Boone Mountain
Boone Mountain rises to 747 m in Kentucky. Eagle Knob stands 1,196 m to the south-southeast, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Gamblers Rock, a peak 0.5 miles away. Country Music Highway passes 4.7 miles off. 115 named places lie within 25 miles, 48 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
- 4.7 mi off the Country Music Highway, National
- 10.4 mi off the Pine Mountain Road
- 19.3 mi off the Coal Heritage Trail - VA
Overlooks nearby
- Twin Cliffs Overlook · 7 mi
- Pinnacle Rock · 22 mi
- State Line Overlook · 22 mi
- Clinchfield Overlook · 22 mi
115 named places within 25 miles
- Gamblers Rock: 0.5 mi
- Potatoe Knob: 2.1 mi
- High Knob: 2.2 mi
- Bandmill Hill: 2.7 mi
- Collier Rocks: 4.9 mi
- 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
- Old Meade Homeplace: 7.2 mi
- Wise County: 7.4 mi
- Pound Gap: 7.4 mi
- Leonard Woods Lynched: 7.4 mi
- Veterans Memorial Walk of Honor: 22.9 mi
- Ralph Stanley Museum: 15.2 mi
- Ralph Stanley Museum and Traditional Mountain Music Center: 15.2 mi
- Pike County Hall of Justice: 19.5 mi
- Elkhorn City Railroad Museum: 20.1 mi
- Portal 31 Mine Tour: 22.3 mi
- 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
- Hensley-Pine Mountain Wildlife Management Area: 15.0 mi
- Breaks Interstate Park: 22.9 mi
- High Knob Recreation Area: 24.8 mi
- The Breaks: 22.2 mi
- Lovers Leap: 23.2 mi
- Betty J. Gilliam Sculpture Garden: 20.4 mi
- Jonkan: 22.5 mi
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.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eagle Knob | SSE 167° | 1,196 m | 24.8 mi |
| Little Stone Mountain | S 179° | 1,044 m | 23.0 mi |
| Pickem Mountain | SSE 167° | 1,041 m | 22.6 mi |
| Black Mountain | SSW 202° | 1,032 m | 19.1 mi |
| Halls Butt | SSW 202° | 944 m | 15.6 mi |
| Buck Knob | SSE 164° | 917 m | 13.5 mi |
| Skeet Rock Knob | E 86° | 909 m | 17.9 mi |
| Guest Mountain | SSE 150° | 855 m | 23.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:35 | 19:09 | 19:43 |
| June solstice | 06:12 | 20:16 | 20:55 |
| September equinox | 07:19 | 18:55 | 19:29 |
| December solstice | 07:42 | 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 | 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, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358616994
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