Distance perception in an audio content has long been investigated as sources’ distance, how far the source is from the perspective of a listener. Yet, an audio spatial scene is not only perceived as a sum of punctual audio entities but it also takes into account a broader aspect, based for example on shape or textures. Moreover, in the domain of soundscape studies, researchers describe soundscapes as a sonic environment with emphasis on the way it is perceived and understood by an individual. This leads to the existence of an interaction between the recognition of the sonic environment and its perception. Based on this framework, how does the auditory distance perception, defined as acoustic horizon, is influenced by the recognition of the environment? For that, we designed an experiment which showed that it does exist an interaction between the recognition and the perception of the acoustic horizon. In addition, we discussed how this interaction could be linked to multiple factors. We will present our results and the leads for a better perceptual characterization of the acoustic horizon.