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Negro Hill

Negro Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Negro Hill rises to 139 m in Kentucky. Hoover Hill stands 264 m to the east-northeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is High View Hill, a peak 0.5 miles away. Duncan Hines Scenic Road passes 24 miles off. 88 named places lie within 25 miles, 58 of them named summits.

The story

mountain in Ohio County, Kentucky, United States of America

Wikidata Q49056625, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
139 m

How to reach it

Coordinates37.33616, -86.81082

88 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 58
Parks: 16
  • Beaver Dam Park & Amphitheater: 5.6 mi
  • Oldham Park: 5.9 mi
  • McHenry Community Park: 6.7 mi
  • Everette Park: 8.8 mi
  • Ohio County Fair Grounds: 8.9 mi
Cliffs: 7
Historic sites: 4
Museums: 2
Attractions: 1
  • Jerusalem Ridge- Bill Monroe Homeplace: 7.6 mi

Other summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Hoover HillENE 78°264 m24.3 mi
Duncan HillNE 40°249 m16.2 mi
Peach Orchard KnobSSE 163°247 m21.2 mi
Big CliftySSE 148°245 m19.1 mi
Junction HillNE 46°243 m21.7 mi
Jones HillENE 63°243 m24.7 mi
Crowder MountainE 89°240 m24.1 mi
Pine KnobENE 59°234 m19.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5218:2518:59
June solstice05:2819:3320:12
September equinox06:3618:1118:46
December solstice06:5915:5316:34

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343746566573777669574638
Precip in3.44.04.25.15.14.74.63.93.64.13.84.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Rochester Ferry, 9 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358600254

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