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The Highlands Museum & Discovery Center

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Elevation, modelled
169 m
Tallest summit within 25 miles
Buck Knob354 m · 23.7 mi
Nearest byway
Country Music Highwayon it
Sunset, June solstice
20:59local time
Coordinates
38.4781, -82.6393

The Highlands Museum & Discovery Center is a museum in Kentucky, at a modelled 169 m. Buck Knob stands 354 m to the southeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Gartrell Hill, a peak 2.3 miles away. Country Music Highway runs past it. 72 named places lie within 25 miles, 29 of them named summits.

heritage center, science center in Ashland, Kentucky

Dates from 1984.

Wikidata Q5759390, matched on coordinates and name (43 m apart).

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of The Highlands Museum & Discovery Center. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Buck KnobSE 136°354 m23.7 mi
Buzzard Roost KnobSE 137°354 m23.8 mi
Wheeler KnobSSE 147°344 m21.5 mi
Windy Oak KnobSE 140°339 m24.6 mi
Potato KnobWSW 253°335 m22.4 mi
Hunts KnobSW 226°332 m18.4 mi
Mayo HillWSW 242°323 m24.4 mi
High KnobWSW 238°314 m10.7 mi

Overlooks nearby

72 named places within 25 miles

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3519:0819:43
June solstice06:0820:1920:59
September equinox07:1918:5419:29
December solstice07:4516:3217:14

Local time (America/New_York).

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