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Blue Hole

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Elevation, modelled
276 m
Tallest summit within 25 miles
Pleasant Hill330 m · 24.0 mi
Nearest byway
Old Frankfort Pike0.3 mi off
Sunset, June solstice
21:05local time
Coordinates
38.0545, -84.5304
Blue Hole, seen from above at true elevation

Blue Hole is a spring in Kentucky, at a modelled 276 m. Pleasant Hill stands 330 m to the east-southeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is McConnell Springs, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Old Frankfort Pike passes 0.3 miles off. 22 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Blue Hole. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Pleasant HillESE 102°330 m24.0 mi
Spring HillESE 101°294 m15.6 mi
The BackboneNW 308°262 m20.5 mi
Eagle Nest HillESE 122°260 m23.2 mi
Hickman HillNW 304°251 m16.4 mi
The MoundWSW 256°226 m20.7 mi
Fort HillWNW 300°174 m21.2 mi

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks: 53
Peaks: 22
Springs: 8
Waterfalls: 5
Cliffs: 2
DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4319:1519:50
June solstice06:1620:2621:05
September equinox07:2719:0219:37
December solstice07:5116:4117:23

Local time (America/New_York).

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343846566573777669584638
Precip in3.43.64.54.45.45.05.13.73.43.73.44.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lexington Bluegrass AP, 5 mi away.

Months at or above the year’s average flow: Dec–May — fullest in Feb, leanest in Aug.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs20.326.123.323.823.816.417.110.612.412.112.719.7

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Wolf Run AT Old Frankfort Pike AT Lexington, KY, 2 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

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