Frenchman Knob
Frenchman Knob rises to 353 m in Kentucky. Maxey Knob stands 327 m to the east-southeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Warren Knob, a peak 3.2 miles away. Lincoln Heritage Scenic Highway passes 14 miles off.
The story
Frenchman Knob is a summit in Hart County, Kentucky, in the United States. With an elevation of 1,158 feet (353 m), Frenchman Knob is the 537th highest summit in the state of Kentucky. It was so named because a Frenchman was scalped upon it.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Wikidata Q19986605, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 353 m
How to reach it
- 14.4 mi off the Lincoln Heritage Scenic Highway, National
- 14.4 mi off the Old Kentucky Turnpike
- 15.8 mi off the Duncan Hines Scenic Road
- 16.2 mi off the Cordell Hull Highway
Overlooks nearby
- Overlook Landing - Pathway of a President · 14 mi
- Green River Bluffs Overlook · 17 mi
- Dixon Cave · 17 mi
- Doyel Valley Overlook · 18 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Warren Knob: 3.2 mi
- Burnt Knob: 3.6 mi
- Gore Stump Knob: 4.1 mi
- Kennedy Knob: 4.4 mi
- Gardner Knob: 4.8 mi
- Kentucky Stonehenge: 5.7 mi
- Thelma Stovall Park: 6.0 mi
- Battle for the Bridge Preserve: 6.8 mi
- Rider's Mill Natural Area Information Center: 7.9 mi
- Rider's Mill Natural Area: 8.0 mi
- Hart County Historical Museum: 5.9 mi
- Hidden River Cave & American Cave Museum: 12.3 mi
- Mammoth Cave Wildlife Museum: 16.5 mi
- The Lincoln Museum: 16.8 mi
- National Cave Museum and Library: 19.5 mi
- Hidden River Cave: 12.3 mi
- Site of the Boundary Oak: 14.2 mi
- Abraham Lincoln Birth Cabin: 14.3 mi
- Abraham Lincoln Birthplace: 14.3 mi
- Adventures of Mammoth Cave: 15.0 mi
- Colonel Robert A. Smith Monument: 6.8 mi
- Last Recorded Indian Raid: 13.1 mi
- Memorial Building: 14.3 mi
- Tank: 16.1 mi
- Bell's Tavern: 20.6 mi
- Round Stone Spring: 5.9 mi
- Blue Hole Spring: 5.9 mi
- Sinking Spring: 14.3 mi
- Bell Cliff: 7.6 mi
- Nappers Rollover: 16.0 mi
- Cedar Sink: 20.9 mi
- Hart County (Horse County) Northbound Rest Area: 8.5 mi
- Hart County (Horse County) Southbound Rest Area: 8.6 mi
- Greensburg Heritage Garden: 21.5 mi
- Happy Valley Memorial Gardnes: 23.4 mi
- Brush Creek Church Falls: 13.9 mi
- The Boy Lincoln: 16.8 mi
- Mammoth Cave: 17.0 mi
- Chaumont: 18.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 24.0 miles of Frenchman Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maxey Knob | ESE 123° | 327 m | 11.2 mi |
| Grindstone Knob | ESE 104° | 324 m | 5.7 mi |
| Knox Knob | ESE 107° | 318 m | 6.8 mi |
| Pilot Knob | SE 141° | 312 m | 18.8 mi |
| Buck Knob | SSE 163° | 312 m | 19.7 mi |
| Three Kiln Knob | ESE 115° | 309 m | 5.4 mi |
| Wootens Knob | S 179° | 305 m | 11.7 mi |
| Loves Knob | SSE 166° | 298 m | 23.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:48 | 18:21 | 18:56 |
| June solstice | 05:24 | 19:29 | 20:08 |
| September equinox | 06:32 | 18:08 | 18:42 |
| December solstice | 06:55 | 15:49 | 16:30 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
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 | 64 | 72 | 76 | 74 | 68 | 56 | 44 | 37 |
| Precip in | 4.0 | 4.5 | 5.1 | 4.9 | 5.7 | 4.8 | 4.3 | 3.3 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 5.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Millerstown 4E, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 492525 — Frenchman Knob, Hart County, Kentucky.
OpenStreetMap element node/358589358
Day trips start here
- Mammoth Cave National Park · 19 mi
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