Bald Knob
Bald Knob rises to 251 m in Indiana. Round Knob stands 304 m to the north, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Kevin Hammersmith Memorial Park, a park 1.7 miles away. Ohio River Scenic Byway passes 4.6 miles off.
The story
mountain in Floyd County, Indiana, United States of America
Wikidata Q33136412, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 251 m
How to reach it
- 4.6 mi off the Ohio River Scenic Byway, National
- 4.3 mi off the Indiana's Historic Pathways, National
- 153.0 mi off the River Road Scenic Byway, National
- 8.4 mi off the River Road
Named places within 25 miles
- Kevin Hammersmith Memorial Park: 1.7 mi
- Letty Walter Park: 2.2 mi
- Sam Peden Community Park: 2.9 mi
- Lapping Park: 3.3 mi
- Pembroke Park: 3.4 mi
- Spickert Knob: 1.9 mi
- Lost Knob: 2.8 mi
- Saint Joseph Hill: 2.9 mi
- Pine Hill: 7.0 mi
- Hounds Leap: 7.6 mi
- BPW Hoosiers Field of Memories: 2.2 mi
- The Spring and Statue: 4.4 mi
- Landscape: 5.3 mi
- Winged Man: 5.4 mi
- Lucy Higgs Nichols: 5.4 mi
- New Albany Sign: 5.5 mi
- Old Clarksville Site: 5.8 mi
- Clark-Floyd Counties Convention & Tourism Bureau: 7.6 mi
- Preservation Station Caboose: 7.8 mi
- Jeffersonville Overlook: 8.0 mi
- Division Street School: 4.9 mi
- In Loving Memory of Darrell Anthony Sweet: 5.5 mi
- U.S. Marine Hospital: 6.7 mi
- Thomas Jefferson Statue: 7.6 mi
- York Historical Marker: 8.1 mi
- Carnegie Center for Art and History: 5.2 mi
- Floyd County Historical Society Padgett Museum: 5.5 mi
- Portland Museum: 6.8 mi
- Falls of the Ohio Interpretive Center: 6.8 mi
- Clark County Museum: 7.4 mi
- Alum Cave Hollow Nature Preserve: 8.2 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 12.5 mi
- White Oak Nature Preserve: 14.0 mi
- Virginia Pine-Chestnut Oak Nature Preserve: 14.1 mi
- Jefferson Memorial Forest: 18.7 mi
- Picnic Area: 8.5 mi
- Picnic Area: 8.5 mi
- Picnic Area: 8.6 mi
- Cedar Grove: 11.1 mi
- Picnic-in-the-Park Pavilions: 12.3 mi
- Underground Railroad Gardens: 5.4 mi
- Scribner Garden: 5.4 mi
- Waterfront Botanical Gardens: 8.8 mi
- Community Garden: 10.8 mi
- Iroquois Flowers: 12.2 mi
- Water: 14.1 mi
- Vault Point: 15.8 mi
- Blunk Point: 16.1 mi
- Cedar Point: 20.0 mi
- Blice Point: 20.7 mi
- Springville: 8.9 mi
- Wynnsboro: 23.8 mi
- Marshfield: 24.1 mi
- Miles Spring: 17.8 mi
- Grable Spring: 18.2 mi
- Oldham County (Crestwood) Northbound Rest Area: 16.9 mi
- Fairmont Falls Arch: 23.0 mi
- Fairmont Falls: 23.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 22.5 miles of Bald Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Round Knob | N 351° | 304 m | 11.1 mi |
| Hickman Hill | SW 214° | 302 m | 10.0 mi |
| Rock Knob | N 5° | 291 m | 16.3 mi |
| Spickert Knob | SW 217° | 289 m | 1.9 mi |
| Oak Knob | N 3° | 288 m | 16.1 mi |
| Daisy Hill | NNW 330° | 282 m | 11.0 mi |
| Williams Knob | NNW 335° | 282 m | 11.0 mi |
| Seigs Hill | W 262° | 281 m | 21.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:48 | 19:21 | 19:55 |
| June solstice | 06:21 | 20:32 | 21:11 |
| September equinox | 07:32 | 19:07 | 19:42 |
| December solstice | 07:58 | 16:45 | 17:27 |
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 | 38 | 47 | 58 | 68 | 76 | 79 | 78 | 72 | 60 | 47 | 39 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 3.5 | 4.5 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 3.5 | 3.3 | 3.9 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 4.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Louisville Mcalpine, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358648539
Day trips start here
- Floyds Knobs · 4 mi
- New Albany · 5 mi
- Clarksville · 6 mi
- Jeffersonville · 7 mi
- Louisville · 8 mi
- Georgetown · 9 mi
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