Picnic Area
Picnic Area is a picnic site in Kentucky, at a modelled elevation of 221 m. Sugar Loaf Mountain stands 355 m to the east, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Pioneer Museum, a museum 0.1 miles away. Ohio River Scenic Byway passes 20 miles off. 80 named places lie within 25 miles, 14 of them named summits.
Blue Licks Battlefield State Resort Park. Six to eight picnic tables, some with charcoal grills.
How to reach it
- 19.9 mi off the Ohio River Scenic Byway, National
80 named places within 25 miles
- Blue Licks Battlefield State Park: 0.2 mi
- Blue Licks Battlefield State Resort Park: 0.2 mi
- East Union Park: 8.3 mi
- James Roff Memorial Centennial Park: 10.1 mi
- Flemingsburg Recreation Park: 13.9 mi
- Pioneer Museum: 0.1 mi
- Kentucky Doll and Toy Museum: 8.4 mi
- Harriet Beecher Stowe Slavery to Freedom Museum: 16.2 mi
- Albert Sidney Johnston House: 16.2 mi
- Cynthiana Harrison County Museum: 16.6 mi
- Tunnel Hill: 4.9 mi
- Locust Graveyard Hill: 17.0 mi
- Fox Mountain: 17.8 mi
- Tunnel Hill: 20.6 mi
- White Oak Hill: 20.8 mi
- Foundation of Old Farm House: 0.1 mi
- Battle Of Blue Licks Battlefield, Revolutionary War: 0.2 mi
- Burial Site: 0.2 mi
- Robertson County Veterans Memorial: 7.4 mi
- Confederate Monument: 15.9 mi
- The Maiden City: 16.7 mi
- Eiffel Tower: 20.8 mi
- Augusta, Kentucky: 23.7 mi
- Picnic Area: 0.1 mi
- Picnic Ground: 0.1 mi
- Tanner Trading Fort: 0.7 mi
- County Quad Point: 16.5 mi
- Simon Kenton Wildlife Management Area: 19.0 mi
- Griffith Woods Wildlife Management Area: 20.6 mi
- Ripley Community Garden: 23.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Picnic Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sugar Loaf Mountain | E 82° | 355 m | 21.0 mi |
| Tanbark Hill | ENE 76° | 355 m | 24.3 mi |
| White Oak Hill | SSE 146° | 327 m | 20.8 mi |
| Five Forks Hill | SSW 191° | 307 m | 21.1 mi |
| Tunnel Hill | SSE 156° | 300 m | 20.6 mi |
| Tunnel Hill | SE 124° | 281 m | 4.9 mi |
| Liberty Ridge | NW 304° | 280 m | 23.0 mi |
| Fox Mountain | E 94° | 276 m | 17.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:40 | 19:13 | 19:48 |
| June solstice | 06:13 | 20:24 | 21:04 |
| September equinox | 07:24 | 19:00 | 19:35 |
| December solstice | 07:50 | 16:38 | 17:19 |
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 | 32 | 35 | 43 | 54 | 64 | 72 | 76 | 74 | 68 | 57 | 45 | 37 |
| Precip in | 3.7 | 3.5 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 5.8 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 3.2 | 4.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Flemingsburg 2 N, 14 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/769328574
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