Blueball Hill
Blueball Hill rises to 304 m in Kentucky. Bee Knob Hill stands 306 m to the north-northwest, 8.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Rise of Rough Spring, a spring 2.5 miles away. Lincoln Heritage Scenic Highway passes 20 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 304 m
How to reach it
- 20.0 mi off the Lincoln Heritage Scenic Highway, National
- 20.0 mi off the Old Kentucky Turnpike
Overlooks nearby
- Overlook Landing - Pathway of a President · 22 mi
- Overlook Trail · 24 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Fullove Hill: 3.8 mi
- Gross Hill: 4.5 mi
- Cecil Hill: 5.4 mi
- Wilmoth Hill: 5.8 mi
- Bee Knob Hill: 8.9 mi
- Duvall Park: 8.3 mi
- Hardin County Veteran's Tribute: 9.2 mi
- Elizabethtown Nature Park: 9.2 mi
- Freeman Lake Park: 9.3 mi
- University Park: 9.5 mi
- Three County Corner: 7.3 mi
- Kentucky September 11th Memorial: 10.1 mi
- The Cannonball: 10.6 mi
- Stith: 11.8 mi
- Fort Duffield Park and Historic Site: 18.4 mi
- Buzzard Cliff: 6.4 mi
- Cow Cliff: 6.6 mi
- Potlick Point: 16.1 mi
- The Narrows: 17.0 mi
- Cedar Point: 17.7 mi
- Swope's Cars of Yesteryear: 9.1 mi
- Kentucky High School Basketball Hall of Fame: 10.4 mi
- Hardin County Museum: 10.5 mi
- Patton Museum Foundation: 11.6 mi
- West Point History Museum: 18.9 mi
- Caboose Car: 18.8 mi
- Abraham Lincoln Birth Cabin: 22.0 mi
- Site of the Boundary Oak: 22.0 mi
- Abraham Lincoln Birthplace: 22.0 mi
- Squire Boone Caverns: 23.2 mi
- Rise of Rough Spring: 2.5 mi
- Sinking Spring: 22.0 mi
- Blue Hole Spring: 22.7 mi
- Round Stone Spring: 22.7 mi
- Vernon Douglas State Nature Preserve: 18.3 mi
- Bernheim Forest and Arboretum: 23.9 mi
- Jefferson Memorial Forest: 24.0 mi
- Native Plants Garden: 10.0 mi
- Fairview Lavender Farm: 19.0 mi
- The Boy Lincoln: 20.0 mi
- Bullitt County Welcome Center: 24.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.7 miles of Blueball Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bee Knob Hill | NNW 339° | 306 m | 8.9 mi |
| Dawson Knob | NE 48° | 295 m | 18.9 mi |
| Gross Hill | S 186° | 294 m | 4.5 mi |
| Jacobs Knob | SSE 156° | 292 m | 18.7 mi |
| Three Springs Knob | SSE 152° | 291 m | 21.2 mi |
| Buck Knobs | NNW 347° | 280 m | 12.9 mi |
| Hogback Hill | NW 313° | 280 m | 17.8 mi |
| Jim Moore Hill | SSE 156° | 278 m | 19.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:49 | 19:22 | 19:56 |
| June solstice | 06:23 | 20:31 | 21:10 |
| September equinox | 07:33 | 19:08 | 19:43 |
| December solstice | 07:57 | 16:48 | 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 | 37 | 45 | 56 | 65 | 73 | 76 | 75 | 68 | 57 | 45 | 37 |
| Precip in | 4.0 | 3.9 | 5.1 | 5.1 | 5.8 | 4.7 | 5.4 | 4.1 | 3.5 | 4.1 | 3.7 | 4.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Elizabethtown WP CS, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358582433
Day trips start here
- Shepherdsville · 25 mi
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