Apple Rock
Apple Rock rises to 406 m in Kentucky. Potato Hill stands 1,123 m to the south, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Trace Mountain, a peak 5.8 miles away. Country Music Highway passes 8.5 miles off. 88 named places lie within 25 miles, 42 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in Kentucky, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49008990, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 406 m
How to reach it
- 8.5 mi off the Country Music Highway, National
- 9.0 mi off the Pine Mountain Road
- 20.7 mi off the Coal Heritage Trail - VA
Overlooks nearby
- Twin Cliffs Overlook · 14 mi
- Flag Rock Overlook · 25 mi
88 named places within 25 miles
- Trace Mountain: 5.8 mi
- Dikson Mountain: 6.9 mi
- Boone Mountain: 9.6 mi
- Gamblers Rock: 10.0 mi
- Dixon Knob: 10.5 mi
- Carr Creek State Park: 6.6 mi
- Carr Fork Lake Wildlife Management Area: 7.0 mi
- Hindman Park: 8.0 mi
- River Park: 8.5 mi
- Ball Creek Community Park: 12.7 mi
- Old Meade Homeplace: 13.8 mi
- Wise County: 14.6 mi
- Pound Gap: 14.6 mi
- Leonard Woods Lynched: 14.7 mi
- Highest Point in Kentucky: 21.5 mi
- Portal 31 Mine Tour: 18.0 mi
- Kentucky Coal Mining Museum: 18.4 mi
- Ralph Stanley Museum: 23.9 mi
- Ralph Stanley Museum and Traditional Mountain Music Center: 23.9 mi
- War memorial Honor Roll: 8.0 mi
- Statue of Thomas Jefferson: 25.0 mi
- Hensley-Pine Mountain Wildlife Management Area: 12.0 mi
- E. Lucy Braun State Park State Nature Preserve: 21.9 mi
- Betty J. Gilliam Sculpture Garden: 25.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Apple Rock. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Potato Hill | S 181° | 1,123 m | 23.4 mi |
| Little Stone Mountain | SSE 156° | 1,044 m | 24.0 mi |
| Black Mountain | S 172° | 1,032 m | 16.6 mi |
| Joe Knob | SSW 210° | 1,010 m | 23.6 mi |
| Halls Butt | SSE 164° | 944 m | 13.8 mi |
| Buck Knob | SE 132° | 917 m | 17.7 mi |
| High Rock | SE 142° | 837 m | 10.9 mi |
| Bold Camp Mountain | ESE 121° | 809 m | 20.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:36 | 19:09 | 19:44 |
| June solstice | 06:12 | 20:17 | 20:56 |
| September equinox | 07:20 | 18:56 | 19:30 |
| December solstice | 07:42 | 16:38 | 17:18 |
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 | 38 | 45 | 54 | 62 | 68 | 73 | 71 | 66 | 55 | 44 | 37 |
| Precip in | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.6 | 4.5 | 4.9 | 4.6 | 5.6 | 4.4 | 3.5 | 3.0 | 3.1 | 4.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Whitesburg 2SE, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358616974
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