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Stone Head

Stone Head from directly overhead

Stone Head is an artwork in Indiana, at a modelled elevation of 178 m. Weed Patch Hill stands 322 m to the northwest, 4.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Stone Head Nature Preserve, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Indiana's Historic Pathways passes 17 miles off. 53 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Step-free access
Limited

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates39.12996, -86.15875

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Artworks
Peaks: 53
Nature reserves: 34
Historic sites: 18
Museums: 16
  • Atterbury-Bakalar Air Museum: 16.4 mi
  • Camp Atterbury Museum: 17.2 mi
  • Camp Atterbury Museum: 17.4 mi
  • Jackson County Historical: 18.5 mi
  • Seymour Museum Center: 18.6 mi
Attractions: 7
  • Monroe Convention Center: 20.3 mi
  • Upland Brewing Company: 20.5 mi
  • Dam Overlook Platform: 20.9 mi
  • Shirley Springs Cave: 23.1 mi
  • Urban Air Trampoline and Adventure Park: 23.4 mi
Gardens: 6
  • Interpretive Garden: 4.0 mi
  • Selma Steele’s garden: 10.1 mi
  • Irwin Gardens: 13.9 mi
  • Jesse H. and Beulah Chanley Cox Arboretum: 19.5 mi
  • Wonderlab Garden: 20.4 mi
Cliffs: 5
Picnic sites: 4
  • Picnic Area: 15.6 mi
  • Scoutcraft: 15.7 mi
  • Eagle Quest: 15.7 mi
  • Shady Pines Picnic Area: 19.1 mi
Beaches: 2
Ghost towns: 2
Waterfalls: 1
Covered bridges: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Weed Patch HillNW 309°322 m4.1 mi
Bearwallow HillNNW 340°313 m8.9 mi
Taylor HillENE 63°309 m7.3 mi
Hohen PointWNW 285°307.8 m3.7 mi
Hesitation PointWNW 303°306 m5.0 mi
Patterson HillENE 65°299 m6.8 mi
Dowell HillENE 56°294 m7.8 mi
Cooks HillNNW 329°292 m16.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4919:2219:57
June solstice06:2020:3521:15
September equinox07:3319:0819:43
December solstice08:0116:4417:26

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, 13 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/2836205395

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