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Peter Cave Hill

Peter Cave Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Peter Cave Hill rises to 266 m in Kentucky. Frenchman Knob stands 353 m to the southeast, 9.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Fox Den Hill, a peak 0.9 miles away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 209 miles off.

The story

mountain in Kentucky, United States of America

Wikidata Q49060801, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
266 m

How to reach it

Coordinates37.46339, -85.99080

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 28
  • Rider's Mill Natural Area Information Center: 3.6 mi
  • Rider's Mill Natural Area: 3.7 mi
  • Taylors Bend Park: 9.2 mi
  • Glendale Park: 10.6 mi
  • Clarkson City Park: 12.1 mi
Museums: 8
  • Hart County Historical Museum: 14.4 mi
  • The Lincoln Museum: 15.7 mi
  • Kentucky High School Basketball Hall of Fame: 17.5 mi
  • Hardin County Museum: 17.5 mi
  • Swope's Cars of Yesteryear: 18.4 mi
Attractions: 8
  • Site of the Boundary Oak: 14.6 mi
  • Abraham Lincoln Birth Cabin: 14.7 mi
  • Abraham Lincoln Birthplace: 14.7 mi
  • Adventures of Mammoth Cave: 20.0 mi
  • Railroad Engine No. 4: 20.2 mi
Historic sites: 8
Cliffs: 6
Springs: 4
  • Blue Hole Spring: 4.0 mi
  • Round Stone Spring: 4.0 mi
  • Sinking Spring: 14.6 mi
  • Rise of Rough Spring: 18.3 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • Hart County (Horse County) Southbound Rest Area: 15.9 mi
  • Hart County (Horse County) Northbound Rest Area: 15.9 mi
Nature reserves: 2
  • Mammoth Cave: 20.1 mi
  • Vernon Douglas State Nature Preserve: 23.7 mi
Artworks: 1
  • The Boy Lincoln: 15.7 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Brush Creek Church Falls: 21.9 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 23.9 miles of Peter Cave Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Frenchman KnobSE 139°353 m9.9 mi
Maxey KnobSE 131°327 m20.8 mi
Grindstone KnobSE 127°324 m14.9 mi
Knox KnobSE 126°318 m16.0 mi
Three Kiln KnobSE 131°309 m15.0 mi
Wootens KnobSSE 161°305 m20.4 mi
Blueball HillN 351°304 m19.2 mi
Akin KnobESE 112°296 m18.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4818:2218:56
June solstice05:2419:3020:09
September equinox06:3218:0818:43
December solstice06:5615:4916:30

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333644546472767468564437
Precip in4.04.55.14.95.74.84.33.33.63.63.75.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Millerstown 4E, 2 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358602618

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