Indian Hill
Indian Hill rises to 227 m in Kentucky. The WKU Hilltop stands 521 m to the southwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Potato Hill, a peak 0.5 miles away. Duncan Hines Scenic Road passes 0.9 miles off. 152 named places lie within 25 miles, 58 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in Edmonson County, Kentucky, United States.
Wikidata Q19986661, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 227 m
How to reach it
- 0.9 mi off the Duncan Hines Scenic Road
- 7.7 mi off the Cordell Hull Highway
- 11.7 mi off the US 68 Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Dixon Cave · 8 mi
- Green River Bluffs Overlook · 8 mi
- Doyel Valley Overlook · 9 mi
152 named places within 25 miles
- Potato Hill: 0.5 mi
- Crumps Knob: 2.3 mi
- Brooks Knob: 2.7 mi
- Whistle Mountain: 4.0 mi
- Dismal Rock: 4.9 mi
- 70 Ballpark: 1.1 mi
- Nolin Lake State Park: 6.9 mi
- Anneta Community Park: 9.9 mi
- Ed Spear Park: 10.8 mi
- Beech Bend Park: 14.7 mi
- Railroad Engine No. 4: 8.4 mi
- Diamond Caverns: 11.9 mi
- Adventures of Mammoth Cave: 12.3 mi
- Onyx Cave & Rock Shop: 15.5 mi
- Hidden River Cave: 19.0 mi
- National Cave Museum and Library: 11.9 mi
- National Corvette Museum: 15.3 mi
- Mammoth Cave Wildlife Museum: 16.7 mi
- The Historic Railpark and Train Museum: 17.4 mi
- Riverview at Hobson Grove: 17.5 mi
- Cedar Sink: 6.4 mi
- Nappers Rollover: 7.9 mi
- Buzzards Roost Bluff: 18.6 mi
- Stumps Bluff: 18.9 mi
- Marcum Bluff: 19.3 mi
- Bell's Tavern: 13.4 mi
- Confederate Monument: 17.3 mi
- Guthrie Tower: 18.9 mi
- Colonel Robert A. Smith Monument: 19.9 mi
- Confederate-Union Veterans Monument: 23.9 mi
- Drakes Creek: 19.8 mi
- Round Stone Spring: 22.4 mi
- Blue Hole Spring: 22.5 mi
- Hart County (Horse County) Southbound Rest Area: 17.8 mi
- Hart County (Horse County) Northbound Rest Area: 17.9 mi
- Brass Dancer: 18.5 mi
- Tango Statue: 19.0 mi
- Baker Arboretum: 20.6 mi
- Happy Valley Memorial Gardnes: 21.7 mi
- Mammoth Cave: 8.3 mi
- Chaumont: 11.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Indian Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| The WKU Hilltop | SW 217° | 521 m | 18.5 mi |
| Frenchman Knob | ENE 63° | 353 m | 23.2 mi |
| Wootens Knob | E 93° | 305 m | 21.0 mi |
| Prewitts Knob | ESE 112° | 297 m | 16.4 mi |
| Huckleberry Knob | ESE 106° | 295 m | 15.7 mi |
| Dawson Knob | E 84° | 293 m | 21.1 mi |
| Buzzard Roost | NNE 28° | 292 m | 17.3 mi |
| Brushy Knob | ESE 116° | 287 m | 14.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:49 | 18:23 | 18:57 |
| June solstice | 05:26 | 19:30 | 20:09 |
| September equinox | 06:34 | 18:09 | 18:44 |
| December solstice | 06:56 | 15:51 | 16:32 |
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 | 36 | 40 | 48 | 58 | 66 | 73 | 76 | 76 | 70 | 59 | 48 | 40 |
| Precip in | 4.1 | 4.6 | 5.0 | 5.2 | 5.5 | 4.6 | 4.5 | 3.1 | 3.7 | 4.1 | 4.0 | 4.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bowling Green 21 NNE, 4 mi away.
Inside the official boundary of Mammoth Cave National Park. Quietest months by visitation: Jan and Feb; busiest: Jul.
NPS visitation statistics, monthly averages 2021–2025 (2020 excluded).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 494958 — Indian Hill, Edmonson County, Kentucky.
OpenStreetMap element node/358593550
Day trips start here
- Mammoth Cave National Park · 6 mi
- Caves and Lakes · 14 mi
- Bowling Green · 18 mi
- Morgantown · 24 mi
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