Sugarcamp Knob
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
- 7.0 mi off the Trail of the Lonesome Pine / Daniel Boone Heritage Trail
- 3.7 mi off the Coal Heritage Trail - VA
- 8.4 mi off the Pine Mountain Road
- 28.2 mi off the Wilderness Road Heritage Highway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Powell Mountain Overlook · 18 mi
- Tunnel Floor Observation Deck · 25 mi
- Lover's Leap Overlook · 25 mi
- Purchase Ridge Overlook · 25 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Kitts Knob: 2.4 mi
- Notch Rock: 3.2 mi
- Yellow Rock: 3.5 mi
- Bobs Spur: 4.9 mi
- Dominion: 5.2 mi
- Stone Mountain Park: 2.2 mi
- Stone Creek Outdoor Classroom and Community Park: 7.3 mi
- Jonesville Park: 7.5 mi
- Cumberland Bowl Park: 7.7 mi
- Dressen Park (Blue Courts): 8.4 mi
- The Soup Bowl: 6.0 mi
- Second Point: 6.3 mi
- Black Mountain Thunder Zipline: 6.5 mi
- Railhouse: 6.7 mi
- Building: 6.7 mi
- Hancock County Welcome Center: 17.8 mi
- Kentucky Coal Mining Museum: 17.8 mi
- Portal 31 Mine Tour: 19.3 mi
- Daniel Boone Wilderness Trail Interpretive Center: 21.6 mi
- Fannon Train Museum: 22.3 mi
- 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
- Howard Cliff: 8.3 mi
- Fletcher Cliff: 13.9 mi
- Slanting Misery: 17.2 mi
- The Rounds: 18.9 mi
- Stone Face Rock: 8.4 mi
- Highest Point in Kentucky: 18.4 mi
- Joseph Martin monument: 21.7 mi
- Martin's Station: 21.8 mi
- Doughboy Statue: 8.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.9 miles of Sugarcamp Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Black Mountain | ENE 61° | 1,259 m | 18.4 mi |
| The Doubles | ENE 64° | 1,247 m | 19.0 mi |
| Potato Hill | ENE 67° | 1,123 m | 17.9 mi |
| MCD 173 | NE 48° | 1,096 m | 8.3 mi |
| Bowling Knob | E 92° | 1,075 m | 21.8 mi |
| Little Black Mountain | ENE 58° | 1,063 m | 7.2 mi |
| White Rocks | WSW 240° | 1,019 m | 16.4 mi |
| Joe Knob | NNE 27° | 1,010 m | 11.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:37 | 19:11 | 19:45 |
| June solstice | 06:15 | 20:17 | 20:56 |
| September equinox | 07:21 | 18:57 | 19:31 |
| December solstice | 07:42 | 16:40 | 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, 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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