Stone Mountain Park
Stone Mountain Park is a park in Kentucky, at a recorded elevation of 439 m. Black Mountain stands 1,259 m to the east-northeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Cranks Creek Wildlife Management Area, a nature reserve 0.9 miles away. Trail of the Lonesome Pine / Daniel Boone Heritage Trail passes 4.8 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 439 m
How to reach it
- 4.8 mi off the Trail of the Lonesome Pine / Daniel Boone Heritage Trail
- 3.9 mi off the Coal Heritage Trail - VA
- 9.9 mi off the Pine Mountain Road
- 27.3 mi off the Wilderness Road Heritage Highway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Powell Mountain Overlook · 18 mi
- Tunnel Floor Observation Deck · 25 mi
- Lover's Leap Overlook · 25 mi
- Purchase Ridge Overlook · 25 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Notch Rock: 1.2 mi
- Sugarcamp Knob: 2.2 mi
- Yellow Rock: 2.6 mi
- Kitts Knob: 4.6 mi
- Bobs Spur: 4.8 mi
- Jonesville Park: 6.2 mi
- Cumberland Bowl Park: 6.4 mi
- Stone Creek Outdoor Classroom and Community Park: 8.1 mi
- Dressen Park (Blue Courts): 8.8 mi
- Huff Park: 9.2 mi
- The Soup Bowl: 7.9 mi
- NARROW: 7.9 mi
- waterfall: 8.1 mi
- Second Point: 8.2 mi
- Railhouse: 8.3 mi
- Hancock County Welcome Center: 15.7 mi
- Kentucky Coal Mining Museum: 19.8 mi
- Portal 31 Mine Tour: 21.2 mi
- Daniel Boone Wilderness Trail Interpretive Center: 21.8 mi
- Fannon Train Museum: 22.6 mi
- Cranks Creek Wildlife Management Area: 0.9 mi
- Stone Mountain Natural Area: 2.7 mi
- Martins Fork Lake Wildlife Management Area: 3.8 mi
- Fletcher Ford State Natural Area Preserve: 11.3 mi
- E. Lucy Braun State Park State Nature Preserve: 15.2 mi
- Stone Face Rock: 9.1 mi
- Highest Point in Kentucky: 20.0 mi
- Joseph Martin monument: 20.2 mi
- Martin's Station: 20.2 mi
- Howard Cliff: 9.1 mi
- Fletcher Cliff: 11.7 mi
- Slanting Misery: 15.1 mi
- The Rounds: 17.7 mi
- Doughboy Statue: 9.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 22.5 miles of Stone Mountain Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Black Mountain | ENE 57° | 1,259 m | 20.0 mi |
| The Doubles | ENE 59° | 1,247 m | 20.5 mi |
| Potato Hill | ENE 62° | 1,123 m | 19.3 mi |
| MCD 173 | NE 41° | 1,096 m | 10.3 mi |
| Bowling Knob | E 86° | 1,075 m | 22.5 mi |
| Little Black Mountain | NE 49° | 1,063 m | 8.9 mi |
| White Rocks | WSW 246° | 1,019 m | 14.9 mi |
| Joe Knob | NNE 26° | 1,010 m | 13.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:37 | 19:11 | 19:45 |
| June solstice | 06:15 | 20:17 | 20:56 |
| September equinox | 07:21 | 18:57 | 19:31 |
| December solstice | 07:42 | 16:41 | 17:21 |
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 | 55 | 64 | 72 | 75 | 74 | 68 | 57 | 46 | 39 |
| Precip in | 4.1 | 4.3 | 5.0 | 4.9 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 4.5 | 3.5 | 3.2 | 3.6 | 5.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Baxter, 10 mi away.
- Green Sunfish2 obs
- Creek Chub2 obs
- Eastern Pondhawk2 obs
- Ring-necked Snake1 obs
- Southern Two-lined Salamander1 obs
- Allegheny Mountain Dusky Salamander1 obs
- Seal Salamander1 obs
- Green Salamander1 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358608418
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