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Amy Weingartner Branigin Peninsula Preserve

Amy Weingartner Branigin Peninsula Preserve from directly overhead

Amy Weingartner Branigin Peninsula Preserve is a nature reserve in Indiana, at a modelled elevation of 193 m. Weed Patch Hill stands 322 m to the east-northeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Cutright State Recreation Area, a nature reserve 0.9 miles away. Indiana's Historic Pathways passes 14 miles off. 59 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
Sycamore Land Trust

How to reach it

Coordinates39.07749, -86.39735

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Paynetown State Recreation Area: 2.0 mi
  • North Fork State Wildlife Refuge: 2.6 mi
  • Middle Fork State Wildlife Refuge: 2.6 mi
  • Allens Creek State Recreation Area: 4.1 mi
  • T.C. Steele State Historic Site: 4.5 mi
Peaks: 59
  • Frog Pond Ridge: 3.4 mi
  • Frank Grubb Ridge-West: 3.5 mi
  • John Grubb Ridge: 3.7 mi
  • Jimmy Sexton Hill: 3.7 mi
  • Frank Grubb Ridge: 3.9 mi
Historic sites: 27
Artworks: 18
Attractions: 16
  • Dam Overlook Platform: 7.9 mi
  • Monroe Convention Center: 9.5 mi
  • Upland Brewing Company: 10.0 mi
  • Shirley Springs Cave: 10.7 mi
  • Urban Air Trampoline and Adventure Park: 13.5 mi
Gardens: 5
  • Selma Steele’s garden: 4.7 mi
  • Jesse H. and Beulah Chanley Cox Arboretum: 9.2 mi
  • Wonderlab Garden: 9.6 mi
  • Butler Park Community Garden: 10.2 mi
  • Interpretive Garden: 10.4 mi
Cliffs: 5
Picnic sites: 4
  • Picnic Area: 2.5 mi
  • Scoutcraft: 2.6 mi
  • Eagle Quest: 2.7 mi
  • Shady Pines Picnic Area: 16.2 mi
Beaches: 2
Waterfalls: 2
Ghost towns: 1
Covered bridges: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Amy Weingartner Branigin Peninsula Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Weed Patch HillENE 57°322 m11.5 mi
Bearwallow HillNE 39°313 m15.4 mi
Taylor HillENE 70°309 m20.5 mi
Hohen PointENE 63°307.8 m10.3 mi
Hesitation PointNE 54°306 m10.7 mi
Patterson HillENE 71°299 m20.0 mi
Dowell HillENE 68°294 m20.9 mi
Cooks HillNNE 14°292 m18.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:5019:2219:58
June solstice06:2120:3621:16
September equinox07:3419:0919:44
December solstice08:0216:4517:27

Local time (America/Indiana/Indianapolis).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °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, 9 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1013183648

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