- Elevation, modelled
- 185 m
- Tallest summit within 23.2 miles
- Frenchman Knob353 m · 5.9 mi
- Nearest byway
- Lincoln Heritage Scenic Highway14.0 mi off
- Sunset, June solstice
- 20:09local time
- Coordinates
- 37.4188, -85.9448
Blue Hole Spring is a spring in Kentucky, at a modelled 185 m. Frenchman Knob stands 353 m to the southeast, 5.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Round Stone Spring, a spring 0.1 miles away. Lincoln Heritage Scenic Highway passes 14 miles off.
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.2 miles of Blue Hole Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frenchman Knob | SE 138° | 353 m | 5.9 mi |
| Maxey Knob | SE 128° | 327 m | 16.9 mi |
| Grindstone Knob | ESE 122° | 324 m | 11.1 mi |
| Knox Knob | ESE 122° | 318 m | 12.2 mi |
| Three Kiln Knob | SE 127° | 309 m | 11.1 mi |
| Wootens Knob | SSE 165° | 305 m | 16.7 mi |
| Blueball Hill | NNW 346° | 304 m | 22.7 mi |
| Prewitts Knob | S 184° | 297 m | 21.3 mi |
- 14.0 mi off the Lincoln Heritage Scenic HighwayNational
- 14.0 mi off the Old Kentucky Turnpike
- 15.3 mi off the Duncan Hines Scenic Road
- 212.9 mi off the River Road Scenic BywayNational
Overlooks nearby
- Overlook Landing - Pathway of a President · 14 mi
- Green River Bluffs Overlook · 18 mi
- Dixon Cave · 18 mi
- Sunset Point · 18 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Gardner Knob: 3.6 mi
- Burnt Knob: 3.8 mi
- Peter Cave Hill: 4.0 mi
- Gore Stump Knob: 4.1 mi
- Veach Knob: 4.2 mi
- Rider's Mill Natural Area Information Center: 3.1 mi
- Rider's Mill Natural Area: 3.1 mi
- Kentucky Stonehenge: 10.2 mi
- Thelma Stovall Park: 10.9 mi
- Thelma Stovall Park: 10.9 mi
- Hart County Historical Museum: 10.7 mi
- The Lincoln Museum: 15.5 mi
- Hidden River Cave & American Cave Museum: 16.7 mi
- Kentucky High School Basketball Hall of Fame: 19.6 mi
- Hardin County Museum: 19.6 mi
- Colonel Robert A. Smith Monument: 11.5 mi
- Memorial Building: 13.8 mi
- Tank: 15.1 mi
- Abraham Lincoln Statue: 15.5 mi
- Unknown Confederate Soldier Monument: 15.6 mi
- Site of the Boundary Oak: 13.7 mi
- Abraham Lincoln Birth Cabin: 13.8 mi
- Abraham Lincoln Birthplace: 13.8 mi
- Hidden River Cave: 16.7 mi
- Adventures of Mammoth Cave: 17.4 mi
- Bell Cliff: 13.1 mi
- Nappers Rollover: 16.5 mi
- Buzzard Cliff: 19.4 mi
- Cow Cliff: 19.4 mi
- Day Cliffs: 21.5 mi
- Round Stone Spring: 0.1 mi
- Sinking Spring: 13.8 mi
- Rise of Rough Spring: 22.0 mi
- Mammoth Cave: 18.2 mi
- Vernon Douglas State Nature Preserve: 24.6 mi
- The Boy Lincoln: 15.5 mi
- Brush Creek Church Falls: 18.5 mi
- Chaumont: 21.2 mi
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:48 | 18:21 | 18:56 |
| June solstice | 05:24 | 19:30 | 20:09 |
| September equinox | 06:32 | 18:08 | 18:42 |
| December solstice | 06:55 | 15:49 | 16:30 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 33 | 36 | 44 | 54 | 64 | 72 | 76 | 74 | 68 | 56 | 44 | 37 |
| Precip in | 4.0 | 4.5 | 5.1 | 4.9 | 5.7 | 4.8 | 4.3 | 3.3 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 5.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Millerstown 4E, 4 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Dec–May — fullest in Feb, leanest in Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 80.1 | 149 | 121 | 124 | 89.6 | 47.4 | 47.6 | 22.0 | 26.2 | 17.9 | 32.7 | 68.9 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Bacon Creek Near Priceville, KY, 5 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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