Coal Cliff
Coal Cliff is a cliff in Kentucky, at a recorded elevation of 384 m. Big Pilot Knob stands 483 m to the southwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Sand Cliff, a cliff 0.3 miles away. Cumberland Cultural Heritage Highway passes 11 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 384 m
How to reach it
- 11.0 mi off the Cumberland Cultural Heritage Highway
- 26.1 mi off the Cumberland Historic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- The Gran Abbott Hill: 1.2 mi
- Pinnacle Rock: 2.3 mi
- Brammer Hill Ridge: 2.6 mi
- Pilot Rock: 3.0 mi
- Clay Hill: 3.5 mi
- Sand Cliff: 0.3 mi
- Cindy Cliff: 0.4 mi
- Balls Cliff: 0.7 mi
- Silvermine Cliff: 0.9 mi
- Tabletop Cliff: 1.2 mi
- Big Creek: 5.2 mi
- Great Gulf Overlook: 5.3 mi
- Panoramic Trail: 5.5 mi
- Natural Arch Scenic Area: 6.5 mi
- Yamacraw Day Use Area: 7.1 mi
- Chimney Arch: 6.2 mi
- Natural Arch: 6.6 mi
- Yahoo Arch: 6.7 mi
- Koger Arch: 8.4 mi
- Coal Branch Natural Arch: 9.2 mi
- Yahoo Falls: 6.1 mi
- Lick Creek Falls: 8.6 mi
- Big Spring Falls: 11.2 mi
- Meadow Creek Falls: 12.2 mi
- Town Creek Falls: 14.2 mi
- The Ritner Swinging Bridge: 1.2 mi
- Freedom Church Swinging Bridge: 1.5 mi
- Beast Mode: 7.6 mi
- Hollow Rock: 10.5 mi
- Grren Ford Swinging Bridge: 10.5 mi
- First Boy Scout Troop: 12.6 mi
- Burnside: 12.7 mi
- Wayne County Doughboy: 12.7 mi
- Six Gun City: 15.2 mi
- Confederate Mass Grave Monument: 18.3 mi
- Koger Spring: 7.0 mi
- Mill Spring: 12.3 mi
- Lake Cumberland Slaves Memorial: 17.5 mi
- Senator John Sherman Cooper: 19.7 mi
- Pickett CCC Memorial State Park: 19.5 mi
- Buck Creek Wildlife Management Area: 23.7 mi
- Stop: 20.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.6 miles of Coal Cliff. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Pilot Knob | SW 223° | 483 m | 13.5 mi |
| Morris Hill | W 269° | 470 m | 12.3 mi |
| Lexton Mountain | SSW 195° | 468 m | 12.1 mi |
| Dolen Mountain | SSW 200° | 453 m | 12.2 mi |
| Sulphur Spring Mountain | W 265° | 448 m | 13.5 mi |
| Watts Mountain | S 190° | 443 m | 11.3 mi |
| Rice Mountain | SW 218° | 438 m | 10.0 mi |
| Pilot Rock | W 266° | 435 m | 4.1 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 | 20:23 | 21:02 |
| September equinox | 07:27 | 19:03 | 19:37 |
| December solstice | 07:48 | 16:46 | 17:26 |
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 | 35 | 37 | 46 | 55 | 64 | 71 | 74 | 73 | 67 | 55 | 45 | 38 |
| Precip in | 4.8 | 4.5 | 5.2 | 4.7 | 5.5 | 5.3 | 6.1 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 3.3 | 3.8 | 5.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Stearns 2S, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/358611673
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