Highest Point in Kentucky
Highest Point in Kentucky is a historic site in Kentucky, at a modelled elevation of 1,259 m. High Knob stands 1,288 m to the east, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Black Mountain, a peak less than a tenth of a mile away. Coal Heritage Trail - VA passes 1.3 miles off.
What the record says
- Material
- metal
- Inscription
- Plaque honors William Risden (1914–1994), WWII vet and cable TV pioneer. He built Kentucky’s first cable system on Black Mountain, using its height to serve the town below. His Cumberland Cable Co. was among the first ten in the U.S.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Hands Acroos the Mountain
How to reach it
- 1.3 mi off the Coal Heritage Trail - VA
- 5.9 mi off the Pine Mountain Road
- 13.5 mi off the Trail of the Lonesome Pine / Daniel Boone Heritage Trail
- 14.5 mi off the Country Music Highway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Powell Mountain Overlook · 14 mi
- Flag Rock Overlook · 15 mi
- Tunnel Floor Observation Deck · 17 mi
- Lover's Leap Overlook · 17 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Black Mountain: 0.0 mi
- The Doubles: 1.0 mi
- Potato Hill: 1.9 mi
- High Butte: 5.6 mi
- Indian Hill: 7.1 mi
- Coal Miners Memorial Park: 4.7 mi
- Miner's Memorial Park: 4.7 mi
- Washington Rock Recreation Area: 6.2 mi
- Island Park: 6.3 mi
- Community Park: 6.5 mi
- Portal 31 Mine Tour: 3.8 mi
- Kentucky Coal Mining Museum: 4.7 mi
- Southwest Virginia Museum: 7.2 mi
- Harry W. Meador Coal Museum: 7.2 mi
- June Tolliver House: 7.4 mi
- Hensley-Pine Mountain Wildlife Management Area: 10.1 mi
- E. Lucy Braun State Park State Nature Preserve: 12.1 mi
- High Knob Recreation Area: 15.5 mi
- Stone Mountain Natural Area: 18.1 mi
- Cranks Creek Wildlife Management Area: 20.5 mi
- Stone Face Rock: 12.4 mi
- The Wilderness Road Blockhouse: 16.4 mi
- Old Meade Homeplace: 21.1 mi
- Wise County: 22.0 mi
- Pound Gap: 22.1 mi
- War memorial Honor Roll: 14.6 mi
- Woodbooger Statue: 14.7 mi
- Statue of Thomas Jefferson: 18.8 mi
- Doughboy Statue: 24.1 mi
- Howard Cliff: 23.3 mi
- Copper Creek Bluff: 23.4 mi
- The Rounds: 24.4 mi
- Betty J. Gilliam Sculpture Garden: 18.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.6 miles of Highest Point in Kentucky. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| High Knob | E 96° | 1,288 m | 14.7 mi |
| Black Mountain | ESE 114° | 1,259 m | 0.0 mi |
| The Doubles | ESE 115° | 1,247 m | 1.0 mi |
| Eagle Knob | E 95° | 1,196 m | 15.9 mi |
| Camp Rock | E 98° | 1,188 m | 15.6 mi |
| Potato Hill | S 170° | 1,123 m | 1.9 mi |
| MCD 173 | WSW 252° | 1,096 m | 10.5 mi |
| Bowling Knob | SSE 149° | 1,075 m | 11.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:36 | 19:09 | 19:44 |
| June solstice | 06:13 | 20:16 | 20:55 |
| September equinox | 07:20 | 18:56 | 19:30 |
| December solstice | 07:42 | 16:39 | 17:19 |
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 | 34 | 37 | 45 | 54 | 63 | 70 | 74 | 73 | 67 | 56 | 45 | 37 |
| Precip in | 4.9 | 5.0 | 5.4 | 5.0 | 5.1 | 4.6 | 5.5 | 4.5 | 3.8 | 3.1 | 3.7 | 5.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — BIG Stone GAP, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/12855628095
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