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Kelly Point

Kelly Point, seen from above at true elevation

Kelly Point is a cliff in Indiana, at a recorded elevation of 185 m. Weed Patch Hill stands 322 m to the northeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Salt Creek State Recreation Area, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away. Indiana's Historic Pathways passes 11 miles off. 53 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
185 m

How to reach it

Coordinates39.01644, -86.50861

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Peaks: 53
  • Depot Hill: 1.0 mi
  • Horsecamp Hill: 6.7 mi
  • Frog Pond Ridge: 6.7 mi
  • Red Hill: 7.7 mi
  • Frank Grubb Ridge-West: 8.3 mi
Historic sites: 28
  • Firecrafter Leadership Circle: 4.9 mi
  • Big Joe Palooka: 8.0 mi
  • Large quarry remnants: 9.2 mi
  • Veterans Memorial: 9.4 mi
  • Theodore Rose Well House: 10.4 mi
Attractions: 17
Artworks: 16
  • Jebediah Springfield: 0.8 mi
  • Bluetip Billiards: 10.2 mi
  • Peau Rouge Indiana: 10.4 mi
  • Pygmalion's Art Supplies "Red Studio": 10.5 mi
  • Animal Island: 10.5 mi
Cliffs: 5
Gardens: 5
  • Wonderlab Garden: 10.4 mi
  • Jesse H. and Beulah Chanley Cox Arboretum: 10.7 mi
  • Butler Park Community Garden: 10.8 mi
  • Selma Steele’s garden: 11.8 mi
  • Interpretive Garden: 17.7 mi
Picnic sites: 4
  • Eagle Quest: 4.7 mi
  • Scoutcraft: 4.7 mi
  • Picnic Area: 4.8 mi
  • Shady Pines Picnic Area: 20.8 mi
Waterfalls: 2
Beaches: 1
  • Paynetown Beach: 6.1 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Weed Patch HillNE 56°322 m18.8 mi
Bearwallow HillNE 44°313 m22.5 mi
Hohen PointENE 60°307.8 m17.5 mi
Hesitation PointNE 54°306 m18.0 mi
Cooks HillNNE 26°292 m24.0 mi
Maple HillNE 34°291 m18.1 mi
Baughman HillNE 36°287 m19.2 mi
Gilmore HillENE 75°286 m24.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:5019:2319:58
June solstice06:2120:3621:16
September equinox07:3419:1019:45
December solstice08:0216:4517:28

Local time (America/Indiana/Indianapolis).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F293342536371747367554334
Precip in3.42.73.95.15.65.24.33.63.43.53.83.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Oolitic Purdue EX FM, 9 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/358657707

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