Blue Head Rock
Blue Head Rock rises to 636 m in Kentucky. Big A Mountain stands 1,126 m to the southeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Blue Head Knob, a peak 0.2 miles away. Coal Heritage Trail - VA passes 3.5 miles off. 97 named places lie within 25 miles, 52 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in Kentucky, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49014340, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 636 m
How to reach it
- 3.5 mi off the Coal Heritage Trail - VA
- 9.9 mi off the Country Music Highway, National
- 26.4 mi off the Pine Mountain Road
Overlooks nearby
- Pinnacle Rock · 3 mi
- State Line Overlook · 3 mi
- Clinchfield Overlook · 3 mi
- Towers Tunnel Overlook · 3 mi
97 named places within 25 miles
- Blue Head Knob: 0.2 mi
- Pinnacle Rock: 0.7 mi
- Skegg Knob: 1.0 mi
- Skeet Rock Knob: 1.5 mi
- The Chimney: 3.5 mi
- Elkhorn City Park: 1.8 mi
- Pine Mountain Trail State Park: 2.0 mi
- Kiwanis Park: 5.6 mi
- Haysi Town Park: 6.2 mi
- Kids Korner Park: 9.9 mi
- Veterans Memorial Walk of Honor: 6.1 mi
- Leonard Woods Lynched: 16.8 mi
- Pound Gap: 16.8 mi
- Wise County: 16.9 mi
- Old Meade Homeplace: 18.0 mi
- Elkhorn City Railroad Museum: 2.2 mi
- Ralph Stanley Museum and Traditional Mountain Music Center: 10.1 mi
- Ralph Stanley Museum: 10.1 mi
- Pike County Hall of Justice: 16.3 mi
- Old Fashion Elk: 2.1 mi
- Crazy Eyes Elk: 2.1 mi
- Statue of Thomas Jefferson: 23.7 mi
- The Breaks: 3.2 mi
- Lovers Leap: 4.2 mi
- Breaks Interstate Park: 3.9 mi
- Jonkan: 12.1 mi
- Betty J. Gilliam Sculpture Garden: 23.6 mi
- Spearhead Trails: 24.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Blue Head Rock. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big A Mountain | SE 130° | 1,126 m | 23.8 mi |
| Buck Knob | SW 225° | 917 m | 21.6 mi |
| Skeet Rock Knob | SW 222° | 909 m | 1.5 mi |
| Guest Mountain | SSW 198° | 855 m | 23.5 mi |
| Fuller Mountain | ESE 120° | 848 m | 23.9 mi |
| High Rock | WSW 241° | 837 m | 24.9 mi |
| Keen Mountain | E 97° | 834 m | 24.0 mi |
| Skegg Knob | ESE 105° | 827 m | 1.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:34 | 19:07 | 19:42 |
| June solstice | 06:10 | 20:15 | 20:54 |
| September equinox | 07:18 | 18:54 | 19:28 |
| December solstice | 07:41 | 16:35 | 17:16 |
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 | 33 | 36 | 44 | 54 | 62 | 69 | 72 | 72 | 66 | 55 | 44 | 37 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Breaks Interstate Park, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358582402
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