US 23 Country Music Highway Museum
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US 23 Country Music Highway Museum is a museum in Kentucky, at a modelled elevation of 202 m. Flag Knob stands 490 m to the east-southeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Paintsville Elementary Tiger Mascot, a artwork 1.9 miles away. Country Music Highway runs past it. 61 named places lie within 25 miles, 35 of them named summits.
The story
The U.S. 23 Country Music Highway Museum is a museum in Paintsville, Kentucky dedicated to the country music entertainers who were born or lived near U.S. Route 23 in eastern Kentucky. Entertainers exhibited within the museum include Billy Ray Cyrus, The Judds, Tom T. Hall, Ricky Skaggs, Hylo Brown, Loretta Lynn, Rebecca Lynn Howard, Keith Whitley, Dwight Yoakam, Patty Loveless, Tyler Childers, Sundy Best, and Gary Stewart. It also has a gift shop and a large conference room that can be reserved for events such as concerts.
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Wikidata Q7863025, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
How to reach it
- On the Country Music Highway, National
61 named places within 25 miles
- Rocky Knob: 2.6 mi
- Cane Knob: 3.5 mi
- Bettys Knob: 4.4 mi
- Stuffley Knob: 5.4 mi
- Lettered Rocks: 5.9 mi
- Preston Park: 2.1 mi
- Paintsville Lake State Park: 2.4 mi
- Jenny Wiley State Resort Park: 10.1 mi
- Jenny Wiley Park: 10.9 mi
- Archer Park: 11.6 mi
- Paintsville Elementary Tiger Mascot: 1.9 mi
- West Liberty Dough Boy: 23.9 mi
- Loretta Lynn's Homeplace: 7.9 mi
- Morgan Co Historical Society: 23.9 mi
- Floyd County War Memorial: 11.5 mi
- Prater's Fort: 13.7 mi
- Middle Fork Natural Bridge: 24.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of US 23 Country Music Highway Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flag Knob | ESE 121° | 490 m | 22.2 mi |
| Hogtown Knob | SW 222° | 460 m | 19.5 mi |
| Stuffley Knob | WSW 236° | 456 m | 5.4 mi |
| Chestnut Knob | ESE 115° | 436 m | 19.3 mi |
| Big Half Mountain | SW 217° | 427 m | 16.0 mi |
| Bull Mountain | ENE 74° | 427 m | 24.1 mi |
| Sycamore Mountain | SE 128° | 422 m | 21.2 mi |
| Cotton Knob | W 261° | 406 m | 8.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:36 | 19:09 | 19:43 |
| June solstice | 06:10 | 20:18 | 20:57 |
| September equinox | 07:20 | 18:55 | 19:30 |
| December solstice | 07:44 | 16:35 | 17:16 |
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 | 55 | 64 | 72 | 75 | 75 | 68 | 57 | 45 | 38 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 3.2 | 4.4 | 3.8 | 4.4 | 4.8 | 5.2 | 3.6 | 3.3 | 3.2 | 3.0 | 3.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Paintsville 1E, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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