Yellow Cliff
Yellow Cliff is a cliff in Kentucky, at a recorded elevation of 387 m. Big Pilot Knob stands 483 m to the southwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Freedom Church Swinging Bridge, a attraction 0.8 miles away. Cumberland Cultural Heritage Highway passes 13 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 387 m
How to reach it
- 12.9 mi off the Cumberland Cultural Heritage Highway
- 26.4 mi off the Cumberland Historic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Pilot Rock: 1.9 mi
- Pinnacle Rock: 2.0 mi
- The Dumpling Rocks: 2.6 mi
- The Gran Abbott Hill: 3.0 mi
- Nats Knob: 3.2 mi
- Big Creek: 3.1 mi
- Great Gulf Overlook: 4.1 mi
- Panoramic Trail: 4.3 mi
- Natural Arch Scenic Area: 5.1 mi
- Yamacraw Day Use Area: 5.3 mi
- Pound Cliff: 1.4 mi
- Wildcat Cliff: 1.5 mi
- Balls Cliff: 1.9 mi
- Cindy Cliff: 1.9 mi
- Golden Eagle Cliff: 1.9 mi
- Yahoo Arch: 4.5 mi
- Chimney Arch: 5.0 mi
- Natural Arch: 5.3 mi
- Koger Arch: 6.9 mi
- Coal Branch Natural Arch: 7.7 mi
- Yahoo Falls: 3.9 mi
- Lick Creek Falls: 6.6 mi
- Big Spring Falls: 9.8 mi
- Cumberland Falls: 13.6 mi
- Eagle Creek Falls: 13.7 mi
- Freedom Church Swinging Bridge: 0.8 mi
- The Ritner Swinging Bridge: 2.4 mi
- Beast Mode: 5.8 mi
- Hollow Rock: 10.8 mi
- Grren Ford Swinging Bridge: 11.2 mi
- Six Gun City: 13.4 mi
- First Boy Scout Troop: 13.5 mi
- Burnside: 13.6 mi
- Wayne County Doughboy: 14.9 mi
- Confederate Mass Grave Monument: 20.0 mi
- Wayne County Historical Museum: 14.9 mi
- Pickett State Park Archaeology Museum & ETSU Archaeological Research Station: 19.6 mi
- Mill Springs Battlefield Visitor Center and Museum: 20.8 mi
- Whitley County Historical Society and Museum: 23.6 mi
- Koger Spring: 5.1 mi
- Mill Spring: 14.4 mi
- Lake Cumberland Slaves Memorial: 18.5 mi
- Senator John Sherman Cooper: 20.6 mi
- Pickett CCC Memorial State Park: 19.9 mi
- Buck Creek Wildlife Management Area: 23.6 mi
- Stop: 22.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.4 miles of Yellow Cliff. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Pilot Knob | SW 232° | 483 m | 14.4 mi |
| Morris Hill | W 273° | 470 m | 14.3 mi |
| Lexton Mountain | SSW 206° | 468 m | 12.0 mi |
| Dolen Mountain | SSW 210° | 453 m | 12.3 mi |
| Brown Point | SSE 163° | 449 m | 14.0 mi |
| Watts Mountain | SSW 201° | 443 m | 10.9 mi |
| Little Bill Slaven Knob | S 174° | 440 m | 14.0 mi |
| Rice Mountain | SW 230° | 438 m | 10.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:43 | 19:16 | 19:50 |
| June solstice | 06:20 | 20:23 | 21:01 |
| September equinox | 07:27 | 19:03 | 19:37 |
| December solstice | 07:48 | 16:46 | 17:26 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 35 | 37 | 46 | 55 | 64 | 71 | 74 | 73 | 67 | 55 | 45 | 38 |
| Precip in | 4.8 | 4.5 | 5.2 | 4.7 | 5.5 | 5.3 | 6.1 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 3.3 | 3.8 | 5.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Stearns 2S, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/358613750
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