Pine Knot Kentucky Map

About Pine Knot, Kentucky

Pine Knot is a locality in McCreary County, Kentucky, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,380. The population density is 83.2 people per km². Pine Knot is located at 36.6656°N, 84.4397°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 42635.

Pine Knot emerges from the dense, verdant folds of the landscape where the steady, rhythmic pulse of Perkins Creek carves a path through the limestone-rich earth. It lies 31.8 miles south-southeast of Somerset, KY (from Somerset, KY: bearing 163°T), and is situated 16.7 miles west-southwest of Williamsburg. The air here holds the damp, cool weight of the nearby Daniel Boone National Forest, a sprawling canopy of oak and hickory that dictates the local climate and softens the golden light of late afternoons. Beyond the immediate canopy, the terrain rises into the rugged, shadowed depths of Lee Hollow, while the distant, hazy silhouette of the Cumberland Mountains defines the far horizon. Brown Pond remains a quiet, isolated stillness nine miles away, acting as a terrestrial anchor for a region defined by its thick woodlands rather than any open water.

Pine Knot bears the quiet, weathered legacy of its coal-camp origins, a history etched into the very cadence of the streets where the industry once dictated the rise and fall of fortunes. Today, the economy leans into a slower, more deliberate rhythm, echoing the persistence of those who remain tied to the timber and the soil of the Appalachian east. Travelers seeking the solitude of the woods often traverse the Laurel Creek Trail, finding a stark, unadorned beauty in the dense undergrowth and the flinty, mineral-heavy ground. There is a profound, grounded stillness to life in Pine Knot, where the passage of time is measured not by the clock, but by the slow shifting of shadows across the forest floor and the constant, murmuring rush of the creek against the stone.

About This Pine Knot Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Pine Knot, Kentucky. Coordinates: 36.665597, -84.439748. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Pine Knot includes the ZIP code (42635), telephone area code (270), county seat of McCreary County (Whitley City), and school district assignment (McCreary County School District).

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.