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Bloomington Waters

Bloomington Waters from directly overhead

Bloomington Waters is an artwork in Indiana, at a modelled elevation of 235 m. Weed Patch Hill stands 322 m to the east, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Bloomington Banquet, a artwork 0.1 miles away. Indiana's Historic Pathways passes 21 miles off.

What the record says

Built
1996
Material
limestone;steel

How to reach it

Coordinates39.16970, -86.53636

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Rev. Ernest D. Butler Park: 0.4 mi
  • People's Park: 0.5 mi
  • The Waldron, Hill and Buskirk Park (Third Street Park): 0.5 mi
  • Building Trades Park: 0.6 mi
  • Seminary Square Park: 0.6 mi
Peaks
Nature reserves: 35
Historic sites: 28
Artworks: 15
  • Bloomington Banquet: 0.1 mi
  • Animal Island: 0.2 mi
  • Pygmalion's Art Supplies "Red Studio": 0.4 mi
  • Bluetip Billiards: 0.5 mi
  • Axis: 0.7 mi
Museums: 10
Attractions: 10
Cliffs: 7
Gardens: 5
  • Wonderlab Garden: 0.3 mi
  • Butler Park Community Garden: 0.4 mi
  • Jesse H. and Beulah Chanley Cox Arboretum: 0.9 mi
  • Selma Steele’s garden: 10.5 mi
  • Interpretive Garden: 16.6 mi
Picnic sites: 5
  • Scoutcraft: 9.8 mi
  • Picnic Area: 9.9 mi
  • Eagle Quest: 10.0 mi
  • Shady Pines Picnic Area: 11.3 mi
  • Public Picnic Area: 22.4 mi
Waterfalls: 4
  • Cascades Falls: 1.7 mi
  • McCormick's Creek Waterfall: 12.9 mi
  • Upper Cataract Falls: 23.6 mi
  • Lower Cataract Falls: 24.2 mi
Beaches: 1
  • Paynetown Beach: 8.4 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.7 miles of Bloomington Waters. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Weed Patch HillE 91°322 m17.1 mi
Bearwallow HillENE 72°313 m18.0 mi
Hohen PointE 96°307.8 m16.7 mi
Hesitation PointE 90°306 m16.1 mi
Cooks HillNE 47°292 m16.2 mi
Maple HillENE 69°291 m12.5 mi
Mount NeboNNE 32°291 m19.4 mi
Baughman HillENE 69°287 m13.8 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/6325797539

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