Thorne Park
Thorne Park is a park in Kentucky, at a recorded elevation of 226 m. Bee Knob Hill stands 306 m to the west, 7.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Kentucky September 11th Memorial, a historic site 0.7 miles away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 182 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 226 m
How to reach it
- 182.0 mi off the River Road Scenic Byway, National
- 24.3 mi off the Lincoln Heritage Scenic Highway, National
- 24.3 mi off the Old Kentucky Turnpike
- 23.1 mi off the Ohio River Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Overlook Trail · 26 mi
- Overlook Landing - Pathway of a President · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Eastman Park: 1.2 mi
- Armor Memorial Park: 1.4 mi
- Cornwell Field: 1.6 mi
- Turret Field: 2.4 mi
- Heard Park: 2.7 mi
- Snow Mountain: 2.5 mi
- Indian Hill: 2.6 mi
- Canby Hill: 3.4 mi
- Muir Hill: 3.4 mi
- Scott Mountain: 4.7 mi
- Kentucky September 11th Memorial: 0.7 mi
- Stith: 1.1 mi
- Fort Duffield Park and Historic Site: 7.9 mi
- Fort Duffield: 8.1 mi
- Three County Corner: 11.7 mi
- Jefferson Memorial Forest: 13.3 mi
- Jefferson Memorial Forest: 13.8 mi
- Jefferson Memorial Forest: 14.0 mi
- Jefferson Memorial Forest: 15.3 mi
- Jefferson Memorial Forest: 15.5 mi
- Patton Museum Foundation: 1.4 mi
- West Point History Museum: 8.4 mi
- Swope's Cars of Yesteryear: 12.2 mi
- Kentucky High School Basketball Hall of Fame: 13.9 mi
- Hardin County Museum: 13.9 mi
- Cedar Point: 8.1 mi
- The Narrows: 8.4 mi
- Potlick Point: 12.1 mi
- Buzzard Cliff: 17.0 mi
- Cow Cliff: 17.2 mi
- Caboose Car: 8.4 mi
- Squire Boone Caverns: 15.9 mi
- Jim Beam Distillery: 17.2 mi
- Jim Beam Distillery: 17.2 mi
- Native Plants Garden: 2.1 mi
- Fairview Lavender Farm: 18.8 mi
- Iroquois Flowers: 23.6 mi
- Fallen Soldier: 23.6 mi
- The Boy Lincoln: 24.3 mi
- Pegasus (sculpture): 24.4 mi
- Rise of Rough Spring: 12.9 mi
- Distillerie Four Roses: 20.6 mi
- Bullitt County Welcome Center: 15.5 mi
- Picnic-in-the-Park Pavilions: 24.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.4 miles of Thorne Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bee Knob Hill | W 259° | 306 m | 7.8 mi |
| Blueball Hill | SSW 205° | 304 m | 10.7 mi |
| Dawson Knob | ENE 73° | 295 m | 10.0 mi |
| Gross Hill | SSW 199° | 294 m | 15.1 mi |
| Buck Knobs | WNW 291° | 280 m | 7.8 mi |
| Hogback Hill | W 278° | 280 m | 17.6 mi |
| Wilmoth Hill | SSW 199° | 276 m | 16.4 mi |
| Indian Hill | WNW 303° | 275 m | 2.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:48 | 19:21 | 19:56 |
| June solstice | 06:23 | 20:31 | 21:10 |
| September equinox | 07:32 | 19:08 | 19:43 |
| December solstice | 07:57 | 16:48 | 17:29 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 33 | 36 | 45 | 56 | 65 | 72 | 76 | 75 | 68 | 57 | 45 | 37 |
| Precip in | 4.0 | 3.5 | 4.9 | 5.4 | 6.0 | 4.5 | 4.9 | 3.6 | 3.8 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 4.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Brandenburg, 10 mi away.
- American Crow4 obs
- White-tailed Deer4 obs
- Asian Lady Beetle4 obs
- North American Racer3 obs
- North American Luna Moth3 obs
- Christmas fern3 obs
- Song Sparrow2 obs
- Barn Swallow2 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/358608818
Day trips start here
- Shepherdsville · 15 mi
- Corydon · 25 mi
- Mount Washington · 25 mi
- Bardstown · 28 mi
- Louisville · 28 mi
- Georgetown · 29 mi
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