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Boone Mountain

Boone Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Boone Mountain rises to 747 m in Kentucky. High Knob stands 1,288 m to the south, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Gamblers Rock, a peak 0.5 miles away. Country Music Highway passes 4.7 miles off. 123 named places lie within 25 miles, 53 of them named summits.

The story

mountain in Letcher County, Kentucky, United States of America

Wikidata Q49014850, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
747 m

How to reach it

Coordinates37.24214, -82.70894

Overlooks nearby

123 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 53
  • Gamblers Rock: 0.5 mi
  • Gamblers Rock: 0.6 mi
  • Boone Mountain: 1.1 mi
  • Potatoe Knob: 2.1 mi
  • High Knob: 2.2 mi
Parks: 39
  • Long Fork Community Park: 7.7 mi
  • River Park: 10.6 mi
  • New green picnic grounds: 14.6 mi
  • Hindman Park: 15.0 mi
  • Phipps Family Memorial Park: 15.3 mi
Historic sites: 7
Museums: 6
Artworks: 5
  • War memorial Honor Roll: 10.7 mi
  • Crazy Eyes Elk: 20.1 mi
  • Old Fashion Elk: 20.1 mi
  • Statue of Thomas Jefferson: 20.5 mi
  • Woodbooger Statue: 22.7 mi
Attractions: 5
Cliffs: 2
Picnic sites: 1
  • Picnic Grounds: 20.2 mi
Gardens: 1
  • Betty J. Gilliam Sculpture Garden: 20.4 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Boone Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
High KnobS 170°1,288 m24.5 mi
Black MountainSSW 204°1,259 m24.8 mi
The DoublesSSW 202°1,247 m24.9 mi
Eagle KnobSSE 167°1,196 m24.8 mi
Little Stone MountainS 179°1,044 m23.0 mi
Pickem MountainSSE 167°1,041 m22.6 mi
Black MountainSSW 202°1,032 m19.1 mi
Halls ButtSSW 202°944 m15.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3519:0919:43
June solstice06:1220:1620:55
September equinox07:1918:5519:29
December solstice07:4216:3717:18

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343845546268737166554437
Precip in4.04.04.64.54.94.65.64.43.53.03.14.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Whitesburg 2SE, 11 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358616994

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