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Large Arch

Large Arch from directly overhead

Large Arch is an artwork in Indiana, at a modelled elevation of 192 m. Weed Patch Hill stands 322 m to the west, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Irwin Gardens, a garden less than a tenth of a mile away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 99 miles off. 45 named summits stand within 25 miles.

How to reach it

Coordinates39.20369, -85.91861

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
Parks
  • Carousel for Columbus: 0.1 mi
  • Courthouse Square: 0.3 mi
  • Mill Race Park: 0.5 mi
  • 9th Street Park: 0.5 mi
  • Noblitt Park: 0.8 mi
Peaks: 45
Historic sites: 27
Nature reserves: 14
  • Pauline Crump Nature Preserve: 2.6 mi
  • Touch the Earth Natural Area: 5.6 mi
  • Tangeman Woods: 6.0 mi
  • Anderson Falls: 12.0 mi
  • Whip-poor-will Woods: 12.3 mi
Museums: 12
  • Atterbury-Bakalar Air Museum: 3.7 mi
  • Camp Atterbury Museum: 12.4 mi
  • Camp Atterbury Museum: 12.4 mi
  • Seymour Museum Center: 16.9 mi
  • Hayden Historical Museum: 18.2 mi
Gardens: 5
Cliffs: 3
  • Pine Bluff: 18.6 mi
  • Muscatauck Rock Climb Cliff: 21.9 mi
  • Vernon Cliffs over Muscatatuck: 22.7 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Attractions: 1
  • Vinegar Mill: 21.9 mi
Picnic sites: 1
Beaches: 1
  • Muscatatuck Swimming Hole: 22.7 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Weed Patch HillW 261°322 m16.2 mi
Bearwallow HillWNW 282°313 m16.3 mi
Taylor HillWSW 255°309 m6.6 mi
Hohen PointWSW 256°307.8 m17.0 mi
Hesitation PointW 262°306 m17.2 mi
Patterson HillWSW 252°299 m7.1 mi
Dowell HillW 263°294 m6.4 mi
Cooks HillWNW 293°292 m22.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4819:2119:56
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.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

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OpenStreetMap element node/2843275754

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