High Rock
High Rock rises to 837 m in Kentucky. Eagle Knob stands 1,196 m to the south-southeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is River Park, a park 3.1 miles away. Pine Mountain Road passes 1.8 miles off. 114 named places lie within 25 miles, 54 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in Kentucky, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49036395, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 837 m
How to reach it
- 1.8 mi off the Pine Mountain Road
- 1.9 mi off the Country Music Highway, National
- 12.2 mi off the Coal Heritage Trail - VA
- 26.9 mi off the Trail of the Lonesome Pine / Daniel Boone Heritage Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Twin Cliffs Overlook · 7 mi
- Flag Rock Overlook · 14 mi
- Tunnel Floor Observation Deck · 28 mi
- Lover's Leap Overlook · 28 mi
114 named places within 25 miles
- Halls Butt: 5.6 mi
- Buck Knob: 7.3 mi
- Bandmill Hill: 8.2 mi
- Black Mountain: 9.1 mi
- Boone Mountain: 10.1 mi
- River Park: 3.1 mi
- Norton City Park: 13.5 mi
- Arrowhead Park: 13.5 mi
- Veterans Park: 13.6 mi
- Island Park: 13.6 mi
- Portal 31 Mine Tour: 12.8 mi
- Kentucky Coal Mining Museum: 14.2 mi
- June Tolliver House: 16.2 mi
- Harry W. Meador Coal Museum: 16.2 mi
- Southwest Virginia Museum: 16.4 mi
- Old Meade Homeplace: 6.9 mi
- Wise County: 7.9 mi
- Pound Gap: 8.0 mi
- Leonard Woods Lynched: 8.0 mi
- Highest Point in Kentucky: 14.9 mi
- War memorial Honor Roll: 3.9 mi
- Statue of Thomas Jefferson: 14.2 mi
- Woodbooger Statue: 14.5 mi
- Hensley-Pine Mountain Wildlife Management Area: 5.7 mi
- High Knob Recreation Area: 16.6 mi
- E. Lucy Braun State Park State Nature Preserve: 21.2 mi
- Betty J. Gilliam Sculpture Garden: 14.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of High Rock. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eagle Knob | SSE 150° | 1,196 m | 16.7 mi |
| Camp Rock | SSE 152° | 1,188 m | 17.2 mi |
| Little Mountain | SSE 155° | 1,130 m | 16.8 mi |
| Potato Hill | SSW 206° | 1,123 m | 16.4 mi |
| MCD 173 | SW 227° | 1,096 m | 23.7 mi |
| Bowling Knob | S 184° | 1,075 m | 22.5 mi |
| Huff Rock | SSE 166° | 1,070 m | 17.7 mi |
| Little Stone Mountain | SSE 167° | 1,044 m | 13.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:36 | 19:09 | 19:43 |
| June solstice | 06:12 | 20:16 | 20:55 |
| September equinox | 07:20 | 18:55 | 19:30 |
| December solstice | 07:42 | 16:38 | 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, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 2336120 — High Rock, Letcher County, Kentucky.
OpenStreetMap element node/358616852
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