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Burchell-Beech Creek WMA

Burchell-Beech Creek WMA from directly overhead

Burchell-Beech Creek WMA is a nature reserve in Kentucky, at a modelled elevation of 477 m. Peters Knob stands 795 m to the southeast, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Beech Creek Wildlife Management Area, a park 0.2 miles away. Wilderness Road Heritage Highway passes 16 miles off. 90 named places lie within 25 miles, 57 of them named summits.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates37.15653, -83.70010
Around it

90 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 57
  • Town Mountain: 1.2 mi
  • Orchard Knob: 2.2 mi
  • Newberry Hill: 5.5 mi
  • Tater Knob: 6.0 mi
  • Walker Knob: 6.1 mi
Parks: 23
  • Beech Creek Wildlife Management Area: 0.2 mi
  • Goose Creek Salt Works Pioneer Village: 3.4 mi
  • Rawlings Stinson Park: 3.5 mi
  • Redbird Wildlife Management Area: 11.4 mi
  • High Rock: 16.0 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • Flat Lick Falls: 19.8 mi
  • McCammon Falls: 21.1 mi
  • Turkey Foot Loop Trail Falls: 24.3 mi
Museums: 2
Rest areas: 2
  • Truck scales and rest area - I75 NB: 23.2 mi
  • Truck scales and rest area - I75 SB: 23.3 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Attractions: 1
  • Treetop Adventure: 19.8 mi
Historic sites: 1
  • Once site of the Collier Hill Inn: 21.2 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Burchell-Beech Creek WMA. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Peters KnobSE 143°795 m22.9 mi
Chestnut KnobSE 136°777 m23.7 mi
Potato KnobSE 137°671 m18.0 mi
Pumpkin KnobSSE 154°632 m22.0 mi
Asher KnobSE 142°585 m13.5 mi
Huckleberry KnobSSE 167°583 m17.4 mi
Caney KnobSE 145°563 m10.9 mi
Lucindas KnobE 95°562 m12.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3919:1319:47
June solstice06:1620:2020:59
September equinox07:2318:5919:33
December solstice07:4616:4117:22

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343846556471757468564638

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Manchester 4 W, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1279056951

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