The Knobs
The Knobs rises to 255 m in Kentucky. Bee Knob Hill stands 306 m to the west-southwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Dunaway Hill, a peak 1.6 miles away. River Road passes 20 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Kentucky, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49082601, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 255 m
How to reach it
- 20.0 mi off the River Road
- 20.9 mi off the Indiana's Historic Pathways, National
- 19.4 mi off the Ohio River Scenic Byway, National
- 22.8 mi off the Old Kentucky Turnpike
Overlooks nearby
- Overlook Trail · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Dunaway Hill: 1.6 mi
- Cupio Hill: 2.0 mi
- The Dug Hill: 2.2 mi
- Martins Hill: 3.2 mi
- Cahill Knob: 3.9 mi
- Frank E. Simon Memorial Park: 5.8 mi
- Kulmer Beach Reserve: 6.0 mi
- 1st Street Park: 6.2 mi
- Medora Park: 6.3 mi
- Veterans Memorial Park: 6.4 mi
- Fallen Soldier: 15.0 mi
- Pegasus (sculpture): 15.3 mi
- Engineering Art: 16.8 mi
- Conn Center Sculpture Garden: 16.8 mi
- Tau Beta Pi: 16.8 mi
- Caboose Car: 6.3 mi
- Jim Beam Distillery: 10.3 mi
- Louisville Mega Cavern: 17.0 mi
- Puma Area: 17.2 mi
- Lynx Area: 17.2 mi
- Fort Duffield: 6.0 mi
- Fort Duffield Park and Historic Site: 6.1 mi
- Stith: 8.8 mi
- Kentucky September 11th Memorial: 10.2 mi
- Korean War Memorial: 13.9 mi
- West Point History Museum: 6.4 mi
- Patton Museum Foundation: 9.4 mi
- James B. Beam Distilling Co.: 10.4 mi
- Little Loomhouse: 13.0 mi
- Kentucky Derby Museum: 16.1 mi
- Jefferson Memorial Forest: 5.8 mi
- Horine Reservation: 7.9 mi
- Bernheim Forest and Arboretum: 10.0 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 17.4 mi
- Vernon Douglas State Nature Preserve: 18.9 mi
- Cedar Point: 3.2 mi
- The Narrows: 11.1 mi
- Blunk Point: 12.1 mi
- Vault Point: 12.4 mi
- Potlick Point: 12.6 mi
- Native Plants Garden: 10.1 mi
- Iroquois Flowers: 15.0 mi
- Waterfront Botanical Gardens: 20.7 mi
- Scribner Garden: 21.2 mi
- Underground Railroad Gardens: 21.2 mi
- Distillerie Four Roses: 14.0 mi
- Rise of Rough Spring: 22.4 mi
- Grable Spring: 23.3 mi
- Miles Spring: 23.5 mi
- Evan Williams Distillerie: 23.8 mi
- Picnic-in-the-Park Pavilions: 15.8 mi
- Redbud Shelter: 17.3 mi
- The Woodland Pavillion: 17.4 mi
- Bullitt County Welcome Center: 8.1 mi
- Fairmont Falls Arch: 16.1 mi
- Fairmont Falls: 16.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.9 miles of The Knobs. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bee Knob Hill | WSW 241° | 306 m | 16.7 mi |
| Dawson Knob | SE 146° | 295 m | 4.6 mi |
| Buck Knobs | WSW 255° | 280 m | 14.8 mi |
| Indian Hill | WSW 239° | 275 m | 10.6 mi |
| Brooks Hill | NE 40° | 269 m | 7.9 mi |
| Tunnel Hill | S 178° | 264 m | 16.2 mi |
| Jennings Knob | WSW 249° | 263 m | 13.8 mi |
| Jefferson Hill | NNE 16° | 261 m | 7.3 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 | 20:31 | 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, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358608758
Day trips start here
- Shepherdsville · 7 mi
- Mount Washington · 16 mi
- Louisville · 19 mi
- Jeffersontown · 21 mi
- New Albany · 21 mi
- Saint Matthews · 21 mi
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