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Axis

Axis from directly overhead

Axis is an artwork in Indiana, at a modelled elevation of 228 m. Weed Patch Hill stands 322 m to the east, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Miller-Showers Park Renovation - 2003, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Indiana's Historic Pathways passes 22 miles off.

What the record says

Built
1985
Material
limestone

How to reach it

Coordinates39.17972, -86.53441

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Miller-Showers Park: 0.2 mi
  • Rev. Ernest D. Butler Park: 0.8 mi
  • Crestmont Park: 0.8 mi
  • Northwest Quad Green Space: 0.8 mi
  • Lower Cascades Park: 0.9 mi
Peaks
Nature reserves: 35
Historic sites: 27
Artworks: 15
Attractions: 10
Museums: 10
Cliffs: 7
Gardens: 5
  • Butler Park Community Garden: 0.8 mi
  • Wonderlab Garden: 1.0 mi
  • Jesse H. and Beulah Chanley Cox Arboretum: 1.0 mi
  • Selma Steele’s garden: 10.6 mi
  • Interpretive Garden: 16.5 mi
Picnic sites: 5
  • Scoutcraft: 10.4 mi
  • Picnic Area: 10.4 mi
  • Eagle Quest: 10.6 mi
  • Shady Pines Picnic Area: 10.7 mi
  • Public Picnic Area: 21.9 mi
Waterfalls: 4
  • Cascades Falls: 1.0 mi
  • McCormick's Creek Waterfall: 12.6 mi
  • Upper Cataract Falls: 23.1 mi
  • Lower Cataract Falls: 23.7 mi
Beaches: 1
  • Paynetown Beach: 8.8 mi
Covered bridges: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.4 miles of Axis. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Weed Patch HillE 93°322 m17.0 mi
Bearwallow HillENE 74°313 m17.7 mi
Hohen PointE 98°307.8 m16.7 mi
Hesitation PointE 93°306 m16.0 mi
Cooks HillNE 49°292 m15.7 mi
Maple HillENE 72°291 m12.2 mi
Mount NeboNNE 33°291 m18.8 mi
Baughman HillENE 72°287 m13.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:5119:2319:58
June solstice06:2120:3621:16
September equinox07:3419:1019:45
December solstice08:0316:4517:27

Local time (America/Indiana/Indianapolis).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F293342536372757467554334
Precip in3.82.93.75.25.45.44.63.43.83.83.93.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bloomington Indiana Univ, under a mile away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/10312413400

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