The Dug Hill
The Dug Hill rises to 190 m in Kentucky. Bee Knob Hill stands 306 m to the west-southwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Cedar Point, a cliff 1.3 miles away. Old Kentucky Turnpike passes 21 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
- 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
- 22.7 mi off the Indiana's Historic Pathways, National
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
- Louisville Mega Cavern: 18.6 mi
- Puma Area: 18.7 mi
- Lynx 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
- 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
- Jefferson Memorial Forest: 8.0 mi
- Bernheim Forest and Arboretum: 8.5 mi
- Horine Reservation: 9.4 mi
- Vernon Douglas State Nature Preserve: 16.7 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 18.9 mi
- Native Plants Garden: 9.1 mi
- Iroquois Flowers: 16.8 mi
- Waterfront Botanical Gardens: 22.4 mi
- Scribner Garden: 23.2 mi
- Underground Railroad Gardens: 23.2 mi
- Distillerie Four Roses: 12.6 mi
- Rise of Rough Spring: 21.4 mi
- Evan Williams Distillerie: 22.0 mi
- Picnic-in-the-Park Pavilions: 17.5 mi
- Redbud Shelter: 17.6 mi
- The Woodland Pavillion: 17.7 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 16.7 miles of The Dug Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bee Knob Hill | WSW 248° | 306 m | 16.7 mi |
| 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 |
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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