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Wilmoth Hill

Wilmoth Hill, seen from above at true elevation

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

Coordinates37.65423, -86.05747

129 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 57
Parks: 36
  • 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
Historic sites: 12
Cliffs: 6
Museums: 6
  • 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
Springs: 4
  • Rise of Rough Spring: 4.6 mi
  • Blue Hole Spring: 17.4 mi
  • Round Stone Spring: 17.5 mi
  • Sinking Spring: 19.5 mi
Attractions: 4
  • 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
Gardens: 2
Artworks: 1
  • The Boy Lincoln: 18.2 mi
Nature reserves: 1
  • 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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Frenchman KnobSSE 154°353 m23.0 mi
Bee Knob HillN 350°306 m14.3 mi
Blueball HillN 8°304 m5.8 mi
Dawson KnobNE 39°295 m23.6 mi
Gross HillNNE 14°294 m1.3 mi
Jacobs KnobSE 143°292 m14.1 mi
Buzzard RoostS 189°292 m16.1 mi
Three Springs KnobSE 141°291 m16.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4919:2219:56
June solstice06:2420:3121:10
September equinox07:3319:0819:43
December solstice07:5616:4917:30

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333745566573767568574537
Precip in4.03.95.15.15.84.75.44.13.54.13.74.9

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

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