Wildcat Knob
Wildcat Knob rises to 183 m in Kentucky. Layman Knob stands 275 m to the east, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Tunnel Hill, a peak 2.4 miles away. Duncan Hines Scenic Road passes 21 miles off. 81 named places lie within 25 miles, 52 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in Kentucky, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49089979, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 183 m
How to reach it
- 20.6 mi off the Duncan Hines Scenic Road
81 named places within 25 miles
- Tunnel Hill: 2.4 mi
- Rattlesnake Knob: 4.5 mi
- Duncan Hill: 5.0 mi
- Bean Hill: 6.0 mi
- Hickory Knob: 6.1 mi
- Everette Park: 3.1 mi
- Dundee Park: 8.1 mi
- Ohio County Fair Grounds: 9.7 mi
- Oldham Park: 11.2 mi
- Beaver Dam Park & Amphitheater: 11.3 mi
- Buzzards Roost Bluff: 11.4 mi
- Hawkers Bluff: 12.1 mi
- Jackson Bluff: 19.2 mi
- Day Cliffs: 19.7 mi
- Marcum Bluff: 23.7 mi
- fort hartford reconstruction: 9.9 mi
- Confederate-Union Veterans Monument: 16.4 mi
- Fordsville railroad museum: 12.1 mi
- Green River Museum: 19.4 mi
- Jerusalem Ridge- Bill Monroe Homeplace: 4.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Wildcat Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Layman Knob | E 81° | 275 m | 21.2 mi |
| Telephone Knob | N 4° | 259 m | 16.1 mi |
| Duncan Hill | NE 43° | 249 m | 5.0 mi |
| Powell Hill | NE 37° | 247 m | 15.7 mi |
| Sand Knob | NE 42° | 246 m | 15.2 mi |
| Knob Lick Hill | NNE 23° | 245 m | 21.1 mi |
| Cretcheloe Hill | NE 35° | 244 m | 14.9 mi |
| Junction Hill | NE 54° | 243 m | 10.7 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 | 20:12 |
| 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, 13 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 506739 — Wildcat Knob, Ohio County, Kentucky.
OpenStreetMap element node/358609788
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- Morgantown · 17 mi
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