Hanging Rock
Hanging Rock rises to 137 m in Kentucky. Telephone Knob stands 259 m to the east-southeast, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Lincoln Pioneer Village and Museum, a museum 0.7 miles away. Ohio River Scenic Byway passes 0.5 miles off. 43 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Mountain in United States of America.
Wikidata Q33139243, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 137 m
How to reach it
- 0.5 mi off the Ohio River Scenic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Spencer County Veterans Memorial: 4.6 mi
- Grandview Park: 4.7 mi
- Old Mill Park: 5.0 mi
- Yellow Creek Park: 6.2 mi
- Redbud Park: 6.6 mi
- Wolf Hill: 3.9 mi
- Gentry Hill: 4.2 mi
- Coal Knobs: 4.3 mi
- Iron Ore Hill: 6.1 mi
- Spice Knob: 6.2 mi
- Lincoln Pioneer Village and Museum: 0.7 mi
- Owensboro Museum of Science and History: 8.4 mi
- Bluegrass Hall of Fame & Museum: 8.4 mi
- Owensboro Museum of Fine Art: 8.9 mi
- Perry County Museum: 16.7 mi
- Confederate Monument: 8.5 mi
- Town of Troy Veterans Memorial Wall: 15.4 mi
- Abraham Lincoln Bicentennal Plaza: 15.7 mi
- Lincoln Cabin Site Memorial: 16.4 mi
- 11-6-05 Tornado Memorial: 23.7 mi
- Shaw Bluff: 4.2 mi
- High Banks: 11.6 mi
- Jeffreys Cliff: 19.8 mi
- Bills Point: 24.3 mi
- Christ of the Ohio: 15.4 mi
- Santa Claus: 17.7 mi
- Mary: 20.6 mi
- Colonel Jones Home: 15.8 mi
- Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial Visitor Center: 16.0 mi
- Santa’s Candy Castle: 17.4 mi
- Church Garden: 11.0 mi
- Water Street Memorial Garden: 20.3 mi
- Lincoln State Park: 15.6 mi
- Scales Lake County Park: 16.6 mi
- Nancy Hanks Rest Area (Eastbound): 22.1 mi
- Nancy Hanks Rest Area (Westbound): 22.2 mi
- Lincoln Spring: 16.5 mi
- Scuffletown: 18.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Hanging Rock. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Telephone Knob | ESE 122° | 259 m | 24.7 mi |
| Polk Hill | E 91° | 238 m | 23.3 mi |
| Turkey Scratch Knob | ESE 117° | 232 m | 21.9 mi |
| Drinkwater Hill | E 91° | 229 m | 22.8 mi |
| Bald Knob | ESE 123° | 219 m | 22.3 mi |
| Lutgring Hill | ENE 75° | 209 m | 21.6 mi |
| Indian Hill | ESE 113° | 205 m | 13.9 mi |
| Barrett Hill | S 182° | 201 m | 24.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:53 | 18:26 | 19:00 |
| June solstice | 05:27 | 19:35 | 20:14 |
| September equinox | 06:37 | 18:12 | 18:47 |
| December solstice | 07:01 | 15:52 | 16:33 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
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 | 55 | 65 | 73 | 76 | 75 | 69 | 58 | 46 | 37 |
| Precip in | 3.7 | 3.5 | 4.7 | 5.3 | 5.8 | 5.0 | 4.1 | 3.0 | 3.7 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 4.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Tell City, 16 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358676147
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