Sugar Loaf
Sugar Loaf rises to 203 m in Kentucky. Bee Knob Hill stands 306 m to the west-southwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Gray Hill, a peak 1.6 miles away. Old Kentucky Turnpike passes 21 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Kentucky, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49079073, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 203 m
How to reach it
- 20.7 mi off the Old Kentucky Turnpike
- 20.7 mi off the Lincoln Heritage Scenic Highway, National
- 25.2 mi off the River Road
- 26.1 mi off the Indiana's Historic Pathways, National
Overlooks nearby
- Overlook Trail · 23 mi
- Overlook Landing - Pathway of a President · 26 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Gray Hill: 1.6 mi
- Scott Mountain: 2.6 mi
- Dawson Knob: 3.4 mi
- The Dug Hill: 3.5 mi
- Hooker Mountain: 3.7 mi
- Heard Park: 4.2 mi
- Turret Field: 4.9 mi
- Eastman Park: 5.5 mi
- Cornwell Field: 6.1 mi
- Thorne Park: 6.7 mi
- Caboose Car: 8.8 mi
- Jim Beam Distillery: 10.5 mi
- Squire Boone Caverns: 19.5 mi
- Bourbon Heritage Center: 21.9 mi
- My Old Kentucky Home: 22.0 mi
- Fallen Soldier: 20.2 mi
- Pegasus (sculpture): 20.4 mi
- Engineering Art: 22.0 mi
- Conn Center Sculpture Garden: 22.0 mi
- Tau Beta Pi: 22.0 mi
- Stith: 6.2 mi
- Kentucky September 11th Memorial: 6.9 mi
- Fort Duffield Park and Historic Site: 8.4 mi
- Fort Duffield: 8.4 mi
- The Cannonball: 14.4 mi
- Patton Museum Foundation: 7.2 mi
- West Point History Museum: 8.9 mi
- James B. Beam Distilling Co.: 10.6 mi
- Swope's Cars of Yesteryear: 13.1 mi
- Hardin County Museum: 14.3 mi
- Cedar Point: 2.2 mi
- Potlick Point: 8.1 mi
- The Narrows: 12.0 mi
- Blunk Point: 17.0 mi
- Vault Point: 17.2 mi
- Bernheim Forest and Arboretum: 9.6 mi
- Jefferson Memorial Forest: 10.8 mi
- Horine Reservation: 12.9 mi
- Vernon Douglas State Nature Preserve: 14.4 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 22.4 mi
- Distillerie Four Roses: 14.0 mi
- Rise of Rough Spring: 18.1 mi
- Evan Williams Distillerie: 21.9 mi
- Redbud Shelter: 20.7 mi
- The Woodland Pavillion: 20.8 mi
- Picnic-in-the-Park Pavilions: 21.0 mi
- Native Plants Garden: 6.0 mi
- Iroquois Flowers: 20.2 mi
- Bullitt County Welcome Center: 8.9 mi
- Fairmont Falls Arch: 19.6 mi
- Fairmont Falls: 19.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.0 miles of Sugar Loaf. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bee Knob Hill | WSW 258° | 306 m | 14.4 mi |
| Blueball Hill | SW 224° | 304 m | 15.7 mi |
| Dawson Knob | ENE 66° | 295 m | 3.4 mi |
| Buck Knobs | W 275° | 280 m | 13.8 mi |
| Indian Hill | W 269° | 275 m | 8.6 mi |
| Brooks Hill | NNE 26° | 269 m | 12.5 mi |
| Tunnel Hill | S 175° | 264 m | 11.0 mi |
| Jennings Knob | W 271° | 263 m | 12.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:48 | 19:21 | 19:55 |
| June solstice | 06:22 | 20:30 | 21:10 |
| September equinox | 07:32 | 19:07 | 19:42 |
| December solstice | 07:56 | 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 | 35 | 39 | 48 | 58 | 66 | 73 | 77 | 76 | 70 | 59 | 48 | 39 |
| Precip in | 3.8 | 3.7 | 5.1 | 5.1 | 5.3 | 4.9 | 4.8 | 3.5 | 3.6 | 4.3 | 3.9 | 4.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bernheim Forest, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 504671 — Sugar Loaf, Hardin County, Kentucky.
OpenStreetMap element node/358608503
Day trips start here
- Shepherdsville · 9 mi
- Mount Washington · 19 mi
- Bardstown · 22 mi
- Louisville · 24 mi
- Corydon · 26 mi
- Jeffersontown · 26 mi
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