Burnside
Burnside is a historic site in Kentucky, at a modelled elevation of 241 m. Big Knob stands 433 m to the north-northeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Cole Community Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Cumberland Cultural Heritage Highway passes 0.5 miles off.
The story
Park in Pulaski County, Kentucky, United States of America; geonames ID = 8504120.
Wikidata Q49476666, matched on coordinates and name (9 m apart).
What the record says
- Material
- metal
- Inscription
- First named Point Isabel. Settled about 1800 by pioneers from the Carolinas and Virginia. During the Civil War the Union army, in 1863, set up a troop rendezvous and supply base here as a prelude to East Tennessee campaign of Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside. The
How to reach it
- 0.5 mi off the Cumberland Cultural Heritage Highway
- 27.4 mi off the Wilderness Road Heritage Highway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Bunker Hill: 1.0 mi
- Possum Knob: 2.4 mi
- Jones Knob: 3.0 mi
- Thunder Struck Knob: 3.6 mi
- Turkey Pen Point: 3.6 mi
- Cole Community Park: 0.2 mi
- General Burnside Island State Park: 0.9 mi
- Firebrook Community Park: 4.0 mi
- Ferguson Park: 4.7 mi
- Bourne Park: 6.6 mi
- Meadow Creek Falls: 10.1 mi
- Bear Creek Falls: 13.8 mi
- Pole Bridge Branch Falls: 13.9 mi
- Dutch Branch Falls: 14.6 mi
- Yahoo Falls: 15.9 mi
- Hens Nest Cliff: 11.9 mi
- Silvermine Cliff: 12.1 mi
- Tabletop Cliff: 12.2 mi
- Wildcat Cliff: 12.3 mi
- Balls Cliff: 12.4 mi
- Chimney Arch: 11.1 mi
- Natural Arch: 11.3 mi
- Nathan McClure Arch: 14.0 mi
- Nathan McClure Arch 2: 14.2 mi
- Yahoo Arch: 16.4 mi
- Downtown Somerset Welcome: 7.0 mi
- Tank: 7.2 mi
- Freedom Church Swinging Bridge: 13.2 mi
- Beast Mode: 13.4 mi
- The Ritner Swinging Bridge: 13.8 mi
- First Boy Scout Troop: 0.4 mi
- Town Spring: 6.9 mi
- P.O.W. M.I.A. Memorial: 7.0 mi
- Confederate Mass Grave Monument: 8.6 mi
- General Felix K. Zollicoffer Monument: 8.6 mi
- Lake Cumberland Slaves Memorial: 4.8 mi
- Senator John Sherman Cooper: 7.0 mi
- Mill Spring: 10.3 mi
- Koger Spring: 18.5 mi
- Buck Creek Wildlife Management Area: 13.4 mi
- Ping-Sinking Valley Wildlife Management Area: 18.7 mi
- Bald Rock Picnic Area: 21.4 mi
- Stop: 24.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.0 miles of Burnside. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Knob | NNE 21° | 433 m | 11.0 mi |
| Sugar Hill Knob | NNE 17° | 428 m | 10.1 mi |
| Clebitt Hill | SW 235° | 424 m | 11.1 mi |
| Meace Knob | NNE 11° | 414 m | 10.2 mi |
| Cox Knob | NNE 14° | 413 m | 11.3 mi |
| Barn Hill | SW 225° | 411 m | 4.7 mi |
| Holtzclaw Knob | N 356° | 410 m | 11.7 mi |
| Potato Hill | NNE 31° | 409 m | 10.4 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 | 21:02 |
| September equinox | 07:27 | 19:03 | 19:37 |
| December solstice | 07:49 | 16:45 | 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 | 37 | 41 | 49 | 59 | 67 | 74 | 78 | 77 | 70 | 59 | 48 | 41 |
| Precip in | 4.3 | 3.9 | 5.1 | 4.9 | 5.2 | 5.0 | 5.3 | 3.9 | 3.7 | 3.2 | 3.8 | 4.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Somerset 2 N, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/10152541484
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