Ghost town · Indiana
Anson
Anson is a ghost town in Indiana, at a modelled elevation of 219 m. Morgan Hill stands 205 m to the west-southwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Walter H. and E. Marie Myers Nature Preserve on Flowers Creek, a nature reserve 1.7 miles away. The Indiana Lincoln Highway Byway passes 27 miles off.
ghost town in Indiana
How to reach it
Coordinates40.86639, -86.05556
- 27.2 mi off the The Indiana Lincoln Highway Byway
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Eck Park: 7.1 mi
- Davis Park: 7.5 mi
- Frances Slocum State Recreation Area: 11.7 mi
- Akron Town Square: 12.0 mi
- Pike Memorial Park: 12.2 mi
Historic sites: 31
- Replica Liberty Bell: 7.8 mi
- Replica Statue of Liberty: 7.8 mi
- Wabash Bicentennial: 12.5 mi
- Old Wabash Jr. High Site: 13.0 mi
- Browns of Wabash: 13.0 mi
Artworks: 26
- Turtle Sundae: 7.4 mi
- Yellow Chair: 12.6 mi
- Key Way: 12.9 mi
- Willard the Bicentennial Bison: 17.0 mi
- "Boy and Girl on a Trike": 17.0 mi
Museums: 13
- Circus City Festival Museum: 7.7 mi
- Miami County Museum: 7.7 mi
- International Circus Hall of Fame: 8.0 mi
- Wabash County Historical Museum: 13.2 mi
- Grissom Air Museum: 14.2 mi
Attractions: 11
- Stockdale Mill: 6.7 mi
- Roann Covered Bridge: 7.7 mi
- Charley Creek Garden Maze: 12.9 mi
- Mark Honeywell - Memorial: 13.0 mi
- Lonely Red Caboose: 13.2 mi
Ghost towns: 10
- Wooleytown: 2.8 mi
- Brownell: 4.6 mi
- Paw Paw: 5.0 mi
- Stringtown: 5.3 mi
- Five Corners: 7.7 mi
Nature reserves: 9
- Walter H. and E. Marie Myers Nature Preserve on Flowers Creek: 1.7 mi
- Eel River Wildlife Management Area: 3.3 mi
- Seven Pillars Nature Preserve: 10.2 mi
- Asherwood: 11.0 mi
- Disko Fen: 11.8 mi
Gardens: 5
- Peru Garden Club: 9.5 mi
- Garden of Valor: 13.5 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 13.5 mi
- Bodyworks Studio Community Garden: 18.1 mi
- The Gladdys Muir Peace Garden: 18.2 mi
Waterfalls: 3
- Charley Creek Falls: 12.5 mi
- Charley Creek Falls: 12.5 mi
- France Park Waterfalls: 22.5 mi
Cliffs: 1
- Cliffs of the Seven Double Pillars: 10.2 mi
Peaks: 1
- Morgan Hill: 18.0 mi
Beaches: 1
- France Park Beach: 22.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Anson. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morgan Hill | WSW 238° | 205 m | 18.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:49 | 19:20 | 19:56 |
| June solstice | 06:13 | 20:39 | 21:20 |
| September equinox | 07:32 | 19:07 | 19:43 |
| December solstice | 08:06 | 16:36 | 17:20 |
Local time (America/Indiana/Indianapolis).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 26 | 29 | 39 | 51 | 62 | 71 | 74 | 72 | 66 | 54 | 42 | 31 |
| Precip in | 2.4 | 2.2 | 2.6 | 3.5 | 4.4 | 4.9 | 4.6 | 4.2 | 3.2 | 3.1 | 2.9 | 2.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Wabash, 13 mi away.
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