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Yellow Rock

Yellow Rock, seen from above at true elevation

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

Coordinates36.74152, -83.15392

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 29
Attractions: 24
  • The Soup Bowl: 9.5 mi
  • Second Point: 9.8 mi
  • NARROW: 9.8 mi
  • Black Mountain Thunder Zipline: 9.8 mi
  • waterfall: 9.8 mi
Historic sites: 9
Museums: 9
Nature reserves: 5
  • 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
Cliffs: 4
Artworks: 1
  • Doughboy Statue: 11.8 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 22.5 miles of Yellow Rock. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Black MountainNE 50°1,259 m18.7 mi
The DoublesNE 53°1,247 m19.1 mi
Potato HillNE 56°1,123 m17.8 mi
MCD 173NNE 27°1,096 m9.7 mi
Bowling KnobE 83°1,075 m20.2 mi
Little Black MountainNNE 32°1,063 m8.1 mi
White RocksWSW 252°1,019 m16.8 mi
Joe KnobNNE 15°1,010 m13.3 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 °F343845546371747368564537
Precip in4.44.44.94.64.34.44.43.93.73.02.94.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Pennington GAP, 8 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/356559712

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