Haystack Rock

Haystack Rock: crowds and conditions

Typical pattern: usually quiet; mostly local visitors. Been there recently? Post today’s status and it shows here for the next traveller.

Status options for this viewpoint: Open, good conditions · Very crowded · Approach road bad · Closed / not accessible.

Best time to visit Haystack Rock

Season: October to February for cool, clear air; July to September for mist and greenery.

Crowd: Usually quiet; mostly local visitors.

Typical week: Mon quiet · Tue quiet · Wed quiet · Thu quiet · Fri light · Sat light · Sun light.

How to reach Haystack Rock — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 37.83617, -83.67794. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Haystack Rock

• Kentucky Reptile Zoo · sanctuary · Powell · ~7 km · Must-see
• Natural Bridge State Resort Park · park · Powell · ~10 km · Must-see
• Clifty Wilderness · sanctuary · Menifee · ~11 km · Must-see
• Red River Gorge Zipline · viewpoint · Wolfe · ~18 km · Must-see
• Olympia State Forest · sanctuary · Bath · ~29 km · Must-see
• Cave Run Lake · cave · Rowan · ~37 km · Must-see
• Sugarloaf Mountain · viewpoint · Rowan · ~56 km · Must-see
• Bluegrass Heritage Museum · museum · Clark · ~59 km · Must-see
• Daniel Boone National Forest · sanctuary · Jackson · ~64 km · Must-see
• Kentucky River Museum · museum · Madison · ~65 km · Must-see
• Double Arch · viewpoint · Powell · ~1 km
• Courthouse Rock · viewpoint · Powell · ~1 km
• Raven Rock · viewpoint · Powell · ~1 km
• Long Wall · viewpoint · Menifee · ~2 km
• Arch of Triumph · viewpoint · Powell · ~2 km
• Tarr Ridge · viewpoint · Menifee · ~2 km
• Tunnel Wall · viewpoint · Powell · ~3 km
• Amburgy Hollow · viewpoint · Powell · ~3 km

See everything within a day’s drive of Haystack Rock

Other hill stations & viewpoints near Haystack Rock

• Red River Gorge Zipline · viewpoint · Wolfe · ~18 km · Must-see
• Sugarloaf Mountain · viewpoint · Rowan · ~56 km · Must-see
• Big Lovely Mountain · viewpoint · Knott · ~79 km · Must-see
• Stuffley Knob · viewpoint · Johnson · ~84 km · Must-see
• Pine Mountain · viewpoint · Harlan · ~139 km · Must-see
• Pine Mountain · viewpoint · Letcher · ~139 km · Must-see
• Behm Mountain · viewpoint · Adams · ~144 km · Must-see
• Halls Butt · viewpoint · Letcher · ~147 km · Must-see
• Double Arch · viewpoint · Powell · ~1 km
• Courthouse Rock · viewpoint · Powell · ~1 km

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