Hickory Knob
Hickory Knob rises to 191 m in Kentucky. Hoover Hill stands 264 m to the east, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Jerusalem Ridge- Bill Monroe Homeplace, a attraction 3.8 miles away. Duncan Hines Scenic Road passes 21 miles off. 87 named places lie within 25 miles, 59 of them named summits.
The story
mountain in Ohio County, Kentucky, United States of America
Wikidata Q49036168, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 191 m
How to reach it
- 21.1 mi off the Duncan Hines Scenic Road
- 208.2 mi off the River Road Scenic Byway, National
87 named places within 25 miles
- Tunnel Hill: 4.3 mi
- Tilford Knob: 4.5 mi
- Rattlesnake Knob: 5.2 mi
- Negro Hill: 5.3 mi
- High View Hill: 5.6 mi
- Everette Park: 4.2 mi
- Beaver Dam Park & Amphitheater: 7.3 mi
- Oldham Park: 7.4 mi
- Ohio County Fair Grounds: 8.2 mi
- Ellis Park: 9.7 mi
- Hawkers Bluff: 11.1 mi
- Buzzards Roost Bluff: 11.6 mi
- Jackson Bluff: 14.2 mi
- Marcum Bluff: 19.8 mi
- Stumps Bluff: 22.3 mi
- fort hartford reconstruction: 8.3 mi
- Confederate-Union Veterans Monument: 11.7 mi
- Everly Brothers Monument: 22.1 mi
- Green River Museum: 15.3 mi
- Fordsville railroad museum: 17.2 mi
- Jerusalem Ridge- Bill Monroe Homeplace: 3.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Hickory Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hoover Hill | E 86° | 264 m | 20.0 mi |
| Telephone Knob | NNE 12° | 258.7 m | 21.7 mi |
| Duncan Hill | NE 37° | 249 m | 11.0 mi |
| Powell Hill | NE 35° | 247 m | 21.7 mi |
| Peach Orchard Knob | S 175° | 247 m | 24.0 mi |
| Sand Knob | NE 39° | 246 m | 21.2 mi |
| Big Clifty | SSE 163° | 245 m | 20.8 mi |
| Cretcheloe Hill | NE 34° | 244 m | 21.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:51 | 18:25 | 18:59 |
| June solstice | 05:27 | 19:33 | 20:12 |
| September equinox | 06:35 | 18:11 | 18:46 |
| December solstice | 06:58 | 15:52 | 16:33 |
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 | 34 | 38 | 46 | 58 | 66 | 74 | 78 | 77 | 70 | 58 | 47 | 38 |
| Precip in | 3.8 | 4.0 | 5.1 | 5.0 | 5.5 | 4.3 | 4.6 | 3.4 | 3.8 | 4.3 | 3.7 | 4.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Beaver DAM, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358592187
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- Morgantown · 12 mi
- Caves and Lakes · 29 mi
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