Wilmoth Hill
Wilmoth Hill rises to 276 m in Kentucky. Frenchman Knob stands 353 m to the south-southeast, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Cecil Hill, a peak 0.7 miles away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 196 miles off. 129 named places lie within 25 miles, 57 of them named summits.
The story
mountain in Kentucky, United States of America
Wikidata Q49090289, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 276 m
How to reach it
- 195.6 mi off the River Road Scenic Byway, National
- 18.2 mi off the Lincoln Heritage Scenic Highway, National
- 18.2 mi off the Old Kentucky Turnpike
- 26.8 mi off the Duncan Hines Scenic Road
Overlooks nearby
- Overlook Landing - Pathway of a President · 20 mi
- Overlook Trail · 23 mi
129 named places within 25 miles
- Cecil Hill: 0.7 mi
- Gross Hill: 1.3 mi
- Blueball Hill: 5.8 mi
- Bland Knobs: 8.8 mi
- Fullove Hill: 9.4 mi
- Taylors Bend Park: 9.1 mi
- Glendale Park: 9.2 mi
- University Park: 9.6 mi
- Freeman Lake Park: 11.0 mi
- Freeman Lake Park: 11.3 mi
- Three County Corner: 11.2 mi
- The Cannonball: 11.2 mi
- Kentucky September 11th Memorial: 15.7 mi
- Stith: 17.5 mi
- Abraham Lincoln Statue: 18.2 mi
- Buzzard Cliff: 3.3 mi
- Cow Cliff: 3.5 mi
- Day Cliffs: 18.6 mi
- Potlick Point: 19.2 mi
- The Narrows: 22.8 mi
- Swope's Cars of Yesteryear: 10.6 mi
- Kentucky High School Basketball Hall of Fame: 11.1 mi
- Hardin County Museum: 11.2 mi
- Patton Museum Foundation: 17.3 mi
- The Lincoln Museum: 18.2 mi
- Rise of Rough Spring: 4.6 mi
- Blue Hole Spring: 17.4 mi
- Round Stone Spring: 17.5 mi
- Sinking Spring: 19.5 mi
- Abraham Lincoln Birth Cabin: 19.5 mi
- Site of the Boundary Oak: 19.5 mi
- Abraham Lincoln Birthplace: 19.6 mi
- Caboose Car: 24.6 mi
- Native Plants Garden: 15.4 mi
- Fairview Lavender Farm: 22.7 mi
- The Boy Lincoln: 18.2 mi
- Vernon Douglas State Nature Preserve: 19.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Wilmoth Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frenchman Knob | SSE 154° | 353 m | 23.0 mi |
| Bee Knob Hill | N 350° | 306 m | 14.3 mi |
| Blueball Hill | N 8° | 304 m | 5.8 mi |
| Dawson Knob | NE 39° | 295 m | 23.6 mi |
| Gross Hill | NNE 14° | 294 m | 1.3 mi |
| Jacobs Knob | SE 143° | 292 m | 14.1 mi |
| Buzzard Roost | S 189° | 292 m | 16.1 mi |
| Three Springs Knob | SE 141° | 291 m | 16.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:49 | 19:22 | 19:56 |
| June solstice | 06:24 | 20:31 | 21:10 |
| September equinox | 07:33 | 19:08 | 19:43 |
| December solstice | 07:56 | 16:49 | 17:30 |
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, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 506877 — Wilmoth Hill, Hardin County, Kentucky.
OpenStreetMap element node/358609864
Day trips start here
- Shepherdsville · 30 mi
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