Potmesser Knob
Potmesser Knob rises to 233 m in Kentucky. Rohan Knob stands 334 m to the east-southeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Hall Hill, a peak 1.2 miles away. Old Kentucky Turnpike passes 7.9 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Kentucky, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49063817, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 233 m
How to reach it
- 7.9 mi off the Old Kentucky Turnpike
- 7.9 mi off the Lincoln Heritage Scenic Highway, National
- 25.4 mi off the US 68 Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Overlook Trail · 10 mi
- Overlook Landing - Pathway of a President · 15 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Hall Hill: 1.2 mi
- Miller Hill: 3.5 mi
- Keith Knob: 4.0 mi
- Carter Knob: 4.8 mi
- Troutman Knob: 4.9 mi
- Lebanon Junction Memorial Park: 6.6 mi
- Lebanon Junction Park: 6.8 mi
- New Haven Municipal Park: 8.6 mi
- American Legion Park: 8.8 mi
- Haycraft Mill Park: 9.3 mi
- Kentucky Railway Museum: 8.2 mi
- Hardin County Museum: 9.4 mi
- Kentucky High School Basketball Hall of Fame: 9.5 mi
- Swope's Cars of Yesteryear: 10.1 mi
- The Lincoln Museum: 11.9 mi
- The Cannonball: 9.4 mi
- Sympson Lake: 11.5 mi
- Tank: 12.8 mi
- Basilica of Saint Joseph Proto-Cathedral: 13.2 mi
- Confederate Monument of Bardstown: 14.1 mi
- Bourbon Heritage Center: 13.2 mi
- Jim Beam Distillery: 13.2 mi
- Willett Distillery: 13.2 mi
- My Old Kentucky Home: 13.9 mi
- Abraham Lincoln Birth Cabin: 14.7 mi
- Potlick Point: 5.5 mi
- Cedar Point: 14.9 mi
- Buzzard Cliff: 23.5 mi
- Cow Cliff: 23.7 mi
- The Narrows: 25.0 mi
- Vernon Douglas State Nature Preserve: 1.5 mi
- Bernheim Forest and Arboretum: 12.2 mi
- Horine Reservation: 23.5 mi
- Jefferson Memorial Forest: 23.6 mi
- Evan Williams Distillerie: 13.2 mi
- Distillerie Four Roses: 13.8 mi
- Sinking Spring: 14.8 mi
- Rise of Rough Spring: 21.0 mi
- Saint Joseph Statue: 10.7 mi
- The Boy Lincoln: 11.9 mi
- Ten Deere: 24.6 mi
- Bullitt County Welcome Center: 14.1 mi
- Native Plants Garden: 15.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.7 miles of Potmesser Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rohan Knob | ESE 106° | 334 m | 14.1 mi |
| Blueball Hill | W 269° | 304 m | 18.9 mi |
| Bald Knob | ESE 121° | 299 m | 16.5 mi |
| Watson Knob | ESE 110° | 295 m | 9.7 mi |
| Dawson Knob | NNW 339° | 295 m | 13.3 mi |
| Flag Knob | ESE 120° | 295 m | 16.4 mi |
| Forty-Acre Knob | ESE 117° | 294 m | 9.6 mi |
| Cambron Knob | ESE 113° | 294 m | 9.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:47 | 19:20 | 19:55 |
| June solstice | 06:22 | 20:30 | 21:09 |
| September equinox | 07:31 | 19:07 | 19:41 |
| December solstice | 07:55 | 16:47 | 17:28 |
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 | 33 | 37 | 45 | 56 | 65 | 73 | 76 | 75 | 68 | 57 | 45 | 37 |
| Precip in | 4.0 | 3.9 | 5.1 | 5.1 | 5.8 | 4.7 | 5.4 | 4.1 | 3.5 | 4.1 | 3.7 | 4.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Elizabethtown WP CS, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 501194 — Potmesser Knob, Hardin County, Kentucky.
OpenStreetMap element node/358604064
Day trips start here
- Bardstown · 14 mi
- Shepherdsville · 17 mi
- Mount Washington · 22 mi
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