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Sample Gates

Sample Gates from directly overhead

Sample Gates is a historic site in Indiana, at a modelled elevation of 234 m. Weed Patch Hill stands 322 m to the east, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is People's Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Indiana's Historic Pathways passes 21 miles off.

What to expect

Access
Permitted

How to reach it

Coordinates39.16656, -86.52660

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • People's Park: 0.1 mi
  • The Waldron, Hill and Buskirk Park (Third Street Park): 0.4 mi
  • Northwest Quad Green Space: 0.5 mi
  • Seminary Square Park: 0.6 mi
  • Bryan Park: 0.7 mi
Peaks
Nature reserves: 35
Historic sites: 26
Artworks: 16
  • Pygmalion's Art Supplies "Red Studio": 0.2 mi
  • Light Totem: 0.4 mi
  • Indiana Arc: 0.4 mi
  • Showalter Fountain: 0.4 mi
  • The Human Brain: 0.5 mi
Attractions: 10
Cliffs: 7
Gardens: 5
  • Jesse H. and Beulah Chanley Cox Arboretum: 0.5 mi
  • Wonderlab Garden: 0.5 mi
  • Butler Park Community Garden: 1.0 mi
  • Selma Steele’s garden: 9.9 mi
  • Interpretive Garden: 16.0 mi
Picnic sites: 5
  • Scoutcraft: 9.4 mi
  • Picnic Area: 9.4 mi
  • Eagle Quest: 9.6 mi
  • Shady Pines Picnic Area: 11.3 mi
  • Public Picnic Area: 22.9 mi
Waterfalls: 4
  • Cascades Falls: 2.0 mi
  • McCormick's Creek Waterfall: 13.5 mi
  • Upper Cataract Falls: 24.1 mi
  • Lower Cataract Falls: 24.7 mi
Beaches: 1
  • Paynetown Beach: 7.9 mi
Covered bridges: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.9 miles of Sample Gates. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Weed Patch HillE 90°322 m16.6 mi
Bearwallow HillENE 71°313 m17.6 mi
Hohen PointE 96°307.8 m16.2 mi
Hesitation PointE 89°306 m15.5 mi
Cooks HillNE 45°292 m16.0 mi
Maple HillENE 68°291 m12.1 mi
Mount NeboNNE 31°291 m19.3 mi
Baughman HillENE 67°287 m13.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:5019:2319:58
June solstice06:2120:3621:16
September equinox07:3419:1019:45
December solstice08:0316:4517:27

Local time (America/Indiana/Indianapolis).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F293342536372757467554334
Precip in3.82.93.75.25.45.44.63.43.83.83.93.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bloomington Indiana Univ, under a mile away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/5443271052

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