Kentucky Hill
Kentucky Hill rises to 50 m in Virginia. Rock Springs Hill stands 55 m to the south, 8.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Stratford Cliffs, a cliff 0.2 miles away. Religious Freedom Byway passes 5.8 miles off. 27 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
mountain in Virginia, United States of America
Wikidata Q49041262, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 50 m
How to reach it
- 5.8 mi off the Religious Freedom Byway, National
- 16.2 mi off the Booth's Escape
- 22.7 mi off the Star-Spangled Banner Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Church Point · 21 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Westmoreland State Park: 2.2 mi
- Cobb Island Community Park: 7.2 mi
- Southern Park: 8.6 mi
- Eleanor Park: 8.9 mi
- Castlewood Park: 8.9 mi
- Clifton Hill: 1.6 mi
- Chantilly Hill: 1.9 mi
- Mount Airy: 2.1 mi
- Finchs Hill: 4.8 mi
- Stony Hill: 5.4 mi
- Lighthouse: 17.5 mi
- "On Watch": 23.0 mi
- Seated Woman: 23.8 mi
- Squatting Woman with Shawl: 23.8 mi
- Big Skull II: 23.8 mi
- Westmoreland County Museum: 4.5 mi
- Saint Clements Island-Potomac River Museum: 6.0 mi
- Richmond County Museum: 14.4 mi
- Piney Point Light House Museum: 16.1 mi
- Kinsale Museum: 16.1 mi
- Birthplace Monument: 5.5 mi
- Milestone in Radio History: 7.1 mi
- Essex County War Memorial: 16.1 mi
- Saint Francis of Assisi: 19.5 mi
- Boarman Memorial: 19.5 mi
- Fossil Beach: 1.7 mi
- The Sands: 3.1 mi
- Port Sunlight Beach: 6.5 mi
- Sandyland Beach: 9.6 mi
- Ragged Point Beach: 11.5 mi
- Former Rowland Property: 15.5 mi
- Protected Bird Sanctuary: 16.4 mi
- Piney Point Aquaculture Center: 16.5 mi
- Farmer Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program Easement: 16.6 mi
- Greenwell State Park: 21.5 mi
- Stratford Cliffs: 0.2 mi
- Nomini Cliffs: 0.8 mi
- Horsehead Cliffs: 2.4 mi
- Fones Cliffs: 8.1 mi
- Poseys Bluff: 10.4 mi
- Garden of Remembrance: 21.3 mi
- Garrett Farm site, John Wilkes Booth Killed after killing Lincoln: 22.0 mi
- Drum Point Lighthouse: 22.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Kentucky Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock Springs Hill | S 176° | 55 m | 8.4 mi |
| China Hill | SW 214° | 54 m | 5.7 mi |
| New Richmond Hill | WSW 255° | 52 m | 6.8 mi |
| Pantico Hill | SSE 166° | 52 m | 7.9 mi |
| Grants Hill | WSW 256° | 52 m | 8.0 mi |
| Sexton Hill | S 170° | 52 m | 10.2 mi |
| Talliaferro Mount | W 278° | 49 m | 23.5 mi |
| Stony Hill | S 190° | 48 m | 5.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:12 | 18:45 | 19:19 |
| June solstice | 05:45 | 19:55 | 20:34 |
| September equinox | 06:56 | 18:31 | 19:06 |
| December solstice | 07:21 | 16:10 | 16:51 |
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 | 38 | 40 | 48 | 58 | 66 | 74 | 78 | 76 | 70 | 60 | 49 | 41 |
| Precip in | 3.0 | 2.6 | 3.7 | 3.2 | 3.9 | 4.4 | 4.7 | 5.0 | 4.1 | 4.0 | 3.3 | 3.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Warsaw 2 NW, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1499619 — Kentucky Hill, Westmoreland County, Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356586787
Day trips start here
- Westmoreland County · 4 mi
- Cobb Island · 7 mi
- Leonardtown · 14 mi
- Southern Maryland · 14 mi
- Lexington Park · 21 mi
- St. Mary's City · 21 mi
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