Tunnel Hill
Tunnel Hill rises to 264 m in Kentucky. Bee Knob Hill stands 306 m to the west-northwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Elizabethtown Nature Park, a park 2.8 miles away. Old Kentucky Turnpike passes 13 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Hardin County, Kentucky, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49085211, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 264 m
How to reach it
- 12.5 mi off the Old Kentucky Turnpike
- 12.5 mi off the Lincoln Heritage Scenic Highway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Overlook Trail · 14 mi
- Overlook Landing - Pathway of a President · 15 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Miller Hill: 4.3 mi
- Hall Hill: 6.4 mi
- Potmesser Knob: 6.9 mi
- Keith Knob: 7.8 mi
- Stark Knob: 8.0 mi
- Elizabethtown Nature Park: 2.8 mi
- Hardin County Veteran's Tribute: 2.8 mi
- Freeman Lake Park: 2.9 mi
- American Legion Park: 2.9 mi
- Haycraft Mill Park: 3.9 mi
- Swope's Cars of Yesteryear: 3.5 mi
- Hardin County Museum: 3.8 mi
- Kentucky High School Basketball Hall of Fame: 3.9 mi
- The Lincoln Museum: 12.5 mi
- Patton Museum Foundation: 13.4 mi
- The Cannonball: 3.9 mi
- Kentucky September 11th Memorial: 11.5 mi
- Stith: 12.8 mi
- Tank: 13.5 mi
- Memorial Building: 15.3 mi
- Abraham Lincoln Birth Cabin: 15.3 mi
- Abraham Lincoln Birthplace: 15.4 mi
- Site of the Boundary Oak: 15.4 mi
- Jim Beam Distillery: 16.0 mi
- Caboose Car: 18.9 mi
- Rise of Rough Spring: 14.2 mi
- Sinking Spring: 15.4 mi
- Distillerie Four Roses: 17.9 mi
- Evan Williams Distillerie: 19.9 mi
- Blue Hole Spring: 23.3 mi
- Potlick Point: 5.5 mi
- Cedar Point: 13.0 mi
- Buzzard Cliff: 16.8 mi
- Cow Cliff: 17.1 mi
- The Narrows: 20.4 mi
- Vernon Douglas State Nature Preserve: 6.5 mi
- Bernheim Forest and Arboretum: 14.8 mi
- Jefferson Memorial Forest: 21.8 mi
- Horine Reservation: 23.4 mi
- The Boy Lincoln: 12.5 mi
- Saint Joseph Statue: 17.0 mi
- Native Plants Garden: 10.0 mi
- Bullitt County Welcome Center: 15.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.4 miles of Tunnel Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bee Knob Hill | WNW 298° | 306 m | 17.1 mi |
| Blueball Hill | W 269° | 304 m | 11.9 mi |
| Dawson Knob | N 9° | 295 m | 12.5 mi |
| Watson Knob | ESE 102° | 295 m | 16.4 mi |
| Gross Hill | WSW 249° | 294 m | 13.3 mi |
| Forty-Acre Knob | ESE 105° | 294 m | 16.0 mi |
| Cambron Knob | ESE 104° | 294 m | 16.3 mi |
| Jacobs Knob | SSW 194° | 292 m | 17.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:48 | 19:21 | 19:55 |
| June solstice | 06:23 | 20:30 | 21:09 |
| September equinox | 07:32 | 19:07 | 19:42 |
| December solstice | 07:56 | 16:48 | 17:29 |
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 | 33 | 37 | 45 | 56 | 65 | 73 | 76 | 75 | 68 | 57 | 45 | 37 |
| Precip in | 4.0 | 3.9 | 5.1 | 5.1 | 5.8 | 4.7 | 5.4 | 4.1 | 3.5 | 4.1 | 3.7 | 4.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Elizabethtown WP CS, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 505572 — Tunnel Hill, Hardin County, Kentucky.
OpenStreetMap element node/358608976
Day trips start here
- Shepherdsville · 18 mi
- Bardstown · 20 mi
- Mount Washington · 26 mi
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