The Bob Ross Experience
The Bob Ross Experience is a museum in Indiana, at a modelled elevation of 287 m. Spider Hill stands 288 m to the west-northwest, 1.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Fountain of Joy, a artwork 0.1 miles away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 80 miles off. 2 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Annette and Walt Kowalski
How to reach it
- 80.3 mi off the River Road Scenic Byway, National
- 23.5 mi off the Whitewater Canal Scenic Byway, National
- 27.4 mi off the Historic National Road - Indiana, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Minnetrista: 0.2 mi
- Riverbend Park: 0.5 mi
- Community Circle: 0.6 mi
- Gilbert Historic Park: 0.7 mi
- Cowing Park: 0.8 mi
- Fountain of Joy: 0.1 mi
- Catalyst: 0.3 mi
- Appeal to the Great Spirit: 0.4 mi
- Neolin: 0.4 mi
- Night Song: 0.5 mi
- Ball Brothers Pillars: 0.2 mi
- Wysor Building Arch: 0.7 mi
- Burnt Piano Factory: 1.5 mi
- Abandoned Graduate Student Research Cabin: 2.7 mi
- Memorial to the American Indian: 12.3 mi
- Minnetrista Cultural Center: 0.3 mi
- Delaware County Historical Society: 0.7 mi
- Moore-Youse Home Museum: 0.7 mi
- Muncie Children's Museum: 0.9 mi
- David Owsley Museum of Art: 0.9 mi
- Hughes Nature Preserve: 1.3 mi
- John Craddock Wetlands Nature Preserve: 1.5 mi
- Dutro-Ernst Woods: 2.7 mi
- Southside turkey lives here.: 2.9 mi
- White River Woods: 6.4 mi
- Site 5: 4.3 mi
- site 8: 4.4 mi
- Site 6: 4.4 mi
- site 1: 4.6 mi
- site 3: 4.6 mi
- Demolished Greenhouse: 1.2 mi
- Memory Garden: 12.3 mi
- Buddha Garden: 12.4 mi
- Gnome Garden: 12.4 mi
- Spider Hill: 1.1 mi
- Imagination Hill: 12.3 mi
- Rest area: 13.9 mi
- White River Bluff: 15.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of The Bob Ross Experience. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spider Hill | WNW 301° | 288 m | 1.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:46 | 19:18 | 19:54 |
| June solstice | 06:13 | 20:34 | 21:15 |
| September equinox | 07:30 | 19:05 | 19:40 |
| December solstice | 08:01 | 16:36 | 17:20 |
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 | 32 | 42 | 54 | 64 | 73 | 76 | 74 | 67 | 56 | 44 | 34 |
| Precip in | 2.5 | 2.3 | 3.1 | 3.9 | 4.4 | 4.8 | 4.1 | 3.4 | 3.1 | 3.0 | 3.2 | 2.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Muncie Delaware CO AP, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/407702239
Day trips start here
- New Castle · 19 mi
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