Wabash & Erie Canal
Wabash & Erie Canal is a historic site in Indiana, at a modelled elevation of 184 m. Morgan Hill stands 205 m to the south-southeast, 2.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Museum of American Politcal Communication, a museum less than a tenth of a mile away.
Historical marker of the Wabash & Erie Canal in downtown Logansport, Indiana.
What the record says
- Material
- iron
- Inscription
- Trade and emigration route from Lake Erie to Evansville. Completed through Logansport 1840. Followed Erie Avenue and 5th Street, crossing Eel River by wooden aqueduct. Abandoned about 1876.
What to expect
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Veterans Memorial Pocket Park: 0.1 mi
- Cass City Center Pocket Park: 0.1 mi
- Stonewall Park: 0.1 mi
- Wilmer Flory Memorial Park: 0.2 mi
- Veterans Freedom Park: 0.2 mi
- Where the Two Rivers Meet: 0.0 mi
- Rainy Play Mural: 0.1 mi
- Into the Void: 0.1 mi
- Infinite Seduction: 0.1 mi
- Girl on a Swing: 0.1 mi
- Veterans Memorial Wall: 0.1 mi
- W.W. I War Memorial: 0.1 mi
- Wabash & Erie Canal Eel River Aqueduct No. 5: 0.1 mi
- WWII Honor Roll Memorial: 0.1 mi
- Military Monument Circle: 0.2 mi
- Museum of American Politcal Communication: 0.0 mi
- Cass County Museum Castaldi Family History Center: 0.1 mi
- Fiberglass Freaks' Batman Museum: 0.2 mi
- Iron Horse Depot: 0.2 mi
- Cole Clothing Museum: 0.3 mi
- Stringtown: 14.4 mi
- Leonda: 14.7 mi
- Five Corners: 17.0 mi
- Brownell: 17.3 mi
- Anson: 17.9 mi
- Mary I. Gerard Nature Reserve: 18.7 mi
- Seven Pillars Nature Preserve: 19.2 mi
- Walter H. and E. Marie Myers Nature Preserve on Flowers Creek: 19.3 mi
- Berns-Meyer Nature Preserve: 20.8 mi
- Eel River Wildlife Management Area: 20.9 mi
- Stars Walk of Fame: 0.2 mi
- Welcome to Logansport: 0.2 mi
- Little Turtle Waterway Arch: 0.2 mi
- McDonnell F-101B Voodoo: 13.7 mi
- Grumman F-14B Tomcat: 13.7 mi
- Bodyworks Studio Community Garden: 0.2 mi
- Peru Garden Club: 14.1 mi
- France Park Beach: 4.8 mi
- Indiana Beach: 21.3 mi
- Cliffs of the Seven Double Pillars: 19.6 mi
- Sunset Point: 21.2 mi
- Morgan Hill: 2.3 mi
- France Park Waterfalls: 5.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Wabash & Erie Canal. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morgan Hill | SSE 152° | 205 m | 2.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:50 | 19:22 | 19:58 |
| June solstice | 06:15 | 20:40 | 21:21 |
| September equinox | 07:34 | 19:08 | 19:44 |
| December solstice | 08:07 | 16:38 | 17:22 |
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 | 25 | 29 | 39 | 50 | 61 | 71 | 74 | 72 | 66 | 53 | 41 | 31 |
| Precip in | 2.6 | 2.0 | 2.7 | 3.8 | 4.3 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 3.3 | 3.0 | 3.1 | 2.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Logansport Cicott ST, 1 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/11954132388
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