Looney Creek

Looney Creek is a stream in Harlan, Kentucky. Looney Creek is situated nearby to the town Cumberland, as well as near the hamlet Sand Hill.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Kingdom Come State Park and Kentucky Coal Museum.

Kingdom Come State Park

Park

Kingdom Come State Park is a part of Kentucky's state park system in Harlan County atop Pine Mountain near the city of Cumberland. It was named after the 1903 best-selling novel The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come by native Kentuckian John Fox, Jr. Kingdom Come State Park is situated 1½ miles northeast of Looney Creek.

Kentucky Coal Museum

Museum

The Kentucky Coal Museum is a heritage center located in Benham, Kentucky. Its focus is the history of the coal industry in Eastern Kentucky, featuring specific exhibits on the company towns of Benham and neighboring Lynch. Kentucky Coal Museum is situated 2½ miles southeast of Looney Creek.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Cumberland and Clutts.

Cumberland

Town

Photo: Nyttend, Public domain.

Cumberland is a home rule-class city in Harlan County, Kentucky, in the United States. As of the 2020 census, Cumberland had a population of 1,947. The city sits at the confluence of Looney Creek and the Poor Fork Cumberland River.

Clutts

Hamlet

Clutts is a coal town and an unincorporated community in Harlan County, Kentucky, United States. The coal it produced was distributed through the Clutts railroad station that gave the community its original name. It has also been referred to as Pee Vee.

Gordon

Hamlet

Photo: Nyttend, Public domain.

Gordon is an unincorporated community located in Letcher County, Kentucky, United States. Its post office is closed. Gordon is situated 2 miles northwest of Looney Creek.

Looney Creek

Type: Stream
Also known as: “Big Looney Creek”
Category: body of water
Location: Harlan, Kentucky, South, United States, North America
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Latitude

36.97864° or 36° 58′ 43″ north

Longitude

-82.98847° or 82° 59′ 19″ west

Elevation

1,437 feet (438 metres)

Open location code

868VX2H6+FJ

GeoNames ID

4299212

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