Sample Gates
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
- 20.7 mi off the Indiana's Historic Pathways, National
Named places within 25 miles
- 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
- Pike Hill: 5.3 mi
- Jimmy Sexton Hill: 6.4 mi
- High King Hill: 9.8 mi
- Bald Knob: 10.3 mi
- Bucker Knob: 10.5 mi
- Latimer Woods: 1.9 mi
- Griffy Lake Nature Preserve: 2.5 mi
- Wayne Woods Nature Preserve: 4.7 mi
- Leonard Springs Nature Park: 4.9 mi
- Dan Willard Woods: 5.2 mi
- Theodore Rose Well House: 0.1 mi
- Herman B Wells Statue: 0.1 mi
- Monon Memorial Plaque: 0.5 mi
- Captain Kathryn Janeway: 0.5 mi
- Hoagy Carmichael Sculpture: 0.5 mi
- 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
- William H. Mathers Museum of World Cultures: 0.2 mi
- Monroe County History Center: 0.3 mi
- Wylie House Museum: 0.4 mi
- Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art: 0.4 mi
- WonderLab Museum: 0.5 mi
- Monroe Convention Center: 0.5 mi
- Upland Brewing Company: 0.8 mi
- Urban Air Trampoline and Adventure Park: 4.3 mi
- Shirley Springs Cave: 4.7 mi
- Beanblossom Bottoms Nature Preserve: 8.1 mi
- Cedar Cliffs: 9.2 mi
- Crum Point: 9.6 mi
- Unlikely Wall: 10.0 mi
- Kelly Point: 10.4 mi
- Pine Bluff: 14.1 mi
- 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
- Cascades Falls: 2.0 mi
- McCormick's Creek Waterfall: 13.5 mi
- Upper Cataract Falls: 24.1 mi
- Lower Cataract Falls: 24.7 mi
- Scoutcraft: 9.4 mi
- Eagle Quest: 9.6 mi
- Shady Pines Picnic Area: 11.3 mi
- Public Picnic Area: 22.9 mi
- Paynetown Beach: 7.9 mi
- Cataract Falls Covered Bridge: 24.0 mi
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.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weed Patch Hill | E 90° | 322 m | 16.6 mi |
| Bearwallow Hill | ENE 71° | 313 m | 17.6 mi |
| Hohen Point | E 96° | 308 m | 16.2 mi |
| Hesitation Point | E 89° | 306 m | 15.5 mi |
| Cooks Hill | NE 45° | 292 m | 16.0 mi |
| Maple Hill | ENE 68° | 291 m | 12.1 mi |
| Mount Nebo | NNE 31° | 291 m | 19.3 mi |
| Baughman Hill | ENE 67° | 287 m | 13.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:50 | 19:23 | 19:58 |
| June solstice | 06:21 | 20:36 | 21:16 |
| September equinox | 07:34 | 19:10 | 19:45 |
| December solstice | 08:03 | 16:45 | 17:27 |
Local time (America/Indiana/Indianapolis).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 29 | 33 | 42 | 53 | 63 | 72 | 75 | 74 | 67 | 55 | 43 | 34 |
| Precip in | 3.8 | 2.9 | 3.7 | 5.2 | 5.4 | 5.4 | 4.6 | 3.4 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 3.9 | 3.5 |
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.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/5443271052
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