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Barbersville

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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. 116 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

116 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 43
  • Krueger Lake: 2.7 mi
  • Camp Meeting Ground: 5.7 mi
  • Lytle Park: 6.5 mi
  • Bicentennial Park: 6.7 mi
  • Fireman's Park: 6.7 mi
Historic sites: 22
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 HillNNE293 m18.6 mi
Mulford HillNE280 m21.5 mi
Potato Bug HillESE277 m13.5 mi
Mound HillSSE260 m13.9 mi
Johnson HillE224 m24.1 mi
Bunker HillSSE206 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 50–80 °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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