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 Scenic Byway passes 178 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
- 177.7 mi off the River Road Scenic Byway, National
- 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
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
- Sugarloaf 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
- Jim Beam Distillery: 10.4 mi
- Louisville Mega Cavern: 17.0 mi
- Puma 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
- Jefferson Memorial Forest: 5.9 mi
- Jefferson Memorial Forest: 6.2 mi
- Jefferson Memorial Forest: 6.7 mi
- Jefferson Memorial Forest: 7.1 mi
- Native Plants Garden: 10.1 mi
- Iroquois Flowers: 15.0 mi
- Community Garden: 17.6 mi
- Waterfront Botanical Gardens: 20.7 mi
- Scribner Garden: 21.2 mi
- Picnic-in-the-Park Pavilions: 15.8 mi
- Redbud Shelter: 17.3 mi
- The Woodland Pavillion: 17.4 mi
- Picnic Area: 19.9 mi
- Picnic Area: 19.9 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
- 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
- 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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