Yellow Cliff
Yellow Cliff is a cliff in Kentucky, at a recorded elevation of 497 m. Golman Mountain stands 536 m to the southwest, 9.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Mill Point, a cliff 0.5 miles away. Cumberland Cultural Heritage Highway passes 5.6 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 497 m
How to reach it
- 5.6 mi off the Cumberland Cultural Heritage Highway
- 10.4 mi off the Cumberland Historic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Mill Point: 0.5 mi
- Scotts Cliff: 1.7 mi
- Bens Cliff: 2.4 mi
- Brokedown Cliff: 4.1 mi
- Gravelly Cliff: 4.1 mi
- Edwards Mountain: 1.3 mi
- Cherry Gap Mountain: 1.5 mi
- Bridgeman Mountain: 1.8 mi
- Hog Mountain: 2.3 mi
- Water Rock House Mountain: 2.4 mi
- Monticello Wayne County Park: 9.4 mi
- Sergeant Alvin York Mill State Historic Area: 11.2 mi
- Sgt. Alvin C. York State Historic Park: 11.3 mi
- Pickett State Rustic Park Historic District: 11.9 mi
- Mountain View Park: 12.6 mi
- Old KY-90 Bridge: 6.4 mi
- Grren Ford Swinging Bridge: 10.1 mi
- Hollow Rock: 11.9 mi
- Rock Hole: 14.2 mi
- Twin Arch North: 14.5 mi
- Buffalo Arch: 10.4 mi
- Smith’s Cemetery Arch: 11.8 mi
- Etta's Arch: 14.4 mi
- Amphitheater Arch: 14.8 mi
- Nancy’s Tunnel Arch: 14.9 mi
- Town Creek Falls: 8.3 mi
- Handcock Falls: 9.7 mi
- Meadow Creek Falls: 17.9 mi
- Angel Falls: 20.0 mi
- Big Spring Falls: 20.3 mi
- Wayne County Historical Museum: 9.7 mi
- Pickett State Park Archaeology Museum & ETSU Archaeological Research Station: 11.1 mi
- Alvin C York Home: 11.2 mi
- Old Jail Museum: 18.7 mi
- Old Jail: 18.7 mi
- Wayne County Doughboy: 9.6 mi
- Sgt. Alvin C. York Memorial: 10.7 mi
- Jamestown Memorial Circle: 21.5 mi
- Tommy Jones Memorial: 21.9 mi
- Pickett CCC Memorial State Park: 11.6 mi
- Wolf Creek National Fish Hatchery Visitor And Environmental Education Center: 17.8 mi
- Mill Spring: 17.8 mi
- Koger Spring: 20.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.4 miles of Yellow Cliff. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Golman Mountain | SW 220° | 536 m | 9.9 mi |
| Cherry Gap Mountain | SE 139° | 530 m | 1.5 mi |
| Bald Rock | SW 219° | 527 m | 7.1 mi |
| Guffey Mountain | WNW 303° | 525 m | 2.5 mi |
| Slippery Rock | SSW 210° | 525 m | 6.5 mi |
| Kennedy Mountain | WSW 238° | 525 m | 7.8 mi |
| Bridgeman Mountain | NW 306° | 522 m | 1.8 mi |
| Lynch Pinnacle | SSW 203° | 519 m | 9.1 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 | 21:02 |
| 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 | 34 | 37 | 45 | 54 | 62 | 69 | 73 | 72 | 66 | 56 | 45 | 38 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Pickett SP, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/358610041
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