historic Pathways, National
- 4.2 mi off the Ohio River Scenic Byway, National
- 163.6 mi off the River Road Scenic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- G.G. Moore Park: 0.5 mi
- William Harrison Park: 0.7 mi
- Stansbury Park: 0.8 mi
- Parkhill Center: 0.8 mi
- The Quad: 1.0 mi
- Kenwood Hill: 3.9 mi
- Red Stone Hill: 4.7 mi
- Crescent Hill: 5.1 mi
- Finley Hill: 5.4 mi
- Pine Hill: 5.5 mi
- Tau Beta Pi: 0.9 mi
- Engineering Art: 0.9 mi
- Silver Wishbone: 0.9 mi
- The Thinker: 0.9 mi
- Fingertips: 0.9 mi
- Evan Williams Bourbon Experience: 3.2 mi
- Belle of Louisville: 3.4 mi
- Tortoise Area: 3.8 mi
- Penguin Cove: 3.8 mi
- Ring-Tailed Lemur: 3.9 mi
- American Pharoah Exhibit: 0.6 mi
- Jack Segell Memorial: 1.1 mi
- Garrison Slave Pen Site: 3.3 mi
- York Historical Marker: 3.4 mi
- Lewis and Clark Expedition Historical Marker: 3.4 mi
- Kentucky Derby Museum: 0.6 mi
- J B Speed Art Museum: 0.9 mi
- Conrad-Caldwell House Museum: 1.4 mi
- Louisville Slugger Museum & Factory: 3.1 mi
- Frazier History Museum: 3.2 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 3.9 mi
- Jefferson Memorial Forest: 8.8 mi
- Jefferson Memorial Forest: 9.0 mi
- Jefferson Memorial Forest: 9.2 mi
- Horine Reservation: 9.3 mi
- Picnic-in-the-Park Pavilions: 2.1 mi
- Picnic Area: 3.5 mi
- Picnic Area: 3.5 mi
- Picnic Area: 3.6 mi
- The Woodland Pavillion: 14.4 mi
- Vault Point: 9.0 mi
- Blunk Point: 9.2 mi
- Water: 18.2 mi
- Cedar Point: 19.7 mi
- The Narrows: 21.2 mi
- Iroquois Flowers: 1.6 mi
- Community Garden: 2.1 mi
- Waterfront Botanical Gardens: 4.6 mi
- Underground Railroad Gardens: 5.5 mi
- Scribner Garden: 5.5 mi
- Miles Spring: 18.4 mi
- Grable Spring: 18.6 mi
- Distillerie Four Roses: 22.6 mi
- Oldham County (Crestwood) Northbound Rest Area: 16.6 mi
- Bullitt County Welcome Center: 19.0 mi
- Fairmont Falls Arch: 13.6 mi
- Fairmont Falls: 13.6 mi
- Springville: 15.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 21.7 miles of South Central Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Round Knob | NNW 348° | 304 m | 21.7 mi |
| Hickman Hill | WNW 283° | 302 m | 8.6 mi |
| Dawson Knob | S 182° | 295 m | 20.1 mi |
| Spickert Knob | NNW 336° | 289 m | 9.6 mi |
| Daisy Hill | NNW 337° | 282 m | 21.5 mi |
| Williams Knob | NNW 340° | 282 m | 21.6 mi |
| Cubby House Hill | NNW 338° | 273 m | 18.7 mi |
| Brooks Hill | S 169° | 269 m | 10.4 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 | 21:10 |
| September equinox | 07:32 | 19:07 | 19:42 |
| December solstice | 07:57 | 16:46 | 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 Squirrel206 obs
- American pokeweed114 obs
- American Robin112 obs
- Mourning Dove72 obs
- Northern Cardinal58 obs
- American trumpet vine58 obs
- House Sparrow57 obs
- honey-vine climbing milkweed57 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/63699932
Day trips start here
- Louisville · 3 mi
- Clarksville · 6 mi
- Jeffersonville · 6 mi
- New Albany · 6 mi
- Saint Matthews · 7 mi
- Floyds Knobs · 9 mi
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