Holsclaw Hill
Holsclaw Hill rises to 249 m in Kentucky. Hickman Hill stands 302 m to the northwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Jefferson Memorial Forest, a nature reserve 0.1 miles away. River Road passes 12 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Kentucky, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49036868, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 249 m
How to reach it
- 12.0 mi off the River Road
- 13.1 mi off the Indiana's Historic Pathways, National
- 12.7 mi off the Ohio River Scenic Byway, National
- 23.9 mi off the US 42
Named places within 25 miles
- Mitchell Hill: 1.4 mi
- Brooks Hill: 1.5 mi
- Buttonmold Knob: 2.1 mi
- Jefferson Hill: 2.7 mi
- Wagonbed Knob: 2.8 mi
- Fairdale Village Green: 1.6 mi
- Nelson Hornbeck Park: 1.7 mi
- South Park Country Club: 1.8 mi
- Jefferson Memorial Forest: 2.7 mi
- Blue Lick Park: 3.3 mi
- Pegasus (sculpture): 7.0 mi
- Fallen Soldier: 7.4 mi
- Engineering Art: 8.9 mi
- Conn Center Sculpture Garden: 8.9 mi
- Tau Beta Pi: 8.9 mi
- Louisville Mega Cavern: 8.4 mi
- Puma Area: 8.6 mi
- Lynx Area: 8.6 mi
- Guanaco Area: 8.6 mi
- Bald Eagle Area: 8.6 mi
- Korean War Memorial: 6.2 mi
- American Pharoah Exhibit: 8.5 mi
- Jack Segell Memorial: 8.7 mi
- Vietnam War memorial: 10.5 mi
- Iwo Jima memorial: 10.6 mi
- Little Loomhouse: 5.2 mi
- Colonel Sanders Museum: 8.4 mi
- Kentucky Derby Museum: 8.4 mi
- J B Speed Art Museum: 9.2 mi
- Conrad-Caldwell House Museum: 10.0 mi
- Jefferson Memorial Forest: 0.1 mi
- Horine Reservation: 1.1 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 8.8 mi
- Bernheim Forest and Arboretum: 12.4 mi
- Indian Creek Trail: 22.6 mi
- Blunk Point: 10.0 mi
- Vault Point: 10.1 mi
- Cedar Point: 11.5 mi
- The Narrows: 17.2 mi
- Potlick Point: 19.4 mi
- Iroquois Flowers: 7.4 mi
- Waterfront Botanical Gardens: 12.4 mi
- Scribner Garden: 14.3 mi
- Underground Railroad Gardens: 14.3 mi
- Native Plants Garden: 18.9 mi
- Picnic-in-the-Park Pavilions: 7.7 mi
- Redbud Shelter: 10.5 mi
- The Woodland Pavillion: 10.5 mi
- Distillerie Four Roses: 14.2 mi
- Grable Spring: 22.5 mi
- Miles Spring: 22.5 mi
- Bullitt County Welcome Center: 10.0 mi
- Oldham County (Crestwood) Northbound Rest Area: 21.5 mi
- Fairmont Falls Arch: 9.2 mi
- Fairmont Falls: 9.3 mi
- Springville: 23.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.4 miles of Holsclaw Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hickman Hill | NW 317° | 302 m | 14.7 mi |
| Dawson Knob | S 191° | 295 m | 11.5 mi |
| Spickert Knob | NNW 343° | 289 m | 18.4 mi |
| Indian Hill | SW 227° | 275 m | 18.8 mi |
| Brooks Hill | SSE 165° | 269 m | 1.5 mi |
| Lost Knob | NNW 341° | 263 m | 17.6 mi |
| Mitchell Hill | WSW 243° | 261 m | 1.4 mi |
| Jefferson Hill | W 262° | 261 m | 2.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:47 | 19:20 | 19:55 |
| June solstice | 06:21 | 20:31 | 21:10 |
| September equinox | 07:31 | 19:07 | 19:42 |
| December solstice | 07:56 | 16:46 | 17:27 |
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 | 34 | 38 | 47 | 57 | 66 | 74 | 78 | 77 | 70 | 59 | 47 | 38 |
| Precip in | 3.8 | 3.7 | 5.1 | 5.3 | 5.8 | 4.9 | 4.7 | 3.3 | 3.8 | 4.2 | 3.9 | 4.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Louisville WFO, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 494434 — Holsclaw Hill, Jefferson County, Kentucky.
OpenStreetMap element node/358592766
Day trips start here
- Shepherdsville · 7 mi
- Louisville · 11 mi
- Mount Washington · 11 mi
- Jeffersontown · 13 mi
- Saint Matthews · 13 mi
- New Albany · 14 mi
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