Sand Cliff
Sand Cliff is a cliff in Kentucky, at a recorded elevation of 411 m. Big Pilot Knob stands 483 m to the south-southwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Pilot Rock, a peak 0.6 miles away. Cumberland Cultural Heritage Highway passes 8.8 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 411 m
How to reach it
- 8.8 mi off the Cumberland Cultural Heritage Highway
- 23.7 mi off the Cumberland Historic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Pilot Rock: 0.6 mi
- Clay Hill: 1.1 mi
- Keeton Mountain: 1.4 mi
- Pine Knobs: 2.7 mi
- Brammer Hill Ridge: 2.7 mi
- Monticello Wayne County Park: 8.5 mi
- Great Gulf Overlook: 8.8 mi
- Panoramic Trail: 9.0 mi
- Big Creek: 9.0 mi
- Mill Springs Mill Park: 9.8 mi
- Washing Cliff: 1.6 mi
- Moody Cliff: 1.6 mi
- Denney Cliff: 2.1 mi
- Betts Cliff: 2.4 mi
- Tabletop Cliff: 2.8 mi
- Meadow Creek Falls: 9.7 mi
- Yahoo Falls: 9.8 mi
- Town Creek Falls: 10.4 mi
- Lick Creek Falls: 11.8 mi
- Big Spring Falls: 13.4 mi
- Chimney Arch: 9.7 mi
- Natural Arch: 10.1 mi
- Yahoo Arch: 10.4 mi
- Koger Arch: 10.7 mi
- Smith’s Cemetery Arch: 10.9 mi
- The Ritner Swinging Bridge: 3.8 mi
- Freedom Church Swinging Bridge: 5.2 mi
- Grren Ford Swinging Bridge: 9.3 mi
- Hollow Rock: 10.0 mi
- Beast Mode: 11.3 mi
- Wayne County Doughboy: 8.9 mi
- Burnside: 13.2 mi
- First Boy Scout Troop: 13.2 mi
- Confederate Mass Grave Monument: 17.1 mi
- General Felix K. Zollicoffer Monument: 17.1 mi
- Wayne County Historical Museum: 8.9 mi
- Pickett State Park Archaeology Museum & ETSU Archaeological Research Station: 17.9 mi
- Mill Springs Battlefield Visitor Center and Museum: 17.9 mi
- Alvin C York Home: 23.9 mi
- Mill Spring: 9.8 mi
- Koger Spring: 10.0 mi
- Lake Cumberland Slaves Memorial: 17.6 mi
- Senator John Sherman Cooper: 19.9 mi
- Stop: 16.2 mi
- Pickett CCC Memorial State Park: 18.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.8 miles of Sand Cliff. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Pilot Knob | SSW 208° | 483 m | 11.5 mi |
| Criswell Mountain | WSW 252° | 472 m | 11.8 mi |
| Morris Hill | W 267° | 470 m | 8.5 mi |
| Little Pilot Knob | SSW 212° | 467 m | 11.6 mi |
| Dolen Mountain | S 182° | 453 m | 11.8 mi |
| Furnace Mountain | W 269° | 452 m | 11.5 mi |
| Sulphur Spring Mountain | W 261° | 448 m | 9.8 mi |
| Watts Mountain | S 171° | 443 m | 11.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:43 | 19:17 | 19:51 |
| June solstice | 06:21 | 20:23 | 21:02 |
| September equinox | 07:27 | 19:03 | 19:37 |
| December solstice | 07:49 | 16:46 | 17:27 |
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 | 39 | 46 | 56 | 65 | 73 | 76 | 75 | 69 | 58 | 47 | 39 |
| Precip in | 4.4 | 4.3 | 5.2 | 4.8 | 4.9 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 2.9 | 3.6 | 5.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Monticello 3 NE, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/358613257
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