Yellow Rock
Yellow Rock rises to 858 m in Virginia. Black Mountain stands 1,259 m to the northeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Stone Mountain Natural Area, a nature reserve 0.6 miles away. Trail of the Lonesome Pine / Daniel Boone Heritage Trail passes 4.1 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Kentucky, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49091304, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 858 m
How to reach it
- 4.1 mi off the Trail of the Lonesome Pine / Daniel Boone Heritage Trail
- 2.1 mi off the Coal Heritage Trail - VA
- 11.9 mi off the Pine Mountain Road
- 28.2 mi off the East Tennessee Crossing, National
Overlooks nearby
- Powell Mountain Overlook · 16 mi
- Tunnel Floor Observation Deck · 23 mi
- Purchase Ridge Overlook · 23 mi
- Lover's Leap Overlook · 23 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Notch Rock: 1.9 mi
- Sugarcamp Knob: 3.5 mi
- Kitts Knob: 5.7 mi
- Bonnie: 6.5 mi
- Dominion: 6.5 mi
- Stone Mountain Park: 2.6 mi
- Jonesville Park: 3.9 mi
- Cumberland Bowl Park: 4.1 mi
- Stone Creek Outdoor Classroom and Community Park: 6.1 mi
- Leeman Field Park: 7.2 mi
- The Soup Bowl: 9.5 mi
- Second Point: 9.8 mi
- Black Mountain Thunder Zipline: 9.8 mi
- Railhouse: 10.2 mi
- Building: 10.3 mi
- Stone Face Rock: 7.0 mi
- Highest Point in Kentucky: 18.7 mi
- Joseph Martin monument: 22.0 mi
- Martin's Station: 22.0 mi
- The Wilderness Road Blockhouse: 23.1 mi
- Hancock County Welcome Center: 15.0 mi
- Kentucky Coal Mining Museum: 19.0 mi
- Daniel Boone Wilderness Trail Interpretive Center: 19.4 mi
- Fannon Train Museum: 20.1 mi
- Portal 31 Mine Tour: 20.3 mi
- Stone Mountain Natural Area: 0.6 mi
- Cranks Creek Wildlife Management Area: 2.3 mi
- Martins Fork Lake Wildlife Management Area: 6.1 mi
- Fletcher Ford State Natural Area Preserve: 11.7 mi
- E. Lucy Braun State Park State Nature Preserve: 15.6 mi
- Howard Cliff: 11.5 mi
- Fletcher Cliff: 12.1 mi
- The Rounds: 15.4 mi
- Slanting Misery: 16.0 mi
- Doughboy Statue: 11.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.2 miles of Yellow Rock. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Black Mountain | NE 50° | 1,259 m | 18.7 mi |
| The Doubles | NE 53° | 1,247 m | 19.1 mi |
| Potato Hill | NE 56° | 1,123 m | 17.8 mi |
| MCD 173 | NNE 27° | 1,096 m | 9.7 mi |
| Bowling Knob | E 83° | 1,075 m | 20.2 mi |
| Little Black Mountain | NNE 32° | 1,063 m | 8.1 mi |
| White Rocks | WSW 252° | 1,019 m | 16.8 mi |
| Joe Knob | NNE 15° | 1,010 m | 13.3 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 | 34 | 38 | 45 | 54 | 63 | 71 | 74 | 73 | 68 | 56 | 45 | 37 |
| Precip in | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.9 | 4.6 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 3.9 | 3.7 | 3.0 | 2.9 | 4.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Pennington GAP, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356559712
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