Turret Field
Turret Field is a park in Kentucky, at a recorded elevation of 206 m. Bee Knob Hill stands 306 m to the west-southwest, 9.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Heard Park, a park 0.7 miles away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 181 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 206 m
How to reach it
- 180.7 mi off the River Road Scenic Byway, National
- 21.8 mi off the Ohio River Scenic Byway, National
- 25.0 mi off the Lincoln Heritage Scenic Highway, National
- 25.0 mi off the Old Kentucky Turnpike
Overlooks nearby
- Overlook Trail · 26 mi
- Overlook Landing - Pathway of a President · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Heard Park: 0.7 mi
- Cornwell Field: 1.2 mi
- Eastman Park: 1.8 mi
- Armor Memorial Park: 2.3 mi
- Thorne Park: 2.4 mi
- Canby Hill: 1.0 mi
- Hooker Mountain: 2.3 mi
- Scott Mountain: 2.5 mi
- Muir Hill: 3.5 mi
- Indian Hill: 3.7 mi
- Caboose Car: 6.6 mi
- Jim Beam Distillery: 15.4 mi
- Jim Beam Distillery: 15.4 mi
- Squire Boone Caverns: 15.6 mi
- Louisville Mega Cavern: 24.0 mi
- Stith: 1.5 mi
- Kentucky September 11th Memorial: 2.9 mi
- Fort Duffield Park and Historic Site: 6.1 mi
- Fort Duffield: 6.2 mi
- Three County Corner: 14.0 mi
- Fallen Soldier: 21.4 mi
- Pegasus (sculpture): 22.0 mi
- Engineering Art: 23.3 mi
- Tau Beta Pi: 23.3 mi
- Conn Center Sculpture Garden: 23.3 mi
- Jefferson Memorial Forest: 11.0 mi
- Jefferson Memorial Forest: 11.6 mi
- Jefferson Memorial Forest: 11.7 mi
- Jefferson Memorial Forest: 13.1 mi
- Jefferson Memorial Forest: 13.2 mi
- Patton Museum Foundation: 2.3 mi
- West Point History Museum: 6.7 mi
- Swope's Cars of Yesteryear: 13.5 mi
- Kentucky High School Basketball Hall of Fame: 15.1 mi
- Hardin County Museum: 15.1 mi
- Cedar Point: 6.0 mi
- The Narrows: 7.9 mi
- Potlick Point: 11.7 mi
- Blunk Point: 16.2 mi
- Vault Point: 16.5 mi
- Native Plants Garden: 3.4 mi
- Fairview Lavender Farm: 20.1 mi
- Iroquois Flowers: 21.4 mi
- Community Garden: 24.3 mi
- Rise of Rough Spring: 15.2 mi
- Distillerie Four Roses: 18.9 mi
- Grable Spring: 24.6 mi
- Miles Spring: 25.0 mi
- Picnic-in-the-Park Pavilions: 22.6 mi
- Redbud Shelter: 24.5 mi
- The Woodland Pavillion: 24.6 mi
- Bullitt County Welcome Center: 13.5 mi
- Fairmont Falls Arch: 23.3 mi
- Fairmont Falls: 23.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.5 miles of Turret Field. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bee Knob Hill | WSW 251° | 306 m | 9.7 mi |
| Blueball Hill | SSW 207° | 304 m | 13.0 mi |
| Dawson Knob | E 82° | 295 m | 8.1 mi |
| Gross Hill | SSW 202° | 294 m | 17.3 mi |
| Buck Knobs | W 277° | 280 m | 8.9 mi |
| Indian Hill | W 264° | 275 m | 3.7 mi |
| Brooks Hill | NE 44° | 269 m | 15.2 mi |
| Tunnel Hill | SSE 152° | 264 m | 12.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:48 | 19:21 | 19:56 |
| June solstice | 06:22 | 20:31 | 21:10 |
| September equinox | 07:32 | 19:08 | 19:42 |
| December solstice | 07:57 | 16:47 | 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, 11 mi away.
- Common Raccoon5 obs
- Asian Lady Beetle4 obs
- White-tailed Deer3 obs
- Groundhog3 obs
- North American Luna Moth3 obs
- Polyphemus Moth3 obs
- chicory3 obs
- splitgill mushroom3 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/358609030
Day trips start here
- Shepherdsville · 13 mi
- Mount Washington · 23 mi
- Corydon · 24 mi
- Bardstown · 26 mi
- Louisville · 26 mi
- Georgetown · 27 mi
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