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Cumberland Falls State Park

Cumberland Falls State Park from directly overhead

Cumberland Falls State Park is a park in Kentucky, at a recorded elevation of 326 m. Ryans Creek Mountain stands 660 m to the south, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Cumberland Falls, a waterfall 0.6 miles away. Wilderness Road Heritage Highway passes 22 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
326 m
Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates36.83846, -84.33486
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Chestnut Flats: 5.3 mi
  • Indian Knob: 9.0 mi
  • Jones Peak: 9.4 mi
  • Grassy Mountain: 10.0 mi
  • Mount Morgan: 10.1 mi
Parks: 60
  • Beaver Creek Wildlife Management Area: 7.3 mi
  • Natural Arch Scenic Area: 9.8 mi
  • McCreary County Park: 9.8 mi
  • Centennial Park: 10.8 mi
  • Panoramic Trail: 10.8 mi
Natural arches: 27
  • Moonshiner’s Arch: 2.2 mi
  • Triangle Rock False Arch: 3.1 mi
  • Schoolhouse Arch: 3.6 mi
  • Curd Garden Arch: 5.2 mi
  • Bark Camp Creek False Arch: 5.2 mi
Cliffs: 24
Waterfalls: 22
Attractions: 10
  • Beast Mode: 8.4 mi
  • Freedom Church Swinging Bridge: 14.7 mi
  • The Ritner Swinging Bridge: 16.5 mi
  • Short Creek: 22.2 mi
  • Short Creek Cave: 22.2 mi
Historic sites: 8
Museums: 4
Rest areas: 4
  • Truck scales and rest area - I75 NB: 19.3 mi
  • Truck scales and rest area - I75 SB: 19.4 mi
  • Whitley County Welcome Center Northbound: 19.9 mi
  • Tennessee Welcome Center: 21.4 mi
Artworks: 3
Gardens: 3
Nature reserves: 2
  • Buck Creek Wildlife Management Area: 19.1 mi
  • Ping-Sinking Valley Wildlife Management Area: 24.8 mi
Springs: 1
  • Koger Spring: 13.7 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Bald Rock Picnic Area: 14.8 mi
Beaches: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.9 miles of Cumberland Falls State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Ryans Creek MountainS 173°660 m12.8 mi
Anderson MountainS 179°653 m17.1 mi
Jellico MountainSE 145°648 m12.3 mi
Wolf KnobSSE 156°644 m17.1 mi
Corner Tree KnobS 183°639 m16.8 mi
Stephens KnobS 180°627 m15.3 mi
Fate Lee MountainSSE 161°623 m15.0 mi
Powers MountainSE 127°599 m18.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4219:1519:49
June solstice06:1920:2221:01
September equinox07:2619:0219:36
December solstice07:4716:4517:25

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F353846556473757467574638
Precip in4.24.55.15.04.94.74.64.24.02.53.25.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Williamsburg, 13 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • bigleaf magnolia74 obs
  • partridgeberry71 obs
  • Little Brown Jugs69 obs
  • mountain laurel65 obs
  • galax62 obs
  • fire pink52 obs
  • Halberd-leaved violet43 obs
  • Snakewort42 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/848639256

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