Potato Knob
Potato Knob rises to 941 m in Kentucky. MCD 173 stands 1,096 m to the east-northeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Fox Knob, a peak 2.2 miles away. Trail of the Lonesome Pine / Daniel Boone Heritage Trail passes 6.1 miles off.
The story
mountain in Harlan County, Kentucky, United States of America
Wikidata Q49063776, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 941 m
How to reach it
- 6.1 mi off the Trail of the Lonesome Pine / Daniel Boone Heritage Trail
- 6.6 mi off the Pine Mountain Road
- 13.1 mi off the Coal Heritage Trail - VA
- 18.3 mi off the Wilderness Road Heritage Highway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Pinnacle Overlook · 20 mi
- Cumberland Gap Pinnacle Overlook · 20 mi
- Powell Mountain Overlook · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Fox Knob: 2.2 mi
- Grays Knob: 4.1 mi
- Bobs Spur: 5.0 mi
- Happy Top: 5.2 mi
- Butterfly Knob: 5.5 mi
- Dressen Park (Blue Courts): 4.6 mi
- Huff Park: 5.6 mi
- Thomas Walker Civic Park: 9.2 mi
- Stone Mountain Park: 9.2 mi
- Jonesville Park: 14.7 mi
- Hawkeye Overlook: 8.9 mi
- NARROW: 9.0 mi
- Hawkeye Overlook: 9.5 mi
- Railhouse: 9.5 mi
- waterfall: 10.0 mi
- Martins Fork Lake Wildlife Management Area: 5.8 mi
- Cranks Creek Wildlife Management Area: 9.4 mi
- Stone Mountain Natural Area: 11.9 mi
- Fletcher Ford State Natural Area Preserve: 12.0 mi
- E. Lucy Braun State Park State Nature Preserve: 19.5 mi
- Howard Cliff: 6.4 mi
- Fletcher Cliff: 12.3 mi
- Slanting Misery: 13.0 mi
- Chain Rock: 18.6 mi
- Joseph Martin monument: 13.2 mi
- Martin's Station: 13.2 mi
- Stone Face Rock: 18.1 mi
- Doughboy Statue: 5.7 mi
- Hancock County Welcome Center: 18.5 mi
- Butchers Spring: 22.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.4 miles of Potato Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| MCD 173 | ENE 67° | 1,096 m | 17.3 mi |
| Little Black Mountain | ENE 73° | 1,063 m | 16.6 mi |
| White Rocks | SSW 212° | 1,019 m | 8.4 mi |
| Joe Knob | NE 54° | 1,010 m | 18.4 mi |
| Fox Knob | NNW 338° | 997 m | 2.2 mi |
| Grays Knob | ENE 73° | 973 m | 4.1 mi |
| Buzzard Roost | E 96° | 972 m | 22.9 mi |
| Kitts Knob | ENE 71° | 959 m | 10.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:38 | 19:11 | 19:45 |
| June solstice | 06:16 | 20:18 | 20:56 |
| September equinox | 07:22 | 18:58 | 19:32 |
| December solstice | 07:43 | 16:41 | 17:21 |
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 501184 — Potato Knob, Harlan County, Kentucky.
OpenStreetMap element node/358604029
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