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Secrest Ferry Bridge

Secrest Ferry Bridge from directly overhead

Secrest Ferry Bridge is an attraction in Indiana, at a modelled elevation of 166 m. Cooks Hill stands 292 m to the east, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Ferry Bridge, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Historic National Road - Indiana passes 19 miles off. 54 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The story

road bridge in Indiana, United States of America

Wikidata Q25006912, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

How to reach it

Coordinates39.33258, -86.67675

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Camp Romona: 3.0 mi
  • Owen County Veterans Memorial Park: 5.2 mi
  • Owen County Fair Grounds: 5.6 mi
  • Cooper Commons: 5.8 mi
  • Flatwoods Park: 6.0 mi
Peaks: 54
Nature reserves: 31
Historic sites: 24
  • Ferry Bridge: 0.0 mi
  • Camp Hughes: 1.6 mi
  • Peden barn: 3.3 mi
  • Owen County (Indiana) War Memorial: 5.6 mi
  • Owen County War Memorial: 5.6 mi
Artworks: 13
Museums: 11
  • Ten O' Clock Line Treaty Museum: 1.4 mi
  • Owen County Heritage and Culture Center: 5.6 mi
  • Elizabeth Sage Costume Collection: 12.9 mi
  • The Farmer House Museum: 13.5 mi
  • WonderLab Museum: 13.7 mi
Cliffs: 8
Attractions: 7
Picnic sites: 5
  • Public Picnic Area: 8.9 mi
  • Shady Pines Picnic Area: 13.3 mi
  • Scoutcraft: 23.4 mi
  • Picnic Area: 23.4 mi
  • Eagle Quest: 23.6 mi
Gardens: 5
  • Butler Park Community Garden: 13.2 mi
  • Wonderlab Garden: 13.7 mi
  • Jesse H. and Beulah Chanley Cox Arboretum: 14.0 mi
  • Prayer Garden: 21.3 mi
  • Selma Steele’s garden: 22.4 mi
Waterfalls: 4
  • McCormick's Creek Waterfall: 3.7 mi
  • Upper Cataract Falls: 10.2 mi
  • Lower Cataract Falls: 10.7 mi
  • Cascades Falls: 12.1 mi
Beaches: 2
Covered bridges: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Cooks HillE 90°292 m19.4 mi
Mount NeboENE 74°291 m18.6 mi
Maple HillESE 110°291 m20.4 mi
Baughman HillESE 107°287 m21.3 mi
Moser HillNNW 342°284 m15.7 mi
Keller HillNE 36°283 m23.0 mi
Kelley HillESE 116°281 m24.3 mi
Dug HillESE 107°280 m23.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:5119:2319:59
June solstice06:2120:3721:18
September equinox07:3519:1019:46
December solstice08:0416:4517:27

Local time (America/Indiana/Indianapolis).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F293242536371757366554333
Precip in3.42.63.65.35.25.84.93.63.83.94.03.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Spencer, 6 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/76775409

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