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Crescent Hill

Crescent Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Crescent Hill rises to 151 m in Kentucky. Hickman Hill stands 302 m to the west, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Bingham Park, a park 0.5 miles away. River Road passes 1.2 miles off.

The story

Human settlement in Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America.

Wikidata Q5184374, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
151 m

How to reach it

Coordinates38.25590, -85.70107

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Bingham Park: 0.5 mi
  • Clifton Heights Bradley Greenway: 0.6 mi
  • Beargrass Creek Greenway: 0.6 mi
  • Flag Pole Courtyard: 0.7 mi
  • Kennedy Court Park: 0.7 mi
Peaks
Artworks: 54
  • John Hultgren Photography: 0.8 mi
  • Our City: 1.8 mi
  • Veterans Monument: 2.4 mi
  • Sculpture Garden: 2.5 mi
  • Ad Astra "To the Stars": 2.5 mi
Attractions: 46
  • Bingham Park: 0.5 mi
  • Market Street line sign: 0.6 mi
  • Sign: 0.8 mi
  • Jeffersonville Overlook: 2.2 mi
  • Preservation Station Caboose: 2.4 mi
Historic sites: 35
Museums: 24
Nature reserves: 11
Gardens: 4
Picnic sites: 4
  • Picnic-in-the-Park Pavilions: 4.8 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 12.9 mi
  • The Woodland Pavillion: 13.5 mi
  • Redbud Shelter: 13.5 mi
Cliffs: 4
Springs: 3
Rest areas: 2
  • Oldham County (Crestwood) Northbound Rest Area: 11.5 mi
  • Bullitt County Welcome Center: 21.4 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Natural arches: 1
  • Fairmont Falls Arch: 13.1 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Fairmont Falls: 13.1 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 24.3 miles of Crescent Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Hickman HillW302 m12.5 mi
Dawson KnobSSW295 m23.6 mi
Rock KnobNNW291 m24.2 mi
Spickert KnobNW289 m9.9 mi
Oak KnobNNW288 m24.2 mi
Williams KnobNNW282 m20.8 mi
Daisy HillNW282 m20.9 mi
Bowers KnobNW274 m22.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4719:2019:55
June solstice06:2020:3121:10
September equinox07:3119:0719:42
December solstice07:5716:4517:27

Local time (America/Kentucky/Louisville).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F353947586775797870594739
Precip in3.33.34.44.75.24.74.63.53.63.73.43.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Louisville Bowman FLD, 3 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 490323 — Crescent Hill, Jefferson County, Kentucky.

OpenStreetMap element node/358586228

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