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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. Indiana's Historic Pathways passes 18 miles off. 44 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: 60
Peaks: 44
Historic sites: 28
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: 12
  • Atterbury-Bakalar Air Museum: 2.9 mi
  • Camp Atterbury Museum: 11.8 mi
  • Seymour Museum Center: 17.7 mi
  • Hayden Historical Museum: 18.8 mi
  • Johnson County Museum of History: 19.9 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 HillWSW322 m16.5 mi
Bearwallow HillW313 m16.3 mi
Taylor HillWSW309 m7.0 mi
Hohen PointWSW308 m17.4 mi
Hesitation PointW306 m17.5 mi
Patterson HillWSW299 m7.5 mi
Dowell HillWSW294 m6.7 mi
Cooks HillWNW292 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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