Bens Cliff
Bens Cliff is a cliff in Kentucky, at a recorded elevation of 526 m. Golman Mountain stands 536 m to the south-southwest, 8.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Lone Rock Mountain, a peak 0.4 miles away. Cumberland Cultural Heritage Highway passes 4.9 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 526 m
How to reach it
- 4.9 mi off the Cumberland Cultural Heritage Highway
- 8.3 mi off the Cumberland Historic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Lone Rock Mountain: 0.4 mi
- Hog Mountain: 1.4 mi
- Bridgeman Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Guffey Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Buck Knob: 1.9 mi
- Mill Point: 2.4 mi
- Yellow Cliff: 2.4 mi
- Scotts Cliff: 2.6 mi
- Long Cliff: 4.0 mi
- Round Cliff: 4.4 mi
- Mountain View Park: 10.3 mi
- Sergeant Alvin York Mill State Historic Area: 10.7 mi
- Monticello Wayne County Park: 10.7 mi
- Sgt. Alvin C. York State Historic Park: 10.8 mi
- Pickett State Rustic Park Historic District: 13.2 mi
- Old KY-90 Bridge: 5.4 mi
- Grren Ford Swinging Bridge: 12.5 mi
- Hollow Rock: 14.3 mi
- Wolf River Marina: 14.5 mi
- Rock Hole: 15.7 mi
- Handcock Falls: 8.1 mi
- Town Creek Falls: 9.2 mi
- Meadow Creek Falls: 19.1 mi
- Little Lily Creek Falls: 20.9 mi
- Lily Bend Falls: 20.9 mi
- Buffalo Arch: 12.3 mi
- Smith’s Cemetery Arch: 14.2 mi
- Etta's Arch: 16.6 mi
- Amphitheater Arch: 17.0 mi
- Nancy’s Tunnel Arch: 17.0 mi
- Alvin C York Home: 10.6 mi
- Wayne County Historical Museum: 10.9 mi
- Pickett State Park Archaeology Museum & ETSU Archaeological Research Station: 12.5 mi
- Old Jail Museum: 18.6 mi
- Old Jail: 18.6 mi
- Sgt. Alvin C. York Memorial: 10.2 mi
- Wayne County Doughboy: 10.9 mi
- Jamestown Memorial Circle: 20.8 mi
- Tommy Jones Memorial: 21.3 mi
- Pickett CCC Memorial State Park: 13.0 mi
- Wolf Creek National Fish Hatchery Visitor And Environmental Education Center: 16.2 mi
- Mill Spring: 19.1 mi
- Koger Spring: 22.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.1 miles of Bens Cliff. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Golman Mountain | SSW 208° | 536 m | 8.4 mi |
| Sewell Mountain | W 281° | 532 m | 8.7 mi |
| Cherry Gap Mountain | ESE 106° | 530 m | 3.5 mi |
| Bald Rock | SSW 201° | 527 m | 5.7 mi |
| Guffey Mountain | N 11° | 525 m | 1.6 mi |
| Slippery Rock | S 188° | 525 m | 5.5 mi |
| Kennedy Mountain | SW 226° | 525 m | 5.8 mi |
| Bridgeman Mountain | NE 40° | 522 m | 1.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:44 | 19:18 | 19:52 |
| June solstice | 06:22 | 20:24 | 21:03 |
| September equinox | 07:28 | 19:04 | 19:38 |
| December solstice | 07:49 | 16:48 | 17:28 |
Local time (America/Kentucky/Monticello).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 36 | 40 | 48 | 57 | 65 | 72 | 76 | 74 | 69 | 58 | 47 | 40 |
| Precip in | 4.5 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.2 | 4.9 | 4.7 | 5.3 | 4.1 | 3.6 | 3.3 | 3.7 | 5.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Byrdstown, 13 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/358581317
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