Shinbone Cliff
Shinbone Cliff is a cliff in Kentucky, at a recorded elevation of 220 m. Green River Knob stands 531 m to the north, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Cub Creek Hill, a peak 1.3 miles away. Cumberland Cultural Heritage Highway passes 2.8 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 220 m
How to reach it
- 2.8 mi off the Cumberland Cultural Heritage Highway
- 26.2 mi off the Cumberland Historic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Cub Creek Hill: 1.3 mi
- Hill Knob: 3.2 mi
- Rankin Knob: 3.3 mi
- Little Hannah Hill: 3.9 mi
- Hannah Hill: 4.5 mi
- Cumberland Point Recreation Area: 1.5 mi
- Fall Creek Recreation Area: 3.3 mi
- Wolf Creek Recreation Area: 3.8 mi
- Mill Springs Battlefield: 4.9 mi
- Mill Springs Mill Park: 5.4 mi
- Pine Cliff: 11.8 mi
- Sand Cliff: 14.5 mi
- Washing Cliff: 15.4 mi
- Moody Cliff: 16.2 mi
- Betts Cliff: 16.3 mi
- Wayne County Doughboy: 9.4 mi
- General Felix K. Zollicoffer Monument: 9.5 mi
- Confederate Mass Grave Monument: 9.6 mi
- Jamestown Memorial Circle: 10.7 mi
- Tommy Jones Memorial: 10.9 mi
- Meadow Creek Falls: 5.6 mi
- Lily Bend Falls: 9.4 mi
- Little Lily Creek Falls: 9.6 mi
- Lower Lily Creek Falls: 9.7 mi
- Upper Lily Creek Falls: 9.8 mi
- Old KY-90 Bridge: 14.7 mi
- Downtown Somerset Welcome: 16.9 mi
- Tank: 17.1 mi
- The Ritner Swinging Bridge: 18.0 mi
- Freedom Church Swinging Bridge: 19.0 mi
- Chimney Arch: 21.1 mi
- Natural Arch: 21.4 mi
- Smith’s Cemetery Arch: 23.4 mi
- Yahoo Arch: 24.1 mi
- American Flag Mural: 13.6 mi
- Lake Cumberland Slaves Memorial: 15.5 mi
- Senator John Sherman Cooper: 17.1 mi
- Mill Spring: 5.5 mi
- Koger Spring: 24.4 mi
- Stop: 12.2 mi
- Wolf Creek National Fish Hatchery Visitor And Environmental Education Center: 16.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.5 miles of Shinbone Cliff. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Green River Knob | N 6° | 531 m | 13.1 mi |
| Criswell Mountain | S 185° | 472 m | 14.3 mi |
| Morris Hill | S 172° | 470 m | 11.2 mi |
| Dye Knob | N 10° | 466 m | 14.1 mi |
| Furnace Mountain | S 188° | 452 m | 11.0 mi |
| McClown Mountain | SSW 197° | 451 m | 11.9 mi |
| Sulphur Spring Mountain | S 179° | 448 m | 12.1 mi |
| Pilot Rock | SE 139° | 435 m | 14.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:44 | 18:17 | 18:52 |
| June solstice | 05:21 | 19:24 | 20:03 |
| September equinox | 06:28 | 18:04 | 18:38 |
| December solstice | 06:50 | 15:46 | 16:27 |
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 | 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, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/358607481
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