Washing Cliff
Washing Cliff is a cliff in Kentucky, at a recorded elevation of 401 m. Morris Hill stands 470 m to the west, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Betts Cliff, a cliff 0.9 miles away. Cumberland Cultural Heritage Highway passes 9.3 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 401 m
How to reach it
- 9.3 mi off the Cumberland Cultural Heritage Highway
- 25.0 mi off the Cumberland Historic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Clay Hill: 1.2 mi
- Brammer Hill Ridge: 1.4 mi
- The Gran Abbott Hill: 1.9 mi
- Pilot Rock: 2.1 mi
- Keeton Mountain: 2.9 mi
- Betts Cliff: 0.9 mi
- Denney Cliff: 1.0 mi
- Tabletop Cliff: 1.2 mi
- Moody Cliff: 1.5 mi
- Sand Cliff: 1.6 mi
- Great Gulf Overlook: 7.2 mi
- Panoramic Trail: 7.4 mi
- Big Creek: 7.5 mi
- Natural Arch Scenic Area: 8.4 mi
- Yamacraw Day Use Area: 9.1 mi
- Yahoo Falls: 8.4 mi
- Meadow Creek Falls: 10.3 mi
- Lick Creek Falls: 10.7 mi
- Town Creek Falls: 12.0 mi
- Big Spring Falls: 12.8 mi
- Chimney Arch: 8.1 mi
- Natural Arch: 8.5 mi
- Yahoo Arch: 9.0 mi
- Koger Arch: 10.0 mi
- Coal Branch Natural Arch: 10.8 mi
- The Ritner Swinging Bridge: 2.6 mi
- Freedom Church Swinging Bridge: 3.8 mi
- Beast Mode: 9.7 mi
- Grren Ford Swinging Bridge: 10.1 mi
- Hollow Rock: 10.5 mi
- Wayne County Doughboy: 10.5 mi
- First Boy Scout Troop: 12.4 mi
- Burnside: 12.4 mi
- Confederate Mass Grave Monument: 17.0 mi
- General Felix K. Zollicoffer Monument: 17.1 mi
- Koger Spring: 9.0 mi
- Mill Spring: 10.4 mi
- Lake Cumberland Slaves Memorial: 17.0 mi
- Senator John Sherman Cooper: 19.3 mi
- Pickett CCC Memorial State Park: 19.2 mi
- Buck Creek Wildlife Management Area: 24.3 mi
- Stop: 17.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.4 miles of Washing Cliff. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morris Hill | W 265° | 470 m | 10.1 mi |
| Lexton Mountain | S 185° | 468 m | 12.4 mi |
| Dolen Mountain | S 189° | 453 m | 12.3 mi |
| Sulphur Spring Mountain | W 261° | 448 m | 11.4 mi |
| Watts Mountain | S 179° | 443 m | 11.8 mi |
| Rice Mountain | SSW 205° | 438 m | 9.4 mi |
| Pilot Rock | WSW 244° | 435 m | 2.1 mi |
| Dobbs Hill | S 175° | 433 m | 8.3 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 | 07:48 | 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, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/358613638
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