A rock shelter — also rockhouse, crepuscular cave, bluff shelter, or abri — is a shallow cave-like opening at the base of a bluff or cliff. In contrast to solutional cave (karst) caves, which are often many miles long, rock shelters are almost always modest in size and extent.
The Cumberland Plateau is the southern part of the Appalachian Plateau in the Appalachian Mountains of the United States. It includes much of eastern Kentucky and Tennessee, and portions of northern Alabama and northwest Georgia. The terms "Allegheny Plateau" and the "Cumberland Plateau" both refer to the dissected plateau lands lying west of the main Appalachian Mountains. The terms stem from historical usage rather than geological difference, so there is no strict dividing line between the two. Two major rivers share the names of the plateaus, with the Allegheny River rising in the Allegheny Plateau and the Cumberland River rising in the Cumberland Plateau in Harlan County, Kentucky.
The Kentucky River is a tributary of the Ohio River, 260 miles (418 km) long, in the U.S. Commonwealth of Kentucky. The river and its tributaries drain much of the central region of the state, with its upper course passing through the coal-mining regions of the Cumberland Mountains, and its lower course passing through the Bluegrass region in the north central part of the state. Its watershed encompasses about 7,000 square miles (18,000 km2). It supplies drinking water to about one-sixth of the population of the Commonwealth of Kentucky.
Creelsboro Natural Bridge is a natural bridge in southwestern Russell County, Kentucky, United States. It is located near the community of Creelsboro, approximately 7 miles (11 km) downstream from Wolf Creek Dam, which impounds Lake Cumberland. The Rockhouse is classified as a meander natural bridge because it was created by river erosion of a cliff on the outer side of a sharp meander in the river. Jim Creek flows through it before merging into the Cumberland River. With a span of 104 feet (32 m), it is the seventh largest natural bridge in the United States.
Rock House, Rockhouse, Old Rock House or variations may refer to:
Tomahawk is an unincorporated community that stretches along Kentucky Route 40 in Martin County, Kentucky, United States, in the eastern part of the state near the West Virginia border. It is located on Rockhouse Fork of Rockcastle Creek, approximately six miles (9.6 km) west of Inez, the county seat.
The Best of Ray Charles is a compilation album released in 1970 on the Atlantic Jazz label, featuring previously released instrumental (non-vocal) tracks recorded by Ray Charles between November 1956 and November 1958.
Rockhouse Island is one of the uninhabited Canadian arctic islands in Kivalliq Region, Nunavut, Canada. It is one of several islands located within the mouth of Chesterfield Inlet.
The 39th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
Ageratina luciae-brauniae is a species of flowering plant in the aster family known by the common names Lucy Braun's snakeroot and rockhouse white snakeroot. It is native to the eastern United States, where it is limited to the Cumberland Plateau of Kentucky and Tennessee. It may also occur in South Carolina but these reports are unconfirmed.
The Rockhouse Cliffs Rockshelters are a pair of rockshelters in the far southern region of the U.S. state of Indiana. Located amid broken terrain in the Hoosier National Forest, the shelters may have been inhabited for more than ten thousand years by peoples ranging from the Early Archaic period until the twentieth century. As a result of their extensive occupation and their remote location, they are important and well-preserved archaeological sites and have been named a historic site.
Kentucky Route 72 is a 16.932-mile state highway in Kentucky that is separated into two segments. The western segments runs from U.S. Route 119 just north of Blackmont to Rockhouse Branch Road just southeast of Alva via Blackmont, Pathfork, and Alva. The eastern segment runs from a dead end west of Pansy to Kentucky Route 413 at Baxter via Mary Alice and Harlan. It appears that the two segments were originally planned to connect, as the segments are separated by only a few miles. The 1977 Official County Map of Harlan County has the two sections connected by what basically amounts to a trail.
Kentucky Route 195 (KY 195) is a 11.6-mile-long (18.7 km) state highway in the U.S. state of Kentucky. The highway connects Ashcamp with Marrowbone with mostly rural areas of Pike County.
Kentucky Route 257 (KY 257) is a 11.1-mile-long (17.9 km) state highway in the U.S. state of Kentucky. The highway connects mostly rural areas of Leslie County with Hyden.
Kentucky Route 299 (KY 299) is a 12.3-mile-long (19.8 km) state highway in the U.S. state of Kentucky. The highway connects mostly rural areas of Calloway and Marshall counties.
Kentucky Route 317 (KY 317) is a 8.9-mile-long (14.3 km) state highway in the U.S. state of Kentucky. The highway connects mostly rural areas of Letcher County with Fleming-Neon.
Kentucky Route 364 (KY 364) is a 12.832-mile-long (20.651 km) state highway in the U.S. state of Kentucky. The highway connects mostly rural areas of Magoffin and Morgan counties with Cottle.
The EK Subdivision is a railroad line owned by CSX Transportation in the U.S. State of Kentucky. The line runs from Winchester, Kentucky to Hazard, Kentucky for a total of 117.5 miles (189.1 km). At its north end the line continues south from the CC Subdivision and at its south end the line continues south as the Rockhouse Subdivision.
The Rockhouse Subdivision is a railroad line owned by CSX Transportation in the U.S. State of Kentucky. The line runs from Hazard, Kentucky to Deane, Kentucky for a total of 43.7 miles (70.3 km). At its west end the line continues east from the EK Subdivision and at its east end the line continues east as the E&BV Subdivision
The 2015 New Year Honours in New Zealand were appointments by Elizabeth II in her right as Queen of New Zealand, on the advice of the New Zealand government, to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by New Zealanders, and to celebrate the passing of 2014 and the beginning of 2015. They were announced on 31 December 2014.
