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Twin Park

Twin Park from directly overhead

Twin Park is a park in Kentucky, at a modelled elevation of 132 m. Round Knob stands 304 m to the north-northwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Thurman Hutchins Park, a park 0.2 miles away. River Road runs past it. 59 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
Louisville Parks and Recreation

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates38.28121, -85.69408

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Thurman Hutchins Park: 0.2 mi
  • Carrie Gaulbert Cox Park: 0.5 mi
  • Duffy's Landing: 0.7 mi
  • Louisville Champions Park: 0.9 mi
  • Caperton Swamp: 0.9 mi
Peaks: 59
Artworks: 54
Attractions: 47
  • Bingham Park: 1.7 mi
  • Sign: 1.9 mi
  • Market Street line sign: 2.1 mi
  • Jeffersonville Overlook: 2.5 mi
  • Preservation Station Caboose: 2.6 mi
Historic sites: 39
Museums: 26
Picnic sites: 7
  • Picnic Area: 3.2 mi
  • Picnic Area: 3.2 mi
  • Picnic Area: 3.3 mi
  • Picnic-in-the-Park Pavilions: 6.5 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 11.1 mi
Gardens: 5
Cliffs: 4
Rest areas: 2
  • Oldham County (Crestwood) Northbound Rest Area: 10.4 mi
  • Bullitt County Welcome Center: 23.1 mi
Springs: 2
Ghost towns: 1
Natural arches: 1
  • Fairmont Falls Arch: 14.4 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Fairmont Falls: 14.4 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Round KnobNNW 332°304 m18.8 mi
Hickman HillWSW 258°302 m13.2 mi
Rock KnobNNW 345°291 m22.6 mi
Spickert KnobWNW 296°289 m9.3 mi
Oak KnobNNW 344°288 m22.6 mi
Williams KnobNW 323°282 m19.6 mi
Daisy HillNW 320°282 m19.8 mi
Bowers KnobNW 320°274 m20.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4719:2019:55
June solstice06:2020:3121:10
September equinox07:3119:0719:42
December solstice07:5716:4517:27

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, 4 mi away.

  • Red-shouldered Hawk30 obs
  • Mallard30 obs
  • Northern Cardinal30 obs
  • Monarch26 obs
  • Great Egret26 obs
  • Canada Goose25 obs
  • American Robin25 obs
  • lesser celandine24 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/57190882

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