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Cecil Hill

Cecil Hill, seen from above at true elevation

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. River Road Scenic Byway passes 195 miles off. 133 named places lie within 25 miles, 60 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

Coordinates37.65978, -86.04635

133 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 60
Parks: 36
  • Glendale Park: 8.8 mi
  • Taylors Bend Park: 8.8 mi
  • University Park: 8.9 mi
  • Freeman Lake Park: 10.3 mi
  • Freeman Lake Park: 10.5 mi
Historic sites: 12
Museums: 7
  • 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
Cliffs: 6
Springs: 4
  • Rise of Rough Spring: 4.5 mi
  • Blue Hole Spring: 17.6 mi
  • Round Stone Spring: 17.6 mi
  • Sinking Spring: 19.1 mi
Attractions: 4
  • 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
Gardens: 2
Artworks: 1
  • The Boy Lincoln: 17.8 mi
Nature reserves: 1
  • 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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Frenchman KnobSSE 156°353 m23.1 mi
Bee Knob HillNNW 348°306 m14.0 mi
Blueball HillN 2°304 m5.4 mi
Dawson KnobNE 38°295 m23.0 mi
Gross HillNNW 342°294 m0.9 mi
Jacobs KnobSE 146°292 m14.1 mi
Buzzard RoostS 191°292 m16.6 mi
Three Springs KnobSE 143°291 m16.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4919:2219:56
June solstice06:2420:3121:10
September equinox07:3319:0819:43
December solstice07:5616:4917:30

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333745566573767568574537
Precip in4.03.95.15.15.84.75.44.13.54.13.74.9

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

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