Jim Moore Hill
Jim Moore Hill rises to 278 m in Kentucky. Frenchman Knob stands 353 m to the south, 8.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Jacobs Knob, a peak 1.0 miles away. Lincoln Heritage Scenic Highway passes 9.8 miles off.
The story
mountain in Kentucky, United States of America
Wikidata Q49039823, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 278 m
How to reach it
- 9.8 mi off the Lincoln Heritage Scenic Highway, National
- 9.8 mi off the Old Kentucky Turnpike
- 209.6 mi off the River Road Scenic Byway, National
- 20.0 mi off the Duncan Hines Scenic Road
Overlooks nearby
- Overlook Landing - Pathway of a President · 10 mi
- Overlook Trail · 17 mi
- Green River Bluffs Overlook · 23 mi
- Dixon Cave · 23 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Jacobs Knob: 1.0 mi
- Three Springs Knob: 2.0 mi
- Veach Knob: 3.8 mi
- Gardner Knob: 3.8 mi
- Kennedy Knob: 4.5 mi
- Rider's Mill Natural Area Information Center: 7.2 mi
- Rider's Mill Natural Area: 7.3 mi
- Taylors Bend Park: 7.4 mi
- Glendale Park: 8.5 mi
- Hidden Creek Neighborhood Forest: 10.7 mi
- The Lincoln Museum: 10.9 mi
- Hart County Historical Museum: 14.3 mi
- Kentucky High School Basketball Hall of Fame: 15.1 mi
- Hardin County Museum: 15.1 mi
- Swope's Cars of Yesteryear: 16.4 mi
- Site of the Boundary Oak: 9.5 mi
- Abraham Lincoln Birth Cabin: 9.5 mi
- Abraham Lincoln Birthplace: 9.6 mi
- Hidden River Cave: 20.6 mi
- Adventures of Mammoth Cave: 22.1 mi
- Memorial Building: 9.5 mi
- Tank: 10.6 mi
- Abraham Lincoln Statue: 10.9 mi
- The Cannonball: 15.0 mi
- Colonel Robert A. Smith Monument: 15.2 mi
- Bell Cliff: 14.0 mi
- Buzzard Cliff: 17.6 mi
- Cow Cliff: 17.7 mi
- Nappers Rollover: 21.4 mi
- Day Cliffs: 23.5 mi
- Blue Hole Spring: 4.8 mi
- Round Stone Spring: 4.9 mi
- Sinking Spring: 9.5 mi
- Rise of Rough Spring: 19.5 mi
- The Boy Lincoln: 10.9 mi
- Saint Joseph Statue: 23.8 mi
- Hart County (Horse County) Northbound Rest Area: 16.6 mi
- Hart County (Horse County) Southbound Rest Area: 16.6 mi
- Vernon Douglas State Nature Preserve: 19.8 mi
- Mammoth Cave: 23.0 mi
- Brush Creek Church Falls: 17.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.7 miles of Jim Moore Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frenchman Knob | S 171° | 353 m | 8.6 mi |
| Maxey Knob | SE 144° | 327 m | 18.0 mi |
| Grindstone Knob | SE 145° | 324 m | 12.0 mi |
| Knox Knob | SE 143° | 318 m | 13.0 mi |
| Three Kiln Knob | SSE 150° | 309 m | 12.4 mi |
| Wootens Knob | S 175° | 305 m | 20.2 mi |
| Blueball Hill | NNW 336° | 304 m | 19.7 mi |
| Akin Knob | ESE 123° | 296 m | 14.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:48 | 18:21 | 18:56 |
| June solstice | 05:24 | 19:30 | 20:09 |
| September equinox | 06:32 | 18:08 | 18:42 |
| December solstice | 06:55 | 15:49 | 16:30 |
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 | 33 | 36 | 44 | 54 | 64 | 72 | 76 | 74 | 68 | 56 | 44 | 37 |
| Precip in | 4.0 | 4.5 | 5.1 | 4.9 | 5.7 | 4.8 | 4.3 | 3.3 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 5.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Millerstown 4E, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 495269 — Jim Moore Hill, Hardin County, Kentucky.
OpenStreetMap element node/358594007
Day trips start here
- Mammoth Cave National Park · 24 mi
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