Peter Cave Hill
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. Lincoln Heritage Scenic Highway passes 15 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
- 14.9 mi off the Lincoln Heritage Scenic Highway, National
- 14.9 mi off the Old Kentucky Turnpike
- 16.3 mi off the Duncan Hines Scenic Road
- 20.2 mi off the Cordell Hull Highway
Overlooks nearby
- Overlook Landing - Pathway of a President · 15 mi
- Green River Bluffs Overlook · 20 mi
- Dixon Cave · 20 mi
- Doyel Valley Overlook · 21 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Fox Den Hill: 0.9 mi
- Silver Mine Knob: 4.6 mi
- Bland Knobs: 5.0 mi
- Jim Moore Hill: 5.2 mi
- Jacobs Knob: 5.2 mi
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Memorial Building: 14.7 mi
- Colonel Robert A. Smith Monument: 15.2 mi
- Tank: 15.5 mi
- The Cannonball: 17.4 mi
- Last Recorded Indian Raid: 22.7 mi
- Buzzard Cliff: 15.5 mi
- Cow Cliff: 15.5 mi
- Bell Cliff: 17.0 mi
- Nappers Rollover: 18.2 mi
- Day Cliffs: 18.5 mi
- Blue Hole Spring: 4.0 mi
- Round Stone Spring: 4.0 mi
- Sinking Spring: 14.6 mi
- Rise of Rough Spring: 18.3 mi
- Hart County (Horse County) Southbound Rest Area: 15.9 mi
- Hart County (Horse County) Northbound Rest Area: 15.9 mi
- Mammoth Cave: 20.1 mi
- Vernon Douglas State Nature Preserve: 23.7 mi
- The Boy Lincoln: 15.7 mi
- Brush Creek Church Falls: 21.9 mi
- Chaumont: 23.5 mi
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.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frenchman Knob | SE 139° | 353 m | 9.9 mi |
| Maxey Knob | SE 131° | 327 m | 20.8 mi |
| Grindstone Knob | SE 127° | 324 m | 14.9 mi |
| Knox Knob | SE 126° | 318 m | 16.0 mi |
| Three Kiln Knob | SE 131° | 309 m | 15.0 mi |
| Wootens Knob | SSE 161° | 305 m | 20.4 mi |
| Blueball Hill | N 351° | 304 m | 19.2 mi |
| Akin Knob | ESE 112° | 296 m | 18.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:48 | 18:22 | 18:56 |
| June solstice | 05:24 | 19:30 | 20:09 |
| September equinox | 06:32 | 18:08 | 18:43 |
| December solstice | 06:56 | 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, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358602618
Day trips start here
- Mammoth Cave National Park · 21 mi
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