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Minnow Beach

Minnow Beach from directly overhead

Minnow Beach is a beach in Kentucky, at a modelled elevation of 323 m. Bear Wallow Mountain stands 655 m to the south-southeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is CPL Reading Garden, a garden 0.2 miles away. Wilderness Road Heritage Highway passes 7.3 miles off.

Favored local spot for catching minnows for use as bait fish.

How to reach it

Coordinates36.95282, -84.09405

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Bunch Mountain: 6.6 mi
  • Gillam Knob: 6.9 mi
  • King Mountain: 7.1 mi
  • Bald Knob: 7.1 mi
  • Gillam Hill: 7.3 mi
Parks: 35
  • St. John's Park: 0.2 mi
  • McBurney Manor Park: 0.3 mi
  • Trolley Park: 0.3 mi
  • Colonel Sanders Memorial Park: 0.4 mi
  • Corbin Skate Park: 0.4 mi
Natural arches: 19
  • Grove Arch: 6.7 mi
  • Auger Springs Arch: 7.1 mi
  • Whippersnapper Arch: 8.1 mi
  • Whippoorwill Arch: 8.2 mi
  • Crown Of The Worm Arch: 10.2 mi
Waterfalls: 19
  • Bee Creek Road Falls: 11.1 mi
  • Bark Camp Branch Falls: 11.3 mi
  • Bark Camp Falls: 11.3 mi
  • Vanhook Falls: 11.4 mi
  • Grandaddy Waterfalls: 11.7 mi
Attractions: 5
  • Treetop Adventure: 9.4 mi
  • Wildcat Off-road: 19.3 mi
  • Short Creek: 23.1 mi
  • Short Creek Cave: 23.1 mi
  • Beast Mode: 23.4 mi
Historic sites: 4
Museums: 4
Rest areas: 3
  • Truck scales and rest area - I75 NB: 6.2 mi
  • Truck scales and rest area - I75 SB: 6.6 mi
  • Whitley County Welcome Center Northbound: 23.3 mi
Gardens: 2
  • CPL Reading Garden: 0.2 mi
  • CPL Reading Garden: 0.2 mi
Nature reserves: 2
  • Buck Creek Wildlife Management Area: 20.6 mi
  • Ping-Sinking Valley Wildlife Management Area: 23.1 mi
Artworks: 1
  • Colonel Sanders: 0.4 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Bald Rock Picnic Area: 9.0 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.9 miles of Minnow Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bear Wallow MountainSSE 164°655 m21.2 mi
Jellico MountainSSW 199°648 m19.1 mi
Vanderpool MountainSSE 168°636 m21.5 mi
Powers MountainS 175°599 m19.2 mi
Round MountainSSE 156°599 m21.2 mi
Bon Jellico MountainSSW 203°597 m17.9 mi
Halifax MountainSSW 204°587 m18.8 mi
Lawson MountainSSE 155°585 m20.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4119:1419:48
June solstice06:1820:2121:00
September equinox07:2519:0119:35
December solstice07:4716:4317:24

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F364047576573767569584739
Precip in3.94.04.64.75.05.15.24.03.63.33.54.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — London Corbin AP, 10 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/479620628

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