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Bob Lowe Knob

Bob Lowe Knob, seen from above at true elevation

Bob Lowe Knob rises to 639 m in Kentucky. MCD 173 stands 1,096 m to the east, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Reynolds Mountain, a peak 2.3 miles away. Pine Mountain Road passes 9.1 miles off.

The story

mountain in Kentucky, United States of America

Wikidata Q49014621, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
639 m

How to reach it

Coordinates36.81620, -83.47880

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 21
  • Dressen Park (Blue Courts): 8.5 mi
  • Huff Park: 9.0 mi
  • Thomas Walker Civic Park: 11.6 mi
  • Pine Mountain State Resort Park: 15.4 mi
  • Stone Mountain Park: 16.2 mi
Attractions: 21
  • Hawkeye Overlook: 12.7 mi
  • Hawkeye Overlook: 13.2 mi
  • NARROW: 13.2 mi
  • Railhouse: 13.6 mi
  • NARROW: 13.6 mi
Nature reserves: 5
  • Martins Fork Lake Wildlife Management Area: 13.0 mi
  • Cranks Creek Wildlife Management Area: 16.5 mi
  • Fletcher Ford State Natural Area Preserve: 18.0 mi
  • Stone Mountain Natural Area: 18.9 mi
  • E. Lucy Braun State Park State Nature Preserve: 23.1 mi
Cliffs: 4
Historic sites: 3
Springs: 2
Museums: 2
Artworks: 1
  • Doughboy Statue: 9.0 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 22.7 miles of Bob Lowe Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
MCD 173E 81°1,096 m22.7 mi
Little Black MountainE 85°1,063 m22.4 mi
White RocksS 169°1,019 m10.5 mi
Joe KnobENE 70°1,010 m22.7 mi
Fox KnobE 101°997 m5.8 mi
Grays KnobE 101°973 m10.6 mi
Kitts KnobE 89°959 m16.4 mi
Brush MountainSSW 204°954 m11.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3819:1219:46
June solstice06:1620:1820:57
September equinox07:2218:5819:33
December solstice07:4416:4117:22

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F363946556472757468574639
Precip in4.14.35.04.94.74.74.84.53.53.23.65.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Baxter, 9 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 487604 — Bob Lowe Knob, Harlan County, Kentucky.

OpenStreetMap element node/358582489

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