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Paw Paw

Paw Paw from directly overhead

Paw Paw is a ghost town in Indiana, at a modelled elevation of 223 m. Morgan Hill stands 205 m to the west-southwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Eel River Wildlife Management Area, a nature reserve 1.9 miles away. The Indiana Lincoln Highway Byway passes 25 miles off.

ghost town in Indiana, United States

How to reach it

Coordinates40.88194, -85.96250

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Honeywell Park and Pool: 8.6 mi
  • Broadmore Park: 9.0 mi
  • Charley Creek Gardens: 9.0 mi
  • Master Trooper David Rich Memorial Park: 9.1 mi
  • Laketon Public Access Site: 9.2 mi
Historic sites: 34
Artworks: 26
  • Key Way: 9.0 mi
  • Turtle Sundae: 9.7 mi
  • Yellow Chair: 15.6 mi
  • Willard the Bicentennial Bison: 21.8 mi
  • "Boy and Girl on a Trike": 21.8 mi
Museums: 15
Ghost towns: 11
Gardens: 5
Waterfalls: 2
Peaks: 1
  • Morgan Hill: 22.7 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Morgan HillWSW 242°205 m22.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4819:2019:56
June solstice06:1320:3821:20
September equinox07:3219:0719:43
December solstice08:0616:3617:20

Local time (America/Indiana/Indianapolis).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F262939516271747266544231
Precip in2.42.22.63.54.44.94.64.23.23.12.92.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Wabash, 10 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location confirmed against Wikidata.

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