Is Fort Knox safe? United States travel risk
Is Fort Knox safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Fort Knox scores 43/100 on our travel risk index (Moderate). The UK has no advice against travel; Canada says: exercise normal security precautions. The US State Department does not issue advice for United States. No GDACS or USGS hazard events within 100 km in the last 14 days. No change in government advice in the last 7 days.
Fort Knox scores 43/100 (Moderate). The score combines security, crime and scams, health and medical access, natural hazards and current alerts measured for this location and United States (how it is calculated). The sections below are specific to Fort Knox: nearest emergency and transport facilities, local climate normals, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: natural hazards (65/100) and security (35/100).
A score of 43 is higher than the scores of 56% of the 241 countries we cover.
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Location & Spatial Data
Charted at coordinates 37.8915° N, 85.9636° W in Kentucky, Fort Knox maintains a regional distance of 787.5 km E to Washington.
Kentucky
37.8915° N, 85.9636° W
225 m
America/New_York
8,715
Transit Links & Medical Facilities
Proximate Regional Communities (United States)
Climate by Month
Hottest: July (31 °C avg high); Wettest: April (119 mm).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | 5° | 8° | 13° | 19° | 24° | 29° | 31° | 31° | 28° | 21° | 12° | 7° |
| Low °C | -3° | -2° | 3° | 8° | 13° | 18° | 21° | 21° | 17° | 11° | 4° | -1° |
| Rain mm | 84 | 81 | 108 | 119 | 112 | 95 | 95 | 81 | 64 | 72 | 86 | 106 |
Normals: Louisville (41.2 km away).
Natural Hazard Calendar & History
No GDACS or USGS events recorded within 100 km in the past five years.
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