Happy Top
Happy Top rises to 497 m in Kentucky. MCD 173 stands 1,096 m to the east, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Bob Lowe Knob, a peak 2.9 miles away. Pine Mountain Road passes 6.2 miles off.
The story
mountain in Kentucky, United States of America
Wikidata Q49034899, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 497 m
How to reach it
- 6.2 mi off the Pine Mountain Road
- 10.5 mi off the Trail of the Lonesome Pine / Daniel Boone Heritage Trail
- 15.4 mi off the Wilderness Road Heritage Highway, National
- 20.6 mi off the East Tennessee Crossing, National
Overlooks nearby
- Pinnacle Overlook · 20 mi
- Cumberland Gap Pinnacle Overlook · 20 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Bob Lowe Knob: 2.9 mi
- Fox Knob: 3.2 mi
- Gross Knob: 3.3 mi
- Reynolds Mountain: 3.5 mi
- Peters Knob: 4.8 mi
- Hawkeye Overlook: 9.8 mi
- Hawkeye Overlook: 10.3 mi
- NARROW: 10.4 mi
- Railhouse: 10.7 mi
- NARROW: 10.7 mi
- Dressen Park (Blue Courts): 5.6 mi
- Huff Park: 6.1 mi
- Thomas Walker Civic Park: 11.9 mi
- Stone Mountain Park: 13.6 mi
- Pine Mountain State Resort Park: 18.3 mi
- Martins Fork Lake Wildlife Management Area: 10.7 mi
- Cranks Creek Wildlife Management Area: 14.0 mi
- Stone Mountain Natural Area: 16.3 mi
- Fletcher Ford State Natural Area Preserve: 16.9 mi
- E. Lucy Braun State Park State Nature Preserve: 20.3 mi
- Howard Cliff: 6.8 mi
- Chain Rock: 15.7 mi
- Slanting Misery: 17.1 mi
- Fletcher Cliff: 17.1 mi
- Martin's Station: 14.3 mi
- Joseph Martin monument: 14.3 mi
- Stone Face Rock: 22.0 mi
- Doughboy Statue: 6.1 mi
- Butchers Spring: 22.7 mi
- Hancock County Welcome Center: 23.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.9 miles of Happy Top. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| MCD 173 | E 81° | 1,096 m | 19.8 mi |
| Little Black Mountain | E 86° | 1,063 m | 19.5 mi |
| White Rocks | S 184° | 1,019 m | 10.9 mi |
| Joe Knob | ENE 69° | 1,010 m | 19.8 mi |
| Fox Knob | ESE 120° | 997 m | 3.2 mi |
| Grays Knob | ESE 108° | 973 m | 7.9 mi |
| Kitts Knob | E 91° | 959 m | 13.5 mi |
| Brush Mountain | SW 214° | 954 m | 13.7 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 | 07:44 | 16:41 | 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, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 493711 — Happy Top, Harlan County, Kentucky.
OpenStreetMap element node/358591321
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