Dawson Knob
Dawson Knob rises to 295 m in Kentucky. Indian Hill stands 275 m to the west, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Cedar Point, a cliff 2.4 miles away. Old Kentucky Turnpike passes 19 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Bullitt County, Kentucky, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49023761, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 295 m
How to reach it
- 18.7 mi off the Old Kentucky Turnpike
- 18.7 mi off the Lincoln Heritage Scenic Highway, National
- 23.4 mi off the River Road
- 24.4 mi off the Indiana's Historic Pathways, National
Overlooks nearby
- Overlook Trail · 23 mi
- Overlook Landing - Pathway of a President · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- The Dug Hill: 2.5 mi
- Sugar Loaf: 3.4 mi
- Indian Knob: 4.0 mi
- The Knobs: 4.6 mi
- Gray Hill: 4.9 mi
- Frank E. Simon Memorial Park: 5.6 mi
- 1st Street Park: 5.8 mi
- Lebanon Junction Park: 6.5 mi
- Lebanon Junction Memorial Park: 6.7 mi
- Heard Park: 7.4 mi
- Pegasus (sculpture): 18.4 mi
- Fallen Soldier: 18.5 mi
- Engineering Art: 20.2 mi
- Conn Center Sculpture Garden: 20.2 mi
- Tau Beta Pi: 20.2 mi
- Jim Beam Distillery: 7.3 mi
- Caboose Car: 10.2 mi
- Bourbon Heritage Center: 19.6 mi
- My Old Kentucky Home: 19.7 mi
- Louisville Mega Cavern: 19.9 mi
- Stith: 9.4 mi
- Fort Duffield Park and Historic Site: 9.9 mi
- Fort Duffield: 9.9 mi
- Kentucky September 11th Memorial: 10.2 mi
- Korean War Memorial: 15.1 mi
- James B. Beam Distilling Co.: 7.3 mi
- West Point History Museum: 10.4 mi
- Patton Museum Foundation: 10.4 mi
- Swope's Cars of Yesteryear: 15.1 mi
- Hardin County Museum: 16.2 mi
- Cedar Point: 2.4 mi
- Potlick Point: 8.2 mi
- The Narrows: 14.3 mi
- Blunk Point: 16.7 mi
- Vault Point: 16.9 mi
- Bernheim Forest and Arboretum: 6.5 mi
- Jefferson Memorial Forest: 10.3 mi
- Horine Reservation: 10.9 mi
- Vernon Douglas State Nature Preserve: 14.4 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 20.3 mi
- Native Plants Garden: 9.4 mi
- Iroquois Flowers: 18.5 mi
- Waterfront Botanical Gardens: 23.9 mi
- Distillerie Four Roses: 10.8 mi
- Evan Williams Distillerie: 19.6 mi
- Rise of Rough Spring: 21.3 mi
- Redbud Shelter: 17.5 mi
- The Woodland Pavillion: 17.6 mi
- Picnic-in-the-Park Pavilions: 19.1 mi
- Bullitt County Welcome Center: 5.5 mi
- Fairmont Falls Arch: 16.4 mi
- Fairmont Falls: 16.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.7 miles of Dawson Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indian Hill | W 263° | 275 m | 11.8 mi |
| Brooks Hill | NNE 14° | 269 m | 10.2 mi |
| Brown Knob | SE 144° | 266 m | 16.7 mi |
| Tunnel Hill | S 189° | 264 m | 12.5 mi |
| Jennings Knob | W 266° | 263 m | 15.5 mi |
| Wolf Knob | SE 142° | 262 m | 16.4 mi |
| Mitchell Hill | N 5° | 261 m | 10.7 mi |
| Jefferson Hill | N 357° | 261 m | 10.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:48 | 19:21 | 19:55 |
| June solstice | 06:22 | 20:30 | 21:10 |
| September equinox | 07:32 | 19:07 | 19:42 |
| December solstice | 07:56 | 16:47 | 17:28 |
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 | 35 | 39 | 48 | 58 | 66 | 73 | 77 | 76 | 70 | 59 | 48 | 39 |
| Precip in | 3.8 | 3.7 | 5.1 | 5.1 | 5.3 | 4.9 | 4.8 | 3.5 | 3.6 | 4.3 | 3.9 | 4.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bernheim Forest, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358586744
Day trips start here
- Shepherdsville · 6 mi
- Mount Washington · 15 mi
- Bardstown · 19 mi
- Jeffersontown · 23 mi
- Louisville · 23 mi
- Saint Matthews · 24 mi
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