Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 14 h 45 min6:15 am – 9:00 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 9 h 35 min7:47 am – 5:21 pm
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ClimateWarmest month July: highs 87°F, lows 67°FColdest month January: highs 45°F, lows 29°F50 in of rain a year, on about 89 dayswettest month May18 in of snow a year, on about 11 days21 days above 90°F, 84 nights below freezing in a typical yearSource: NOAA 1991-2020 Climate Normals, Berea College station, 15 mi away; rain from Heidelberg
Parks and public landsDaniel Boone National Forestnational forest · within reach · 563,866 acresMill Creek Wildlife Management Areastate conservation land · 2.7 mi · 13,011 acresJohn B. Stephenson Memorial Forest State Nature Preservestate conservation land · 9.8 mi · 124 acresMiller Welch-Central Kentucky Wildlife Management Areastate conservation land · 12.7 mi · 1,847 acresRoss Creek Wildlife Management Areastate conservation land · 13.0 mi · 935 acresRedbird Purchase Unitnational forest · 26.7 mi · 146,434 acresSource: USGS Protected Areas Database (PAD-US)
Earthquakes9 of magnitude 3 or more within 50 miles since 19704 of magnitude 4+, 1 of magnitude 5+Largest: magnitude 5.0 on 27 Jul 198050 mi away, near Sharpsburg, KentuckyMost recent: magnitude 3.1 on 28 Dec 202526 mi awaySource: USGS Earthquake Catalog
Natural hazardsOverall risk Very LowJackson County, KY, compared with all US countiesHighest-rated hazardsLandslide Relatively ModerateWildfire Relatively LowSource: FEMA National Risk Index (county level)
Air quality81% of days had good air in 2025297 of 365 days measured68 moderate daysMedian index 40, worst day 73main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)Source: US EPA Air Quality Index, nearest monitors: Pulaski County, KY, 39 mi away
Drinking waterJackson Co Water Associationserves 13,629 people from surface waterNo health-based violations since 2021Source: US EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System, largest system in the county
Elevation1,069 ft326 m above sea levelSource: USGS 3D Elevation Program
Local servicesHospitalKentuckyOne Health Saint Joseph Berea Hospital15.1 miPost officeSandgap Post Office2.7 miTown hallMckee City Hall4.2 miPoliceJackson County Sheriff's Office3.9 miFire stationSand Gap Fire Department2.4 miSource: USGS National Structures Dataset
Getting aroundAirportBlue Grass Airport LEX50 miMajor airportLouisville Muhammad Ali International Airport SDF104 miInterstateI-7516 miUS highwayUS 421under a mileCoachBerea Kiln TimeGreyhound16 miSources: OurAirports; US Census Bureau TIGER roads; Bureau of Transportation Statistics NTAD
Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the 40488 ZIP area.
