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Wabash & Erie Canal

Wabash & Erie Canal from directly overhead

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

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates40.75528, -86.36490

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • 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
Artworks: 30
Ghost towns: 10
Attractions: 7
Gardens: 2
Beaches: 2
  • France Park Beach: 4.8 mi
  • Indiana Beach: 21.3 mi
Cliffs: 2
Peaks: 1
  • Morgan Hill: 2.3 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • 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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Morgan HillSSE 152°205 m2.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:5019:2219:58
June solstice06:1520:4021:21
September equinox07:3419:0819:44
December solstice08:0716:3817:22

Local time (America/Indiana/Indianapolis).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F252939506171747266534131
Precip in2.62.02.73.84.34.84.84.43.33.03.12.5

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 site

OpenStreetMap element node/11954132388

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