Gross Hill
Gross Hill rises to 294 m in Kentucky. Frenchman Knob stands 353 m to the south-southeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Cecil Hill, a peak 0.9 miles away. Lincoln Heritage Scenic Highway passes 18 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Kentucky, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49034061, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 294 m
How to reach it
- 18.3 mi off the Lincoln Heritage Scenic Highway, National
- 18.3 mi off the Old Kentucky Turnpike
- 28.1 mi off the Duncan Hines Scenic Road
Overlooks nearby
- Overlook Landing - Pathway of a President · 20 mi
- Overlook Trail · 23 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Cecil Hill: 0.9 mi
- Wilmoth Hill: 1.3 mi
- Blueball Hill: 4.5 mi
- Fullove Hill: 8.2 mi
- Bland Knobs: 10.0 mi
- University Park: 9.1 mi
- Glendale Park: 9.5 mi
- Taylors Bend Park: 9.6 mi
- Freeman Lake Park: 10.3 mi
- Elizabethtown Nature Park: 10.7 mi
- Three County Corner: 10.3 mi
- The Cannonball: 10.7 mi
- Kentucky September 11th Memorial: 14.4 mi
- Stith: 16.2 mi
- Tank: 19.0 mi
- Buzzard Cliff: 3.5 mi
- Cow Cliff: 3.8 mi
- Potlick Point: 18.3 mi
- Day Cliffs: 19.6 mi
- The Narrows: 21.6 mi
- Swope's Cars of Yesteryear: 9.9 mi
- Kentucky High School Basketball Hall of Fame: 10.6 mi
- Hardin County Museum: 10.6 mi
- Patton Museum Foundation: 16.1 mi
- The Lincoln Museum: 18.3 mi
- Rise of Rough Spring: 3.6 mi
- Blue Hole Spring: 18.5 mi
- Round Stone Spring: 18.5 mi
- Sinking Spring: 19.8 mi
- Abraham Lincoln Birth Cabin: 19.8 mi
- Site of the Boundary Oak: 19.8 mi
- Abraham Lincoln Birthplace: 19.8 mi
- Caboose Car: 23.3 mi
- Native Plants Garden: 14.1 mi
- Fairview Lavender Farm: 21.9 mi
- The Boy Lincoln: 18.4 mi
- Vernon Douglas State Nature Preserve: 19.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 24.8 miles of Gross Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frenchman Knob | SSE 156° | 353 m | 24.0 mi |
| Bee Knob Hill | NNW 348° | 306 m | 13.1 mi |
| Blueball Hill | N 6° | 304 m | 4.5 mi |
| Dawson Knob | NE 40° | 295 m | 22.5 mi |
| Jacobs Knob | SSE 147° | 292 m | 14.9 mi |
| Buzzard Roost | S 189° | 292 m | 17.4 mi |
| Three Springs Knob | SE 144° | 291 m | 17.6 mi |
| Buck Knobs | N 352° | 280 m | 17.3 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, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 493422 — Gross Hill, Hardin County, Kentucky.
OpenStreetMap element node/358590821
Day trips start here
- Shepherdsville · 29 mi
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