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Sugarcamp Knob

Sugarcamp Knob, seen from above at true elevation

Sugarcamp Knob rises to 817 m in Kentucky. Black Mountain stands 1,259 m to the east-northeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Stone Mountain Park, a park 2.2 miles away. Trail of the Lonesome Pine / Daniel Boone Heritage Trail passes 7.0 miles off.

The story

mountain in Kentucky, United States of America

Wikidata Q49079174, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
817 m

How to reach it

Coordinates36.78620, -83.18490

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 29
Attractions: 24
  • The Soup Bowl: 6.0 mi
  • NARROW: 6.3 mi
  • Second Point: 6.3 mi
  • waterfall: 6.3 mi
  • Black Mountain Thunder Zipline: 6.5 mi
Museums: 8
Nature reserves: 5
  • Cranks Creek Wildlife Management Area: 3.1 mi
  • Stone Mountain Natural Area: 3.2 mi
  • Martins Fork Lake Wildlife Management Area: 5.3 mi
  • E. Lucy Braun State Park State Nature Preserve: 13.0 mi
  • Fletcher Ford State Natural Area Preserve: 13.5 mi
Cliffs: 4
Historic sites: 4
Artworks: 1
  • Doughboy Statue: 8.6 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 23.7 miles of Sugarcamp Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Black MountainENE 61°1,259 m18.4 mi
The DoublesENE 64°1,247 m19.0 mi
Potato HillENE 67°1,123 m17.9 mi
MCD 173NE 48°1,096 m8.3 mi
Bowling KnobE 92°1,075 m21.8 mi
Little Black MountainENE 58°1,063 m7.2 mi
Black MountainNE 54°1,032 m23.5 mi
White RocksWSW 240°1,019 m16.4 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 solstice07:4216:4017:21

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F363946556472757468574639
Precip in4.14.35.04.94.74.74.84.53.53.23.65.0

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

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 504699 — Sugarcamp Knob, Harlan County, Kentucky.

OpenStreetMap element node/358608506

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