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Constitution Elm

Constitution Elm from directly overhead

Constitution Elm is a historic site in Indiana, at a modelled elevation of 167 m. Hickman Hill stands 302 m to the east, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Harrison County Discovery Center, a museum 0.1 miles away. Ohio River Scenic Byway runs past it.

What the record says

Inscription
In 1816, Indiana delegates met under the spreading branches of one of the largest trees of it’s kind in the world to draft Indiana’s first state constitution

How to reach it

Coordinates38.21351, -86.12740

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Peaks
Artworks: 52
  • The Spring and Statue: 14.9 mi
  • BPW Hoosiers Field of Memories: 17.1 mi
  • Landscape: 17.3 mi
  • Lucy Higgs Nichols: 17.4 mi
  • Promised Lands: 17.4 mi
Attractions: 44
Historic sites: 27
Museums: 25
Nature reserves: 16
Gardens: 6
Cliffs: 5
Picnic sites: 4
  • Picnic-in-the-Park Pavilions: 20.8 mi
  • Picnic Area: 20.9 mi
  • Picnic Area: 21.0 mi
  • Picnic Area: 21.0 mi
Springs: 2
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.2 miles of Constitution Elm. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Hickman HillE 80°302 m10.8 mi
Spickert KnobENE 60°289 m17.4 mi
Pilot KnobWNW 298°287 m13.8 mi
Hayes HillSSW 201°282 m10.6 mi
Seigs HillNW 325°281 m8.8 mi
Henry Ott HillNNW 331°278 m8.0 mi
Reno HillNNW 345°278 m13.8 mi
Windell HillSSW 213°272 m6.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4919:2219:57
June solstice06:2220:3221:12
September equinox07:3319:0819:43
December solstice07:5816:4717:28

Local time (America/Kentucky/Louisville).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333645566572767568574537
Precip in4.03.54.95.46.04.54.93.63.83.93.94.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Brandenburg, 18 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/542334032

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