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Triangle Park

Triangle Park from directly overhead

Triangle Park is a park in Kentucky, at a modelled elevation of 287 m. Pleasant Hill stands 330 m to the east-southeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is New Moon, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. US 68 Scenic Byway runs past it. 23 named summits stand within 25 miles.

How to reach it

Coordinates38.04903, -84.50077

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Henry A. Tandy Centennial Park: 0.2 mi
  • Phoenix Park: 0.3 mi
  • Courthouse Plaza: 0.3 mi
  • Gratz Park: 0.3 mi
  • Gatton Park on the Town Branch: 0.3 mi
Historic sites
Artworks: 54
  • New Moon: 0.0 mi
  • Moonshine: 0.1 mi
  • Nightwatchers: 0.2 mi
  • Friendship: 0.3 mi
  • The Mother of Us All: 0.3 mi
Museums: 23
Peaks: 23
  • Sugar Hill: 8.6 mi
  • Catnip Hill: 8.7 mi
  • Pleasant Hill: 9.1 mi
  • Meridian Hill: 10.2 mi
  • Spring Hill: 14.0 mi
Attractions: 11
Springs: 9
  • Blue Hole: 1.7 mi
  • Boils: 1.7 mi
  • Preston Spring: 2.3 mi
  • Commonwealth Spring: 2.7 mi
  • Linsday Spring: 3.4 mi
Nature reserves: 7
Waterfalls: 4
  • Silver Falls: 12.0 mi
  • Elk Lick Falls: 12.4 mi
  • Falls At Shaker Landing: 19.9 mi
  • Fulling Mill Falls: 20.5 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • Scott County (Georgetown) Rest Area Northbound: 14.0 mi
  • Scott County (Georgetown) Rest Area Southbound: 14.1 mi
Cliffs: 2

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Pleasant HillESE 102°330 m22.4 mi
Rose HillESE 108°311 m23.8 mi
Five Forks HillENE 76°307 m24.1 mi
Spring HillE 101°294 m14.0 mi
The BackboneNW 306°262 m22.0 mi
Eagle Nest HillESE 123°260 m21.6 mi
Hickman HillWNW 302°251 m17.9 mi
The MoundWSW 258°226 m22.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4219:1519:50
June solstice06:1620:2521:05
September equinox07:2619:0219:37
December solstice07:5116:4117:22

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343846566573777669584638
Precip in3.43.64.54.45.45.05.13.73.43.73.44.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lexington Bluegrass AP, 6 mi away.

  • Eastern Gray Squirrel207 obs
  • American Robin111 obs
  • Virginia Springbeauty106 obs
  • House Sparrow99 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee93 obs
  • Northern Cardinal87 obs
  • Monarch84 obs
  • bur oak76 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/300885359

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