Mantle Rock
Mantle Rock is a cliff in Kentucky, at a recorded elevation of 136 m. Williams Hill stands 325 m to the north, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Newman's Bluff State Nature Preserve, a nature reserve 2.3 miles away. Ohio River Scenic Byway passes 3.5 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 136 m
How to reach it
- 3.5 mi off the Ohio River Scenic Byway, National
- 222.8 mi off the River Road Scenic Byway, National
- 24.3 mi off the US 68 Scenic Byway
- 27.7 mi off the Woodlands Trace, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Rauchfuss Hill: 3.4 mi
- Herman Hill: 4.8 mi
- Jammison Hill: 4.9 mi
- Rich Hill: 5.4 mi
- Melcher Hills: 6.0 mi
- Newmans Bluff: 2.6 mi
- Goodhope Bluff: 3.7 mi
- Watson Bluff: 5.5 mi
- Duley Bluff: 5.8 mi
- Shelter Cave: 8.0 mi
- Golconda Historic District National Register Site: 3.0 mi
- Bill Cook Memorial Park: 6.4 mi
- Justin Livingston Park: 9.2 mi
- Iron Furnace: 11.3 mi
- Cretaceous Hills Nature Preserve: 11.8 mi
- Newman's Bluff State Nature Preserve: 2.3 mi
- War Bluff Valley Sanctuary: 7.2 mi
- Reddick Hollow NA: 8.2 mi
- Livingston County Wildlife Management Area and State Nature Preserve: 11.0 mi
- Pine Hollow Ecoligical Area: 11.2 mi
- N37 24.465 W88 35.372: 9.6 mi
- Avery Hollow South Falls: 9.8 mi
- Dixon Springs Waterfall: 13.5 mi
- Ghost Dance Canyon Boulder Falls: 13.7 mi
- Boulder Falls: 16.7 mi
- Herod Cave: 15.7 mi
- Cave in Rock: 16.6 mi
- Boating: 21.0 mi
- Woodmanship: 21.1 mi
- Fort Massac: 21.5 mi
- Fluorspar Miners Memorial: 6.3 mi
- Old Wall: 12.7 mi
- CCC Tree Planting: 13.7 mi
- Fort Smith: 15.4 mi
- Korean War Memorial: 21.1 mi
- Fluorspar Museum: 6.4 mi
- Ben E Clement Mineral Museum: 19.2 mi
- The National Quilt Museum: 20.7 mi
- River Heritage Museum: 20.7 mi
- Market House Museum: 20.8 mi
- Pot Hole Arch: 13.0 mi
- Natural Bridge: 14.0 mi
- Natural Bridge: 16.7 mi
- Elephant Arch: 17.4 mi
- Purse Strap Arch: 17.5 mi
- Clay Spring: 12.7 mi
- Decker Spring: 13.4 mi
- Dixon Springs: 13.4 mi
- Bell Smith Springs: 17.0 mi
- Pine Point: 13.4 mi
- Goose Bay: 13.5 mi
- High Knob: 17.7 mi
- Lakeview: 20.1 mi
- Yeiser Art Gallery: 20.8 mi
- George Rodgers Clark Statue: 21.6 mi
- Wacinton: 22.0 mi
- Cheif Tecumseh Statue: 23.3 mi
- Whitehaven Welcome Center: 24.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.1 miles of Mantle Rock. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Williams Hill | N 350° | 325 m | 15.8 mi |
| Horton Hill | N 358° | 297 m | 18.6 mi |
| Wamble Mountain | N 355° | 287 m | 17.7 mi |
| High Knob | NNE 18° | 279 m | 17.7 mi |
| Potato Hill | NNW 347° | 270 m | 14.5 mi |
| Garden Of the Gods | N 8° | 262 m | 17.3 mi |
| Wilson Hill | E 99° | 254 m | 19.3 mi |
| Benham Hill | NNW 345° | 252 m | 10.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:58 | 18:31 | 19:06 |
| June solstice | 05:34 | 19:40 | 20:18 |
| September equinox | 06:42 | 18:18 | 18:52 |
| December solstice | 07:05 | 15:59 | 16:40 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 32 | 36 | 45 | 55 | 64 | 72 | 76 | 75 | 68 | 56 | 45 | 36 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 3.7 | 5.1 | 5.1 | 5.3 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 3.6 | 4.2 | 4.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Rosiclare 5NW, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/358612610
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