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Flight

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Flight is an artwork in Indiana, at a modelled elevation of 189 m. Weed Patch Hill stands 322 m to the west, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Clifty Creek Park, a park 0.1 miles away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 100 miles off. 39 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Step-free access
Limited
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates39.19734, -85.88009

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Clifty Creek Park: 0.1 mi
  • Morningside Park: 0.7 mi
  • 9th Street Park: 1.8 mi
  • Lincoln Park: 1.8 mi
  • Carousel for Columbus: 2.2 mi
Artworks
Peaks: 39
Historic sites: 33
Museums: 13
  • Atterbury-Bakalar Air Museum: 4.1 mi
  • Camp Atterbury Museum: 13.8 mi
  • Camp Atterbury Museum: 13.9 mi
  • Seymour Museum Center: 16.4 mi
  • Hayden Historical Museum: 16.8 mi
Nature reserves: 12
  • Pauline Crump Nature Preserve: 2.5 mi
  • Touch the Earth Natural Area: 7.6 mi
  • Tangeman Woods: 8.1 mi
  • Anderson Falls: 10.1 mi
  • Whip-poor-will Woods: 14.3 mi
Gardens: 4
Cliffs: 3
  • Muscatauck Rock Climb Cliff: 20.2 mi
  • Pine Bluff: 20.6 mi
  • Vernon Cliffs over Muscatatuck: 20.9 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Attractions: 1
  • Vinegar Mill: 20.1 mi
Picnic sites: 1
Beaches: 1
  • Muscatatuck Swimming Hole: 20.8 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Flight. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Weed Patch HillW 263°322 m18.2 mi
Bearwallow HillWNW 282°313 m18.4 mi
Taylor HillW 261°309 m8.5 mi
Hohen PointW 259°307.8 m18.9 mi
Hesitation PointW 264°306 m19.2 mi
Patterson HillWSW 259°299 m8.9 mi
Dowell HillW 268°294 m8.4 mi
Maple HillW 276°291 m23.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4819:2019:56
June solstice06:1820:3421:14
September equinox07:3219:0719:42
December solstice08:0016:4217:25

Local time (America/Indiana/Indianapolis).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303343546473767468564435
Precip in3.42.93.85.05.05.34.53.53.23.43.63.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Columbus, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/2842832871

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