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Notch Rock

Notch Rock, seen from above at true elevation

Notch Rock rises to 893 m in Virginia. Black Mountain stands 1,259 m to the northeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Cranks Creek Wildlife Management Area, a nature reserve 0.5 miles away. Trail of the Lonesome Pine / Daniel Boone Heritage Trail passes 4.2 miles off.

The story

mountain in Kentucky, United States of America

Wikidata Q49057667, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
893 m

How to reach it

Coordinates36.73931, -83.18789

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 26
Attractions: 24
  • The Soup Bowl: 9.1 mi
  • NARROW: 9.1 mi
  • waterfall: 9.3 mi
  • Second Point: 9.4 mi
  • Railhouse: 9.6 mi
Museums: 9
Nature reserves: 5
  • Cranks Creek Wildlife Management Area: 0.5 mi
  • Stone Mountain Natural Area: 2.3 mi
  • Martins Fork Lake Wildlife Management Area: 4.2 mi
  • Fletcher Ford State Natural Area Preserve: 10.5 mi
  • E. Lucy Braun State Park State Nature Preserve: 16.2 mi
Historic sites: 4
Cliffs: 4
Artworks: 1
  • Doughboy Statue: 10.5 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 22.3 miles of Notch Rock. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Black MountainNE 53°1,259 m20.3 mi
The DoublesNE 56°1,247 m20.8 mi
Potato HillENE 58°1,123 m19.5 mi
MCD 173NE 36°1,096 m10.9 mi
Bowling KnobE 83°1,075 m22.1 mi
Little Black MountainNE 42°1,063 m9.4 mi
White RocksWSW 251°1,019 m14.9 mi
Joe KnobNNE 22°1,010 m14.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3719:1119:45
June solstice06:1520:1720:56
September equinox07:2118:5719:31
December solstice07:4216:4117:21

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343845546371747368564537
Precip in4.44.44.94.64.34.44.43.93.73.02.94.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Pennington GAP, 10 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/356583740

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