Picnic Ground
Picnic Ground is a picnic site in Kentucky, at a modelled elevation of 210 m. Peach Orchard Hill stands 363 m to the east-northeast, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Blue Licks Battlefield State Resort Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Ohio River Scenic Byway passes 20 miles off. 81 named places lie within 25 miles, 15 of them named summits.
Blue Licks Battlefield State Resort Park. Five or six picnic tables, a few with charcoal grills.
How to reach it
- 20.0 mi off the Ohio River Scenic Byway, National
81 named places within 25 miles
- Blue Licks Battlefield State Resort Park: 0.1 mi
- Blue Licks Battlefield State Park: 0.1 mi
- East Union Park: 8.2 mi
- James Roff Memorial Centennial Park: 10.1 mi
- Flemingsburg Recreation Park: 13.8 mi
- Tunnel Hill: 4.8 mi
- Locust Graveyard Hill: 16.8 mi
- Fox Mountain: 17.7 mi
- Tunnel Hill: 20.4 mi
- White Oak Hill: 20.6 mi
- Pioneer Museum: 0.2 mi
- Kentucky Doll and Toy Museum: 8.3 mi
- Harriet Beecher Stowe Slavery to Freedom Museum: 16.2 mi
- Albert Sidney Johnston House: 16.3 mi
- Cynthiana Harrison County Museum: 16.6 mi
- Foundation of Old Farm House: 0.3 mi
- Battle Of Blue Licks Battlefield, Revolutionary War: 0.3 mi
- Burial Site: 0.3 mi
- Robertson County Veterans Memorial: 7.5 mi
- Confederate Monument: 15.9 mi
- The Maiden City: 16.7 mi
- Eiffel Tower: 20.7 mi
- Augusta, Kentucky: 23.8 mi
- Picnic Area: 0.1 mi
- Picnic Area: 0.3 mi
- Tanner Trading Fort: 0.6 mi
- County Quad Point: 16.4 mi
- Simon Kenton Wildlife Management Area: 19.0 mi
- Griffith Woods Wildlife Management Area: 20.6 mi
- Ripley Community Garden: 23.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Picnic Ground. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peach Orchard Hill | ENE 75° | 363 m | 24.9 mi |
| Sugar Loaf Mountain | E 81° | 355 m | 20.9 mi |
| Tanbark Hill | ENE 76° | 355 m | 24.2 mi |
| White Oak Hill | SE 146° | 327 m | 20.6 mi |
| Five Forks Hill | SSW 192° | 307 m | 21.0 mi |
| Tunnel Hill | SSE 156° | 300 m | 20.4 mi |
| Tunnel Hill | ESE 124° | 281 m | 4.8 mi |
| Liberty Ridge | NW 304° | 280 m | 23.1 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/769322699
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