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Cave Hill

Cave Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Cave Hill rises to 166 m in Kentucky. Rattlesnake Knob stands 232 m to the east, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Livermore Venterans Memorial Tank, a park 5.3 miles away. 109 named places lie within 25 miles, 43 of them named summits.

The story

mountain in Ohio County, Kentucky, United States of America

Wikidata Q49018769, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
166 m

How to reach it

Coordinates37.42227, -87.08305

109 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 52
  • Livermore Venterans Memorial Tank: 5.3 mi
  • Veteran's Memorial Park: 5.3 mi
  • Livermore City Basketball Park: 5.4 mi
  • Livermore Baseball Fields: 5.9 mi
  • McHenry Community Park: 9.4 mi
Peaks: 43
  • Cedar Hill: 6.1 mi
  • Sandhill: 6.9 mi
  • Barrett Hill: 7.8 mi
  • Bates Knob: 8.2 mi
  • Boehler Knob: 9.0 mi
Historic sites: 4
  • Everly Brothers Monument: 9.1 mi
  • fort hartford reconstruction: 12.3 mi
  • Big Twigs: 24.0 mi
  • Confederate Monument: 24.3 mi
Museums: 4
  • Owensboro Museum of Fine Art: 23.9 mi
  • Owensboro Museum of Science and History: 24.4 mi
  • Bluegrass Hall of Fame & Museum: 24.4 mi
  • Fordsville railroad museum: 24.9 mi
Cliffs: 3
Nature reserves: 1
  • Harris-Dickerson Wildlife Management Area: 15.5 mi
Attractions: 1
  • Jerusalem Ridge- Bill Monroe Homeplace: 17.6 mi
Gardens: 1
  • Church Garden: 22.0 mi

Other summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Rattlesnake KnobE 93°232 m23.9 mi
Tooley HillS 187°215 m21.3 mi
Tunnel HillE 84°211 m19.8 mi
Bean HillENE 69°207 m18.7 mi
Buck KnobS 189°202 m16.3 mi
Barrett HillN 8°201 m7.8 mi
Hickory KnobE 97°191 m18.9 mi
Allens HillESE 122°189 m24.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5318:2619:00
June solstice05:2919:3420:13
September equinox06:3718:1318:47
December solstice07:0015:5416:35

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343846586674787770584738
Precip in3.84.05.15.05.54.34.63.43.84.33.74.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Beaver DAM, 10 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358584204

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