Big Lovely Mountain
Big Lovely Mountain rises to 427 m in Kentucky. Dixon Knob stands 659 m to the south, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Elk View, a park 2.4 miles away. Country Music Highway passes 19 miles off. 60 named places lie within 25 miles, 36 of them named summits.
The story
Big Lovely Mountain is a summit in Knott County, Kentucky, in the United States. With an elevation of 1,401 feet (427 m), Big Lovely Mountain is the 272nd highest summit in the state of Kentucky.
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Wikidata Q19867022, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 427 m
How to reach it
- 18.8 mi off the Country Music Highway, National
60 named places within 25 miles
- Grey Horse Hill: 3.5 mi
- Drill Knob: 3.7 mi
- Potato Knob: 6.6 mi
- Hogtown Knob: 7.1 mi
- Yellow Mountain: 9.2 mi
- Elk View: 2.4 mi
- Ball Creek Community Park: 10.5 mi
- Mousie Park: 13.0 mi
- Hindman Park: 14.8 mi
- Conley Memorial Park: 15.9 mi
- Prater's Fort: 16.4 mi
- Floyd County War Memorial: 19.3 mi
- Breathitt County Museum: 16.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Big Lovely Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dixon Knob | S 176° | 659 m | 24.6 mi |
| Signal Knob | ESE 109° | 629 m | 23.8 mi |
| Trace Mountain | SE 141° | 587 m | 18.2 mi |
| Rough Knob | E 100° | 544 m | 21.1 mi |
| Chestnut Mountain | SE 126° | 537 m | 11.0 mi |
| Lost Mountain | SSW 202° | 518 m | 14.7 mi |
| Yellow Mountain | SE 127° | 501 m | 9.2 mi |
| Langdon Knob | SW 230° | 493 m | 22.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:37 | 19:10 | 19:44 |
| June solstice | 06:12 | 20:18 | 20:58 |
| September equinox | 07:21 | 18:57 | 19:31 |
| December solstice | 07:44 | 16:37 | 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 | 36 | 40 | 48 | 58 | 66 | 73 | 76 | 75 | 69 | 59 | 48 | 40 |
| Precip in | 4.0 | 4.1 | 4.7 | 4.5 | 5.2 | 5.2 | 5.1 | 4.3 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 4.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Jackson, 14 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 2337649 — Big Lovely Mountain, Knott County, Kentucky.
OpenStreetMap element node/358618232
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