Rattlesnake Knob
Rattlesnake Knob rises to 232 m in Kentucky. Layman Knob stands 275 m to the east-northeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Wildcat Knob, a peak 4.5 miles away. Duncan Hines Scenic Road passes 17 miles off.
The story
mountain in Kentucky, United States of America
Wikidata Q49066814, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 232 m
How to reach it
- 16.8 mi off the Duncan Hines Scenic Road
- 207.4 mi off the River Road Scenic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Wildcat Knob: 4.5 mi
- Tunnel Hill: 5.2 mi
- Hickory Knob: 5.2 mi
- Buffalo Hill: 5.6 mi
- Bald Point: 7.2 mi
- Everette Park: 5.8 mi
- Ohio County Fair Grounds: 12.2 mi
- Beaver Dam Park & Amphitheater: 12.3 mi
- Oldham Park: 12.4 mi
- Dundee Park: 12.6 mi
- Buzzards Roost Bluff: 7.4 mi
- Hawkers Bluff: 15.0 mi
- Day Cliffs: 18.7 mi
- Marcum Bluff: 19.3 mi
- Jackson Bluff: 19.4 mi
- fort hartford reconstruction: 12.4 mi
- Confederate-Union Veterans Monument: 12.5 mi
- Green River Museum: 15.2 mi
- Fordsville railroad museum: 16.5 mi
- Jerusalem Ridge- Bill Monroe Homeplace: 6.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 24.5 miles of Rattlesnake Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Layman Knob | ENE 68° | 275 m | 20.5 mi |
| Hoover Hill | E 89° | 264 m | 14.9 mi |
| Telephone Knob | N 358° | 258.7 m | 20.1 mi |
| Shipley Knob | SE 126° | 257 m | 21.2 mi |
| Duncan Hill | N 11° | 249 m | 7.9 mi |
| Powell Hill | NNE 24° | 247 m | 18.2 mi |
| Sand Knob | NNE 28° | 246 m | 17.5 mi |
| Big Clifty | S 177° | 245 m | 21.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:51 | 18:24 | 18:59 |
| June solstice | 05:27 | 19:33 | 20:11 |
| September equinox | 06:35 | 18:11 | 18:45 |
| 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, 15 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358604604
Day trips start here
- Morgantown · 13 mi
- Caves and Lakes · 28 mi
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