Whoopee Hill
Whoopee Hill rises to 183 m in Kentucky. Telephone Knob stands 259 m to the northeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Hawkers Bluff, a cliff 1.1 miles away. Ohio River Scenic Byway passes 28 miles off. 120 named places lie within 25 miles, 57 of them named summits.
The story
Whoopee Hill is a summit in Ohio County, Kentucky, in the United States. With an elevation of 604 feet (184 m), Whoopee Hill is the 1037th tallest mountain in Kentucky. Whoopee Hill has been noted for its unusual place name.
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Wikidata Q18379553, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 183 m
How to reach it
- 27.9 mi off the Ohio River Scenic Byway, National
120 named places within 25 miles
- Hoover Hill: 4.5 mi
- Barnes Hill: 5.6 mi
- Bean Hill: 7.5 mi
- Barrett Hill: 9.2 mi
- Tunnel Hill: 10.4 mi
- Ellis Park: 3.4 mi
- Ohio County Fair Grounds: 3.8 mi
- Oldham Park: 7.0 mi
- Beaver Dam Park & Amphitheater: 7.3 mi
- Dundee Park: 8.0 mi
- Hawkers Bluff: 1.1 mi
- Jackson Bluff: 13.2 mi
- Buzzards Roost Bluff: 22.8 mi
- Stony Point: 24.5 mi
- fort hartford reconstruction: 3.6 mi
- Everly Brothers Monument: 19.0 mi
- Confederate Monument: 22.0 mi
- Confederate-Union Veterans Monument: 22.7 mi
- Fordsville railroad museum: 13.6 mi
- Owensboro Museum of Fine Art: 21.5 mi
- Owensboro Museum of Science and History: 21.9 mi
- Bluegrass Hall of Fame & Museum: 22.1 mi
- Jerusalem Ridge- Bill Monroe Homeplace: 8.7 mi
- Church Garden: 20.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Whoopee Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Telephone Knob | NE 45° | 258.7 m | 18.7 mi |
| Duncan Hill | E 87° | 249 m | 15.4 mi |
| Powell Hill | ENE 65° | 247 m | 23.4 mi |
| Sand Knob | ENE 69° | 246 m | 23.7 mi |
| Cretcheloe Hill | ENE 65° | 244 m | 22.6 mi |
| Junction Hill | E 81° | 243 m | 20.9 mi |
| Egypt Knob | NE 50° | 236 m | 20.2 mi |
| Pine Knob | E 94° | 234 m | 21.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:52 | 18:25 | 19:00 |
| June solstice | 05:28 | 19:34 | 20:13 |
| September equinox | 06:36 | 18:12 | 18:46 |
| December solstice | 06:59 | 15:53 | 16:34 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 34 | 38 | 46 | 58 | 66 | 74 | 78 | 77 | 70 | 58 | 47 | 38 |
| Precip in | 3.8 | 4.0 | 5.1 | 5.0 | 5.5 | 4.3 | 4.6 | 3.4 | 3.8 | 4.3 | 3.7 | 4.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Beaver DAM, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358609765
Day trips start here
- Morgantown · 23 mi
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