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The Pottsville Escarpment is the transition zone from the central part of Kentucky to the higher and geologically younger Cumberland Plateau in the eastern part of the state. The Pennyroyal is bordered on the north by Muldraugh Hill , the geological escarpment that forms the transition from the geologically older Bluegrass to the Pennyroyal.
It gets its name from being on the tripoint of the state of Kentucky, Tennessee, and Virginia. The elevation at the tri-state marker is 1,990 feet (610 m). [ 2 ] The marker can be accessed via the "tri-state peak trail," (via connections with the Gap trail and the Object Lesson Road trail) and is about 1.2 miles (1.9 km) from the park's visitor ...
This is a complete list of National Historic Landmarks in Kentucky. [1] There are 33 such landmarks in Kentucky; one landmark has had its designation withdrawn. Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap
Kentucky has more navigable miles of water than any other state in the union, other than Alaska. [29] Kentucky is the only U.S. state to have a continuous border of rivers running along three of its sides – the Mississippi River to the west, the Ohio River to the north, and the Big Sandy River and Tug Fork to the east. [30]
USGS physiographic map of Kentucky showing the location of the Knobs. The Knobs Region or The Knobs is located in the US state of Kentucky. It is a narrow, arc-shaped region consisting of hundreds of isolated hills. The region wraps around the southern and eastern parts of the Bluegrass region in the north central to northeastern part of the state.
Sugarloaf Mountain is a 1,348-foot (411 m) mountain located in Rowan County, Kentucky, just outside the City of Morehead, Kentucky. In January, 1904, a volcanic eruption on Sugarloaf Mountain was reported in The New York Times , which noted much smoke, deep rumbling, and destruction to the trees, leading locals to prepare an evacuation. [ 1 ]
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The summit of Black Mountain, August 2013 Black Mountain summit plaque. Route 160 east of Lynch and west of Appalachia crosses the mountain. The summit is reached by a narrow road that turns off to the right (coming from Lynch or to the left, if coming from Appalachia) at the Kentucky-Virginia line (the gap that is the highest part of Route 160) and leads past a Federal Aviation Administration ...