Iron Ore Hill
Iron Ore Hill rises to 178 m in Kentucky. Layman Knob stands 275 m to the east, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Alum Hill, a peak 1.5 miles away. Duncan Hines Scenic Road passes 21 miles off. 76 named places lie within 25 miles, 50 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in Ohio County, Kentucky, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49039138, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 178 m
How to reach it
- 21.4 mi off the Duncan Hines Scenic Road
- 24.6 mi off the Ohio River Scenic Byway, National
76 named places within 25 miles
- Alum Hill: 1.5 mi
- Hog Knob: 2.7 mi
- Duncan Hill: 3.2 mi
- Junction Hill: 3.5 mi
- Ball Knob: 3.6 mi
- Rough River Dam State Resort Park: 6.2 mi
- Rusher Park: 7.8 mi
- local soccer field: 9.1 mi
- Dundee Park: 10.1 mi
- Everette Park: 11.0 mi
- Buzzards Roost Bluff: 14.7 mi
- Day Cliffs: 15.1 mi
- Hawkers Bluff: 17.8 mi
- Jeffreys Cliff: 22.9 mi
- fort hartford reconstruction: 16.4 mi
- Confederate-Union Veterans Monument: 23.4 mi
- Fordsville railroad museum: 9.0 mi
- Jerusalem Ridge- Bill Monroe Homeplace: 12.5 mi
- Yellowbank Wildlife Management Area: 22.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Iron Ore Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Layman Knob | E 101° | 275 m | 16.0 mi |
| Hoover Hill | SE 131° | 264 m | 15.4 mi |
| Telephone Knob | NNW 338° | 259 m | 10.5 mi |
| Sinking Creek Hill | NE 39° | 253 m | 23.4 mi |
| Duncan Hill | SW 214° | 249 m | 3.2 mi |
| Powell Hill | NNE 33° | 247 m | 7.5 mi |
| Sand Knob | NE 45° | 246 m | 7.0 mi |
| Knob Lick Hill | NNE 14° | 245 m | 13.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:51 | 18:24 | 18:58 |
| June solstice | 05:26 | 19:33 | 20:12 |
| September equinox | 06:35 | 18:11 | 18:45 |
| December solstice | 06:58 | 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 | 34 | 37 | 46 | 56 | 66 | 74 | 78 | 77 | 70 | 58 | 47 | 38 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 3.9 | 4.5 | 5.3 | 6.0 | 4.8 | 4.2 | 3.2 | 3.5 | 4.1 | 3.8 | 4.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Rough RVR Lake, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358593631
Day trips start here
- Morgantown · 24 mi
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