Wathen Park
Wathen Park is a park in Indiana, at a recorded elevation of 140 m. Round Knob stands 304 m to the north-northwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Kyle Vissing Park, a park 0.3 miles away. River Road passes 1.0 miles off. 57 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 140 m
What to expect
How to reach it
- 1.0 mi off the River Road
- On the Ohio River Scenic Byway, National
- 3.7 mi off the Indiana's Historic Pathways, National
- 9.7 mi off the US 42
Named places within 25 miles
- Kyle Vissing Park: 0.3 mi
- Duffy's Landing: 0.6 mi
- Perrin Family Park: 0.6 mi
- Forest Park: 0.6 mi
- Poppy Park: 0.9 mi
- Crescent Hill: 3.1 mi
- Bald Knob: 8.4 mi
- Lost Knob: 8.6 mi
- Spickert Knob: 8.8 mi
- Saint Joseph Hill: 9.1 mi
- Veterans Monument: 2.8 mi
- "Perpetual Perception" Water Tank Mural: 3.2 mi
- NoCo Arts Story Trail: 3.2 mi
- Story Trail Mosaic Mural: 3.2 mi
- Our City: 3.5 mi
- Bingham Park: 2.9 mi
- Sign: 3.1 mi
- Jeffersonville Overlook: 3.2 mi
- Preservation Station Caboose: 3.2 mi
- Market Street line sign: 3.2 mi
- Heigold House Facade: 3.0 mi
- Thomas Jefferson Statue: 3.1 mi
- Charles Hermany: 3.2 mi
- George Warren Fuller: 3.2 mi
- War Memorial: 3.2 mi
- WaterWorks Museum: 1.4 mi
- Howard Steamboat Museum: 2.2 mi
- Vintage Fire Museum: 3.1 mi
- 1883 Gallery: 3.2 mi
- Clark County Museum: 3.2 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 6.4 mi
- Jefferson Memorial Forest: 15.1 mi
- Jefferson Memorial Forest: 15.6 mi
- Horine Reservation: 15.8 mi
- Alum Cave Hollow Nature Preserve: 16.1 mi
- Picnic Area: 4.0 mi
- Picnic Area: 4.0 mi
- Picnic Area: 4.1 mi
- Picnic-in-the-Park Pavilions: 7.7 mi
- Cedar Grove: 9.9 mi
- Waterfront Botanical Gardens: 2.9 mi
- Community Garden: 6.0 mi
- Underground Railroad Gardens: 6.9 mi
- Scribner Garden: 7.0 mi
- Iroquois Flowers: 8.9 mi
- Water: 10.7 mi
- Cedar Point: 15.0 mi
- Vault Point: 16.2 mi
- Blunk Point: 16.5 mi
- Oldham County (Crestwood) Northbound Rest Area: 10.0 mi
- Bullitt County Welcome Center: 24.4 mi
- Miles Spring: 23.2 mi
- Grable Spring: 23.5 mi
- Springville: 8.8 mi
- Fairmont Falls Arch: 15.6 mi
- Fairmont Falls: 15.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Wathen Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Round Knob | NNW 330° | 304 m | 17.6 mi |
| Hickman Hill | WSW 253° | 302 m | 13.4 mi |
| Rock Knob | NNW 344° | 291 m | 21.3 mi |
| Spickert Knob | WNW 288° | 289 m | 8.8 mi |
| Oak Knob | NNW 343° | 288 m | 21.3 mi |
| Williams Knob | NW 321° | 282 m | 18.5 mi |
| Daisy Hill | NW 317° | 282 m | 18.8 mi |
| Bowers Knob | NW 318° | 274 m | 19.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:47 | 19:20 | 19:55 |
| June solstice | 06:20 | 20:31 | 21:10 |
| September equinox | 07:31 | 19:07 | 19:42 |
| December solstice | 07:57 | 16:45 | 17:26 |
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 | 35 | 39 | 47 | 58 | 67 | 75 | 79 | 78 | 70 | 59 | 47 | 39 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 3.3 | 4.4 | 4.7 | 5.2 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 3.5 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 3.4 | 3.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Louisville Bowman FLD, 5 mi away.
- Northern Cardinal34 obs
- Mallard27 obs
- Canada Goose22 obs
- White-breasted Nuthatch22 obs
- Great Egret22 obs
- Indigo Bunting21 obs
- Pond Slider21 obs
- American Robin20 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 siteOpenStreetMap element way/471317460
Day trips start here
- Jeffersonville · 2 mi
- Clarksville · 4 mi
- Saint Matthews · 4 mi
- Louisville · 5 mi
- New Albany · 7 mi
- Jeffersontown · 9 mi
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