Scotts Cliff
Scotts Cliff is a cliff in Kentucky, at a recorded elevation of 521 m. Sewell Mountain stands 532 m to the west, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Edwards Mountain, a peak 0.7 miles away. Cumberland Cultural Heritage Highway passes 3.9 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 521 m
How to reach it
- 3.9 mi off the Cumberland Cultural Heritage Highway
- 10.9 mi off the Cumberland Historic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Edwards Mountain: 0.7 mi
- Bridgeman Mountain: 1.0 mi
- Taylor Mountain: 1.1 mi
- Guffey Mountain: 1.5 mi
- Lone Rock Mountain: 3.0 mi
- Yellow Cliff: 1.7 mi
- Mill Point: 2.2 mi
- Bens Cliff: 2.6 mi
- Pine Cliff: 5.4 mi
- Brokedown Cliff: 5.6 mi
- Monticello Wayne County Park: 8.2 mi
- Mountain View Park: 12.0 mi
- Sergeant Alvin York Mill State Historic Area: 12.7 mi
- Sgt. Alvin C. York State Historic Park: 12.8 mi
- Pickett State Rustic Park Historic District: 13.6 mi
- Old KY-90 Bridge: 4.8 mi
- Grren Ford Swinging Bridge: 11.0 mi
- Hollow Rock: 12.9 mi
- Rock Hole: 15.8 mi
- Twin Arch North: 16.1 mi
- Buffalo Arch: 11.9 mi
- Smith’s Cemetery Arch: 12.9 mi
- Etta's Arch: 15.6 mi
- Amphitheater Arch: 16.0 mi
- Nancy’s Tunnel Arch: 16.1 mi
- Town Creek Falls: 6.9 mi
- Handcock Falls: 8.2 mi
- Meadow Creek Falls: 16.7 mi
- Lily Bend Falls: 19.7 mi
- Little Lily Creek Falls: 19.7 mi
- Wayne County Historical Museum: 8.5 mi
- Alvin C York Home: 12.6 mi
- Pickett State Park Archaeology Museum & ETSU Archaeological Research Station: 12.8 mi
- Old Jail Museum: 20.3 mi
- Old Jail: 20.3 mi
- Wayne County Doughboy: 8.4 mi
- Sgt. Alvin C. York Memorial: 12.2 mi
- Jamestown Memorial Circle: 19.8 mi
- Tommy Jones Memorial: 20.2 mi
- Pickett CCC Memorial State Park: 13.3 mi
- Wolf Creek National Fish Hatchery Visitor And Environmental Education Center: 16.2 mi
- Mill Spring: 16.6 mi
- Koger Spring: 21.0 mi
- American Flag Mural: 24.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.7 miles of Scotts Cliff. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sewell Mountain | W 269° | 532 m | 10.3 mi |
| Cherry Gap Mountain | SSE 150° | 530 m | 3.2 mi |
| Bald Rock | SSW 208° | 527 m | 8.1 mi |
| Guffey Mountain | W 261° | 525 m | 1.5 mi |
| Slippery Rock | SSW 200° | 525 m | 7.7 mi |
| Kennedy Mountain | SW 226° | 525 m | 8.3 mi |
| Bridgeman Mountain | SW 234° | 522 m | 1.0 mi |
| Lynch Pinnacle | SSW 196° | 519 m | 10.5 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 | 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, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/358607064
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