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Barbersville

Barbersville from directly overhead

Barbersville is a ghost town in Indiana, at a modelled elevation of 174 m. Hassmer Hill stands 293 m to the north-northeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Krueger Lake, a park 2.7 miles away. The Historic Michigan Road Byway passes 2.3 miles off. 121 named places lie within 25 miles, 7 of them named summits.

ghost town in Jefferson County, Indiana

How to reach it

Coordinates38.82583, -85.33833

121 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 47
Historic sites: 23
Museums: 12
  • AME Church Museum: 6.3 mi
  • Dr. W.D. Hutchings' Office and Museum: 6.5 mi
  • Judge Jeremiah Sullivan House: 6.7 mi
  • Jefferson County Historical Society: 6.8 mi
  • Eleutherian College: 9.6 mi
Nature reserves: 9
  • Jefferson Proving Ground: Western Woods: 6.2 mi
  • Pennywort Cliffs: 10.4 mi
  • Guthrie Woods: 11.7 mi
  • Bradt Natural Area: 17.9 mi
  • Selmier State Forest: 19.8 mi
Peaks: 7
Waterfalls: 6
  • Tunnel Falls: 6.6 mi
  • Little Clifty Falls: 6.6 mi
  • Clifty Falls: 6.7 mi
  • Hoffman Falls: 6.8 mi
  • Wallace Falls: 7.0 mi
Cliffs: 4
Picnic sites: 3
Artworks: 3
  • Stellar Plaza archway: 19.8 mi
  • Metal Art at Stellar Plaza: 19.8 mi
  • Lions: 20.0 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Attractions: 2
Beaches: 1
  • Muscatatuck Swimming Hole: 18.0 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Hassmer HillNNE 15°293 m18.6 mi
Mulford HillNE 40°280 m21.5 mi
Potato Bug HillESE 116°277 m13.5 mi
Mound HillSSE 148°260 m13.9 mi
Johnson HillE 100°224 m24.1 mi
Bunker HillSSE 164°206 m15.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4619:1819:53
June solstice06:1720:3121:11
September equinox07:3019:0519:40
December solstice07:5716:4217:23

Local time (America/Indiana/Indianapolis).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333645566573777670584638
Precip in3.53.24.55.55.45.04.84.23.53.63.64.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Madison Sewage PLT, 7 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location confirmed against Wikidata.

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