Lake Cumberland Slaves Memorial
Lake Cumberland Slaves Memorial is an artwork in Kentucky, at a modelled elevation of 281 m. Big Knob stands 433 m to the northeast, 7.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Ferguson Park, a park 0.8 miles away. Cumberland Cultural Heritage Highway passes 4.1 miles off.
What the record says
- Built
- 2021-07-09
- Material
- steel
How to reach it
- 4.1 mi off the Cumberland Cultural Heritage Highway
- 25.1 mi off the Wilderness Road Heritage Highway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Bogle Knob: 1.6 mi
- Shop Knob: 1.7 mi
- Hale Knob: 1.9 mi
- Smith Knob: 2.1 mi
- Wait Knob: 2.2 mi
- Ferguson Park: 0.8 mi
- Bourne Park: 2.0 mi
- Trinity Park: 2.0 mi
- Rocky Hollow Park: 2.1 mi
- Fountain Square: 2.3 mi
- Meadow Creek Falls: 12.4 mi
- Bear Creek Falls: 15.1 mi
- Pole Bridge Branch Falls: 15.6 mi
- Dutch Branch Falls: 16.5 mi
- Lick Branch Falls: 17.0 mi
- Shinbone Cliff: 15.5 mi
- Hens Nest Cliff: 16.7 mi
- Tabletop Cliff: 16.9 mi
- Silvermine Cliff: 16.9 mi
- Washing Cliff: 17.0 mi
- Chimney Arch: 15.8 mi
- Nathan McClure Arch 2: 15.8 mi
- Nathan McClure Arch: 15.9 mi
- Natural Arch: 15.9 mi
- Charlottes Web Arch: 19.7 mi
- Town Spring: 2.1 mi
- P.O.W. M.I.A. Memorial: 2.3 mi
- Burnside: 4.8 mi
- First Boy Scout Troop: 5.0 mi
- Confederate Mass Grave Monument: 6.8 mi
- Downtown Somerset Welcome: 2.3 mi
- Tank: 2.5 mi
- Short Creek Cave: 11.9 mi
- Short Creek: 11.9 mi
- Beast Mode: 17.9 mi
- Buck Creek Wildlife Management Area: 11.6 mi
- Ping-Sinking Valley Wildlife Management Area: 15.8 mi
- Mill Spring: 12.5 mi
- Koger Spring: 23.3 mi
- Senator John Sherman Cooper: 2.3 mi
- Bald Rock Picnic Area: 21.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.3 miles of Lake Cumberland Slaves Memorial. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Knob | NE 39° | 433 m | 7.1 mi |
| Sugar Hill Knob | NE 35° | 428 m | 6.0 mi |
| Buzzard Rock Knob | NE 44° | 428 m | 9.0 mi |
| Buzzard Knob | NNE 25° | 427 m | 7.2 mi |
| Meace Knob | NNE 26° | 414 m | 5.8 mi |
| Cox Knob | NNE 28° | 413 m | 7.0 mi |
| Barn Hill | SSW 199° | 411 m | 8.6 mi |
| Holtzclaw Knob | N 358° | 410 m | 6.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:43 | 19:16 | 19:51 |
| June solstice | 06:20 | 20:24 | 21:02 |
| September equinox | 07:27 | 19:03 | 19:37 |
| December solstice | 07:49 | 16:45 | 17:26 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 37 | 41 | 49 | 59 | 67 | 74 | 78 | 77 | 70 | 59 | 48 | 41 |
| Precip in | 4.3 | 3.9 | 5.1 | 4.9 | 5.2 | 5.0 | 5.3 | 3.9 | 3.7 | 3.2 | 3.8 | 4.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Somerset 2 N, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/8912038241
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