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Crump Monument

Crump Monument from directly overhead

Crump Monument is a historic site in Indiana, at a modelled elevation of 193 m. Weed Patch Hill stands 322 m to the west-southwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Ruddick Monument, a historic site 0.1 miles away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 98 miles off. 45 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Built
1917
Material
stone

How to reach it

Coordinates39.21483, -85.91545

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Donner Park: 0.2 mi
  • 9th Street Park: 0.6 mi
  • Noblitt Park: 0.6 mi
  • Carousel for Columbus: 0.9 mi
  • Mill Race Park: 0.9 mi
Artworks
Peaks: 45
Historic sites: 29
Nature reserves: 15
  • Pauline Crump Nature Preserve: 1.9 mi
  • Touch the Earth Natural Area: 5.9 mi
  • Tangeman Woods: 6.2 mi
  • Anderson Falls: 11.7 mi
  • Whip-poor-will Woods: 12.1 mi
Museums: 13
  • Atterbury-Bakalar Air Museum: 2.9 mi
  • Camp Atterbury Museum: 11.8 mi
  • Camp Atterbury Museum: 11.8 mi
  • Seymour Museum Center: 17.7 mi
  • Hayden Historical Museum: 18.8 mi
Gardens: 5
Cliffs: 3
  • Pine Bluff: 18.8 mi
  • Muscatauck Rock Climb Cliff: 22.3 mi
  • Vernon Cliffs over Muscatatuck: 23.1 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Attractions: 1
  • Vinegar Mill: 22.3 mi
Picnic sites: 1
Beaches: 1
  • Muscatatuck Swimming Hole: 23.0 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Weed Patch HillWSW 259°322 m16.5 mi
Bearwallow HillW 279°313 m16.3 mi
Taylor HillWSW 249°309 m7.0 mi
Hohen PointWSW 254°307.8 m17.4 mi
Hesitation PointW 260°306 m17.5 mi
Patterson HillWSW 247°299 m7.5 mi
Dowell HillWSW 257°294 m6.7 mi
Cooks HillWNW 291°292 m22.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4819:2119:56
June solstice06:1820:3421:14
September equinox07:3219:0719:42
December solstice08:0016:4217:25

Local time (America/Indiana/Indianapolis).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303343546473767468564435
Precip in3.42.93.85.05.05.34.53.53.23.43.63.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Columbus, 3 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/2841191782

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