Kentucky Coal Mining Museum
Kentucky Coal Mining Museum is a museum in Kentucky, at a recorded elevation of 483 m. High Knob stands 1,288 m to the east-southeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Coal Miners Memorial Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Pine Mountain Road passes 1.5 miles off.
The story
heritage center in Benham, Kentucky
Dates from 1994.
Wikidata Q6392198, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 483 m
What to expect
How to reach it
- 1.5 mi off the Pine Mountain Road
- 5.6 mi off the Coal Heritage Trail - VA
- 13.0 mi off the Country Music Highway, National
- 16.7 mi off the Trail of the Lonesome Pine / Daniel Boone Heritage Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Powell Mountain Overlook · 18 mi
- Flag Rock Overlook · 18 mi
- Twin Cliffs Overlook · 21 mi
- Tunnel Floor Observation Deck · 21 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Indian Hill: 2.7 mi
- Hurricane Gap Mountain: 4.4 mi
- Black Mountain: 4.7 mi
- Long Spur 2: 5.3 mi
- The Doubles: 5.6 mi
- Coal Miners Memorial Park: 0.0 mi
- Miner's Memorial Park: 0.1 mi
- Community Park: 1.9 mi
- Kingdom Come State Park: 2.7 mi
- Island Park: 10.3 mi
- Highest Point in Kentucky: 4.7 mi
- Francis Gary Powers: 12.7 mi
- Stone Face Rock: 13.9 mi
- Old Meade Homeplace: 20.9 mi
- The Wilderness Road Blockhouse: 21.0 mi
- Portal 31 Mine Tour: 1.8 mi
- Harry W. Meador Coal Museum: 11.7 mi
- Southwest Virginia Museum: 11.7 mi
- June Tolliver House: 11.9 mi
- Daniel Boone Wilderness Trail Interpretive Center: 19.1 mi
- E. Lucy Braun State Park State Nature Preserve: 8.5 mi
- Hensley-Pine Mountain Wildlife Management Area: 8.6 mi
- Stone Mountain Natural Area: 18.4 mi
- High Knob Recreation Area: 19.3 mi
- Cranks Creek Wildlife Management Area: 20.4 mi
- War memorial Honor Roll: 12.7 mi
- Woodbooger Statue: 18.2 mi
- Statue of Thomas Jefferson: 21.6 mi
- Doughboy Statue: 22.0 mi
- Howard Cliff: 21.2 mi
- Picnic Grounds: 21.3 mi
- Betty J. Gilliam Sculpture Garden: 21.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.5 miles of Kentucky Coal Mining Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| High Knob | ESE 105° | 1,288 m | 18.4 mi |
| Black Mountain | SE 137° | 1,259 m | 4.7 mi |
| The Doubles | SE 134° | 1,247 m | 5.6 mi |
| Eagle Knob | ESE 104° | 1,196 m | 19.6 mi |
| Camp Rock | ESE 107° | 1,188 m | 19.4 mi |
| Little Mountain | ESE 108° | 1,130 m | 18.5 mi |
| Potato Hill | SSE 147° | 1,123 m | 6.4 mi |
| MCD 173 | SW 225° | 1,096 m | 9.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:36 | 19:10 | 19:44 |
| June solstice | 06:13 | 20:17 | 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 | 36 | 39 | 46 | 56 | 64 | 71 | 75 | 74 | 68 | 58 | 46 | 39 |
| Precip in | 3.7 | 3.9 | 4.8 | 4.5 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 5.7 | 4.2 | 3.3 | 2.9 | 3.2 | 4.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Skyline 1 SE, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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