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Hoover Hill

Hoover Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Hoover Hill rises to 166 m in Kentucky. Telephone Knob stands 259 m to the northeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Whoopee Hill, a peak 4.5 miles away. Ohio River Scenic Byway passes 25 miles off. 118 named places lie within 25 miles, 53 of them named summits.

The story

mountain in Ohio County, Kentucky, United States of America

Wikidata Q49037038, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
166 m

How to reach it

Coordinates37.53033, -86.97555

118 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 53
Parks: 51
  • Ellis Park: 6.8 mi
  • Ohio County Fair Grounds: 8.0 mi
  • Livermore Baseball Fields: 9.3 mi
  • Livermore City Basketball Park: 9.3 mi
  • Livermore Venterans Memorial Tank: 9.3 mi
Museums: 5
  • Fordsville railroad museum: 15.9 mi
  • Owensboro Museum of Fine Art: 18.0 mi
  • Owensboro Museum of Science and History: 18.4 mi
  • Bluegrass Hall of Fame & Museum: 18.5 mi
  • Lincoln Pioneer Village and Museum: 24.6 mi
Cliffs: 3
Historic sites: 3
Attractions: 1
  • Jerusalem Ridge- Bill Monroe Homeplace: 13.2 mi
Gardens: 1
  • Church Garden: 16.5 mi
Nature reserves: 1
  • Harris-Dickerson Wildlife Management Area: 24.4 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Hoover Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Telephone KnobNE 56°258.7 m20.6 mi
Duncan HillE 93°249 m19.4 mi
Junction HillE 86°243 m24.7 mi
Egypt KnobENE 60°236 m22.5 mi
Rattlesnake KnobESE 116°232 m19.9 mi
Turkey Scratch KnobNE 47°232 m21.3 mi
Bald KnobNE 50°219 m19.2 mi
Tunnel HillESE 112°211 m14.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5218:2519:00
June solstice05:2819:3420:13
September equinox06:3618:1218:47
December solstice07:0015:5316:34

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343846586674787770584738
Precip in3.84.05.15.05.54.34.63.43.84.33.74.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Beaver DAM, 6 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358592909

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