Cecil Hill
Cecil Hill rises to 267 m in Kentucky. Frenchman Knob stands 353 m to the south-southeast, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Wilmoth Hill, a peak 0.7 miles away. Lincoln Heritage Scenic Highway passes 18 miles off. 130 named places lie within 25 miles, 59 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in Kentucky, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49018849, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 267 m
How to reach it
- 17.7 mi off the Lincoln Heritage Scenic Highway, National
- 17.7 mi off the Old Kentucky Turnpike
- 27.3 mi off the Duncan Hines Scenic Road
Overlooks nearby
- Overlook Landing - Pathway of a President · 19 mi
- Overlook Trail · 23 mi
130 named places within 25 miles
- Wilmoth Hill: 0.7 mi
- Gross Hill: 0.9 mi
- Blueball Hill: 5.4 mi
- Fullove Hill: 9.1 mi
- Bland Knobs: 9.1 mi
- Glendale Park: 8.8 mi
- Taylors Bend Park: 8.8 mi
- University Park: 8.9 mi
- Freeman Lake Park: 10.3 mi
- Haycraft Mill Park: 10.6 mi
- The Cannonball: 10.6 mi
- Three County Corner: 11.2 mi
- Kentucky September 11th Memorial: 15.2 mi
- Stith: 17.0 mi
- Tank: 18.4 mi
- Swope's Cars of Yesteryear: 9.9 mi
- Kentucky High School Basketball Hall of Fame: 10.4 mi
- Hardin County Museum: 10.5 mi
- Patton Museum Foundation: 16.8 mi
- The Lincoln Museum: 17.7 mi
- Buzzard Cliff: 3.8 mi
- Cow Cliff: 4.0 mi
- Potlick Point: 18.5 mi
- Day Cliffs: 19.3 mi
- Cedar Point: 22.2 mi
- Rise of Rough Spring: 4.5 mi
- Blue Hole Spring: 17.6 mi
- Round Stone Spring: 17.6 mi
- Sinking Spring: 19.1 mi
- Abraham Lincoln Birth Cabin: 19.1 mi
- Site of the Boundary Oak: 19.1 mi
- Abraham Lincoln Birthplace: 19.2 mi
- Caboose Car: 24.1 mi
- Native Plants Garden: 14.8 mi
- Fairview Lavender Farm: 22.8 mi
- The Boy Lincoln: 17.8 mi
- Vernon Douglas State Nature Preserve: 19.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Cecil Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frenchman Knob | SSE 156° | 353 m | 23.1 mi |
| Bee Knob Hill | NNW 348° | 306 m | 14.0 mi |
| Blueball Hill | N 2° | 304 m | 5.4 mi |
| Dawson Knob | NE 38° | 295 m | 23.0 mi |
| Gross Hill | NNW 342° | 294 m | 0.9 mi |
| Jacobs Knob | SE 146° | 292 m | 14.1 mi |
| Buzzard Roost | S 191° | 292 m | 16.6 mi |
| Three Springs Knob | SE 143° | 291 m | 16.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:49 | 19:22 | 19:56 |
| June solstice | 06:24 | 20:31 | 21:10 |
| September equinox | 07:33 | 19:08 | 19:43 |
| December solstice | 07:56 | 16:49 | 17:30 |
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, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 489157 — Cecil Hill, Hardin County, Kentucky.
OpenStreetMap element node/358584283
Day trips start here
- Shepherdsville · 29 mi
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