The Dug Hill
The Dug Hill rises to 190 m in Kentucky. Dawson Knob stands 295 m to the southeast, 2.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Cedar Point, a cliff 1.3 miles away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 180 miles off.
The story
mountain in Kentucky, United States of America
Wikidata Q49082358, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 190 m
How to reach it
- 179.9 mi off the River Road Scenic Byway, National
- 21.0 mi off the Old Kentucky Turnpike
- 21.0 mi off the Lincoln Heritage Scenic Highway, National
- 21.8 mi off the River Road
Overlooks nearby
- Overlook Trail · 25 mi
- Overlook Landing - Pathway of a President · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- The Knobs: 2.2 mi
- Dawson Knob: 2.5 mi
- Sugar Loaf: 3.5 mi
- Dunaway Hill: 3.8 mi
- Cupio Hill: 4.1 mi
- Frank E. Simon Memorial Park: 5.6 mi
- 1st Street Park: 5.9 mi
- Heard Park: 6.5 mi
- Turret Field: 7.0 mi
- Kulmer Beach Reserve: 7.7 mi
- Fallen Soldier: 16.8 mi
- Pegasus (sculpture): 16.9 mi
- Engineering Art: 18.6 mi
- Conn Center Sculpture Garden: 18.6 mi
- Tau Beta Pi: 18.6 mi
- Caboose Car: 7.9 mi
- Jim Beam Distillery: 9.0 mi
- Jim Beam Distillery: 9.0 mi
- Louisville Mega Cavern: 18.6 mi
- Puma Area: 18.7 mi
- Fort Duffield: 7.6 mi
- Fort Duffield Park and Historic Site: 7.6 mi
- Stith: 8.4 mi
- Kentucky September 11th Memorial: 9.6 mi
- Korean War Memorial: 14.7 mi
- West Point History Museum: 8.0 mi
- James B. Beam Distilling Co.: 9.0 mi
- Patton Museum Foundation: 9.3 mi
- Little Loomhouse: 14.7 mi
- Swope's Cars of Yesteryear: 16.5 mi
- Jefferson Memorial Forest: 8.0 mi
- Jefferson Memorial Forest: 8.0 mi
- Jefferson Memorial Forest: 8.4 mi
- Bernheim Forest and Arboretum: 8.5 mi
- Jefferson Memorial Forest: 8.7 mi
- Native Plants Garden: 9.1 mi
- Iroquois Flowers: 16.8 mi
- Community Garden: 19.3 mi
- Waterfront Botanical Gardens: 22.4 mi
- Scribner Garden: 23.2 mi
- Picnic-in-the-Park Pavilions: 17.5 mi
- Redbud Shelter: 17.6 mi
- The Woodland Pavillion: 17.7 mi
- Picnic Area: 21.7 mi
- Picnic Area: 21.7 mi
- Cedar Point: 1.3 mi
- Potlick Point: 10.4 mi
- The Narrows: 12.2 mi
- Blunk Point: 14.3 mi
- Vault Point: 14.6 mi
- Distillerie Four Roses: 12.6 mi
- Rise of Rough Spring: 21.4 mi
- Evan Williams Distillerie: 22.0 mi
- Bullitt County Welcome Center: 6.9 mi
- Fairmont Falls Arch: 16.4 mi
- Fairmont Falls: 16.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.5 miles of The Dug Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dawson Knob | SE 138° | 295 m | 2.5 mi |
| Buck Knobs | W 263° | 280 m | 15.3 mi |
| Indian Hill | WSW 252° | 275 m | 10.6 mi |
| Brooks Hill | NNE 27° | 269 m | 9.0 mi |
| Tunnel Hill | S 182° | 264 m | 14.2 mi |
| Jennings Knob | WSW 258° | 263 m | 14.1 mi |
| Jefferson Hill | N 7° | 261 m | 9.1 mi |
| Mitchell Hill | NNE 16° | 261 m | 9.1 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, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358608753
Day trips start here
- Shepherdsville · 6 mi
- Mount Washington · 16 mi
- Bardstown · 21 mi
- Louisville · 21 mi
- Jeffersontown · 22 mi
- New Albany · 23 mi
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