Silver Mine Knob
Silver Mine Knob rises to 255 m in Kentucky. Frenchman Knob stands 353 m to the south-southeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Bland Knobs, a peak 3.8 miles away. Lincoln Heritage Scenic Highway passes 13 miles off.
The story
mountain in Kentucky, United States of America
Wikidata Q49073934, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 255 m
How to reach it
- 12.6 mi off the Lincoln Heritage Scenic Highway, National
- 12.6 mi off the Old Kentucky Turnpike
- 205.4 mi off the River Road Scenic Byway, National
- 20.7 mi off the Duncan Hines Scenic Road
Overlooks nearby
- Overlook Landing - Pathway of a President · 12 mi
- Overlook Trail · 19 mi
- Green River Bluffs Overlook · 24 mi
- Dixon Cave · 25 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Bland Knobs: 3.8 mi
- Jacobs Knob: 4.2 mi
- Fox Den Hill: 4.3 mi
- Peter Cave Hill: 4.6 mi
- Jim Moore Hill: 5.0 mi
- Taylors Bend Park: 4.7 mi
- Glendale Park: 6.1 mi
- Rider's Mill Natural Area Information Center: 8.2 mi
- Rider's Mill Natural Area: 8.2 mi
- University Park: 11.5 mi
- Memorial Building: 12.4 mi
- Abraham Lincoln Statue: 12.7 mi
- Tank: 12.8 mi
- The Cannonball: 12.9 mi
- Colonel Robert A. Smith Monument: 18.9 mi
- The Lincoln Museum: 12.7 mi
- Kentucky High School Basketball Hall of Fame: 12.9 mi
- Hardin County Museum: 13.0 mi
- Swope's Cars of Yesteryear: 13.8 mi
- Hart County Historical Museum: 18.1 mi
- Site of the Boundary Oak: 12.4 mi
- Abraham Lincoln Birth Cabin: 12.4 mi
- Abraham Lincoln Birthplace: 12.5 mi
- Hidden River Cave: 24.2 mi
- Adventures of Mammoth Cave: 24.5 mi
- Buzzard Cliff: 12.6 mi
- Cow Cliff: 12.8 mi
- Bell Cliff: 18.9 mi
- Day Cliffs: 20.0 mi
- Potlick Point: 22.2 mi
- Blue Hole Spring: 7.5 mi
- Round Stone Spring: 7.6 mi
- Sinking Spring: 12.4 mi
- Rise of Rough Spring: 14.7 mi
- Vernon Douglas State Nature Preserve: 19.5 mi
- Mammoth Cave: 24.6 mi
- Hart County (Horse County) Southbound Rest Area: 19.9 mi
- Hart County (Horse County) Northbound Rest Area: 20.0 mi
- The Boy Lincoln: 12.7 mi
- Brush Creek Church Falls: 22.7 mi
- Native Plants Garden: 22.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 24.4 miles of Silver Mine Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frenchman Knob | SSE 157° | 353 m | 12.8 mi |
| Maxey Knob | SE 141° | 327 m | 23.0 mi |
| Grindstone Knob | SE 142° | 324 m | 16.9 mi |
| Knox Knob | SE 140° | 318 m | 18.0 mi |
| Three Kiln Knob | SE 145° | 309 m | 17.3 mi |
| Bee Knob Hill | NNW 342° | 306 m | 24.1 mi |
| Wootens Knob | SSE 167° | 305 m | 24.1 mi |
| Blueball Hill | NNW 344° | 304 m | 15.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:48 | 19:21 | 19:56 |
| June solstice | 06:24 | 20:30 | 21:09 |
| September equinox | 07:32 | 19:08 | 19:43 |
| December solstice | 07:56 | 16:49 | 17:30 |
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 | 33 | 36 | 44 | 54 | 64 | 72 | 76 | 74 | 68 | 56 | 44 | 37 |
| Precip in | 4.0 | 4.5 | 5.1 | 4.9 | 5.7 | 4.8 | 4.3 | 3.3 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 5.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Millerstown 4E, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358607649
Day trips start here
- Mammoth Cave National Park · 25 mi
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