Hooker Mountain
Hooker Mountain rises to 227 m in Kentucky. Bee Knob Hill stands 306 m to the west-southwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Scott Mountain, a peak 1.2 miles away. Ohio River Scenic Byway passes 21 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Kentucky, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49037007, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 227 m
How to reach it
- 21.0 mi off the Ohio River Scenic Byway, National
- 24.4 mi off the River Road
- 24.4 mi off the Old Kentucky Turnpike
- 24.4 mi off the Lincoln Heritage Scenic Highway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Overlook Trail · 26 mi
- Overlook Landing - Pathway of a President · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Scott Mountain: 1.2 mi
- Canby Hill: 1.3 mi
- Sugar Loaf: 3.7 mi
- Gray Hill: 3.7 mi
- Arnold Rocks: 4.6 mi
- Heard Park: 2.0 mi
- Turret Field: 2.3 mi
- Cornwell Field: 3.4 mi
- Eastman Park: 3.9 mi
- Armor Memorial Park: 4.4 mi
- Fallen Soldier: 19.3 mi
- Pegasus (sculpture): 19.9 mi
- Engineering Art: 21.2 mi
- Tau Beta Pi: 21.2 mi
- Conn Center Sculpture Garden: 21.2 mi
- Caboose Car: 5.6 mi
- Jim Beam Distillery: 13.5 mi
- Squire Boone Caverns: 15.8 mi
- Louisville Mega Cavern: 21.8 mi
- Tortoise Area: 21.9 mi
- Stith: 3.7 mi
- Fort Duffield Park and Historic Site: 5.1 mi
- Fort Duffield: 5.2 mi
- Kentucky September 11th Memorial: 5.2 mi
- Confederate Monument: 15.6 mi
- Patton Museum Foundation: 4.5 mi
- West Point History Museum: 5.7 mi
- James B. Beam Distilling Co.: 13.6 mi
- Swope's Cars of Yesteryear: 14.7 mi
- Kentucky High School Basketball Hall of Fame: 16.2 mi
- Cedar Point: 4.0 mi
- The Narrows: 8.4 mi
- Potlick Point: 11.5 mi
- Blunk Point: 14.7 mi
- Vault Point: 15.0 mi
- Jefferson Memorial Forest: 9.1 mi
- Horine Reservation: 12.8 mi
- Bernheim Forest and Arboretum: 12.8 mi
- Vernon Douglas State Nature Preserve: 17.6 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 22.1 mi
- Distillerie Four Roses: 17.1 mi
- Rise of Rough Spring: 17.4 mi
- Grable Spring: 24.0 mi
- Miles Spring: 24.3 mi
- Native Plants Garden: 5.3 mi
- Iroquois Flowers: 19.3 mi
- Fairview Lavender Farm: 21.8 mi
- Picnic-in-the-Park Pavilions: 20.4 mi
- Redbud Shelter: 22.2 mi
- The Woodland Pavillion: 22.3 mi
- Bullitt County Welcome Center: 11.6 mi
- Fairmont Falls Arch: 21.0 mi
- Fairmont Falls: 21.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.3 miles of Hooker Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bee Knob Hill | WSW 246° | 306 m | 11.9 mi |
| Blueball Hill | SSW 211° | 304 m | 15.2 mi |
| Dawson Knob | E 93° | 295 m | 6.3 mi |
| Buck Knobs | W 267° | 280 m | 10.6 mi |
| Indian Hill | WSW 251° | 275 m | 5.8 mi |
| Brooks Hill | NE 43° | 269 m | 12.9 mi |
| Tunnel Hill | SSE 162° | 264 m | 13.4 mi |
| Jennings Knob | W 261° | 263 m | 9.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:48 | 19:21 | 19:56 |
| June solstice | 06:22 | 20:31 | 21:10 |
| September equinox | 07:32 | 19:08 | 19:42 |
| December solstice | 07:57 | 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 | 33 | 36 | 45 | 56 | 65 | 72 | 76 | 75 | 68 | 57 | 45 | 37 |
| Precip in | 4.0 | 3.5 | 4.9 | 5.4 | 6.0 | 4.5 | 4.9 | 3.6 | 3.8 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 4.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Brandenburg, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 494503 — Hooker Mountain, Hardin County, Kentucky.
OpenStreetMap element node/358592893
Day trips start here
- Shepherdsville · 11 mi
- Mount Washington · 21 mi
- Corydon · 23 mi
- Louisville · 24 mi
- Bardstown · 25 mi
- New Albany · 25 mi
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