Butterfly Knob
Butterfly Knob rises to 890 m in Kentucky. MCD 173 stands 1,096 m to the east-northeast, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is McLin Notch, a peak 3.3 miles away. Trail of the Lonesome Pine / Daniel Boone Heritage Trail passes 4.3 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Kentucky, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49017276, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 890 m
How to reach it
- 4.3 mi off the Trail of the Lonesome Pine / Daniel Boone Heritage Trail
- 11.8 mi off the Pine Mountain Road
- 14.0 mi off the Wilderness Road Heritage Highway, National
- 15.2 mi off the East Tennessee Crossing, National
Overlooks nearby
- Pinnacle Overlook · 15 mi
- Cumberland Gap Pinnacle Overlook · 15 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- McLin Notch: 3.3 mi
- White Rocks: 3.3 mi
- Reynolds Mountain: 5.2 mi
- Potato Knob: 5.5 mi
- Jackson Knob: 5.6 mi
- Thomas Walker Civic Park: 4.3 mi
- Dressen Park (Blue Courts): 10.0 mi
- Huff Park: 11.0 mi
- Stone Mountain Park: 13.4 mi
- Harrogate Little League: 15.3 mi
- Hawkeye Overlook: 14.4 mi
- Railhouse: 15.1 mi
- Tri-State Point: 15.6 mi
- Building: 15.6 mi
- The Soup Bowl: 15.8 mi
- Slanting Misery: 9.9 mi
- Fletcher Cliff: 11.2 mi
- Howard Cliff: 11.8 mi
- Chain Rock: 14.9 mi
- Sheeplick Point: 23.2 mi
- Martins Fork Lake Wildlife Management Area: 9.6 mi
- Fletcher Ford State Natural Area Preserve: 11.0 mi
- Cranks Creek Wildlife Management Area: 13.3 mi
- Stone Mountain Natural Area: 16.0 mi
- Joseph Martin monument: 7.7 mi
- Martin's Station: 7.7 mi
- Stone Face Rock: 22.5 mi
- Butchers Spring: 16.8 mi
- Otey Mill Spring: 20.7 mi
- Doughboy Statue: 11.1 mi
- Hancock County Welcome Center: 17.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.7 miles of Butterfly Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| MCD 173 | ENE 62° | 1,096 m | 22.5 mi |
| Little Black Mountain | ENE 66° | 1,063 m | 21.7 mi |
| White Rocks | S 189° | 1,019 m | 3.3 mi |
| Fox Knob | NNE 28° | 997 m | 6.7 mi |
| Grays Knob | ENE 57° | 973 m | 9.4 mi |
| Kitts Knob | ENE 62° | 959 m | 15.7 mi |
| Brush Mountain | WSW 243° | 954 m | 8.3 mi |
| Reynolds Mountain | NNW 338° | 952 m | 5.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:38 | 19:12 | 19:46 |
| June solstice | 06:16 | 20:18 | 20:57 |
| September equinox | 07:22 | 18:58 | 19:32 |
| December solstice | 07:43 | 16:42 | 17:22 |
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 | 39 | 46 | 55 | 64 | 72 | 75 | 74 | 68 | 57 | 46 | 39 |
| Precip in | 4.1 | 4.3 | 5.0 | 4.9 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 4.5 | 3.5 | 3.2 | 3.6 | 5.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Baxter, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 488521 — Butterfly Knob, Harlan County, Kentucky.
OpenStreetMap element node/358583484
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