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Jasper Desk Community Service Placard

Jasper Desk Community Service Placard from directly overhead

Jasper Desk Community Service Placard is a historic site in Indiana, at a modelled elevation of 139 m. Mount Airie stands 266 m to the northeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Dave Buehler Plaza, a park 0.1 miles away. Ohio River Scenic Byway passes 27 miles off. 18 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The story

city in Dubois County, Indiana, United States

Dates from 1818.

Wikidata Q941441, matched on coordinates and name (917 m apart).

What the record says

Inscription
The Jasper Desk Company family has been identified with wood working for generations. When Jasper Desk was originally founded, as the Alles Brothers Furniture Company in Jasper in 1876, Civil War hero Ulysses Grant was president, and George Custer had yet

How to reach it

Coordinates38.38956, -86.92524

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Dave Buehler Plaza: 0.1 mi
  • Lions Club Park: 0.3 mi
  • Lions Club Park: 0.3 mi
  • Robert E. Parker Park: 0.3 mi
  • Robert E. Parker Park: 0.3 mi
Peaks: 18
Museums: 8
  • Dubois County Museum: 1.8 mi
  • Historic Santa Claus Post Office: 19.0 mi
  • St. Paul's German Evangelical Church: 19.0 mi
  • Santa Claus Museum: 19.0 mi
  • French Lick West Baden Museum: 19.8 mi
Historic sites: 7
Attractions: 7
  • Hindostan Falls: 16.6 mi
  • Santa’s Candy Castle: 19.2 mi
  • Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial Visitor Center: 19.5 mi
  • Colonel Jones Home: 20.1 mi
  • French Lick Resort Casino: 20.1 mi
Cliffs: 5
Artworks: 5
Rest areas: 2
  • Nancy Hanks Rest Area (Westbound): 13.3 mi
  • Nancy Hanks Rest Area (Eastbound): 13.5 mi
Springs: 2
  • Lincoln Spring: 19.0 mi
  • Pluto Spring: 20.0 mi
Beaches: 1
  • Patoka Lake Swimming Beach: 14.1 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Hindostan Falls: 16.6 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount AirieNE 51°266 m20.1 mi
Tunnel HillE 98°251 m23.0 mi
Sampson HillNNE 23°247 m18.7 mi
Luke KnobNE 42°243 m24.9 mi
Goss HillNE 47°223 m12.3 mi
Buck KnobNNE 12°221 m24.4 mi
Schoolhouse HillNNE 24°213 m17.3 mi
Knob HillNNW 348°198 m13.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:5219:2520:00
June solstice06:2520:3621:16
September equinox07:3619:1219:46
December solstice08:0216:5017:31

Local time (America/Indiana/Vincennes).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333645566775807771604738

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Patoka Lake, 12 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/6331394448

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