High Knob

High Knob: 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 High Knob

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 High Knob — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 37.55426, -83.40074. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near High Knob

• Buckhorn Lake · lake · Leslie · ~35 km · Must-see
• Red River Gorge Zipline · viewpoint · Wolfe · ~35 km · Must-see
• Big Lovely Mountain · viewpoint · Knott · ~36 km · Must-see
• Natural Bridge State Resort Park · park · Powell · ~43 km · Must-see
• Clifty Wilderness · sanctuary · Menifee · ~44 km · Must-see
• Kentucky Reptile Zoo · sanctuary · Powell · ~47 km · Must-see
• Stuffley Knob · viewpoint · Johnson · ~62 km · Must-see
• Carr Creek Lake · lake · Knott · ~64 km · Must-see
• Cave Run Lake · cave · Rowan · ~67 km · Must-see
• Paintsville Lake · lake · Johnson · ~69 km · Must-see
• Daniel Boone National Forest · sanctuary · Jackson · ~74 km · Must-see
• Breathitt County Museum · museum · Breathitt · ~2 km
• High Top Church · church · Breathitt · ~5 km
• Panbowl Full Gospel Church · church · Breathitt · ~5 km
• Fivemile Church · church · Breathitt · ~5 km
• Cane Creek Church · church · Breathitt · ~5 km
• Haddix Fork Church · church · Breathitt · ~6 km
• Bald Hill · viewpoint · Breathitt · ~8 km

See everything within a day’s drive of High Knob

Other hill stations & viewpoints near High Knob

• Red River Gorge Zipline · viewpoint · Wolfe · ~35 km · Must-see
• Big Lovely Mountain · viewpoint · Knott · ~36 km · Must-see
• Stuffley Knob · viewpoint · Johnson · ~62 km · Must-see
• Pine Mountain · viewpoint · Letcher · ~90 km · Must-see
• Sugarloaf Mountain · viewpoint · Rowan · ~94 km · Must-see
• Pine Mountain · viewpoint · Harlan · ~97 km · Must-see
• Halls Butt · viewpoint · Letcher · ~97 km · Must-see
• Black Mountain · viewpoint · Harlan · ~105 km · Must-see
• Pine Mountain · viewpoint · Dickenson · ~109 km · Must-see
• Cumberland Mountain · viewpoint · Lee · ~117 km · Must-see

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