Cutright State Recreation Area
Cutright State Recreation Area is a nature reserve in Indiana, at a modelled elevation of 165 m. Weed Patch Hill stands 322 m to the east-northeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Amy Weingartner Branigin Peninsula Preserve, a nature reserve 0.9 miles away. Indiana's Historic Pathways passes 13 miles off. 58 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Indiana Department of Natural Resources
How to reach it
- 13.3 mi off the Indiana's Historic Pathways, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Paynetown State Recreation Area: 1.7 mi
- Middle Fork State Wildlife Refuge: 2.9 mi
- North Fork State Wildlife Refuge: 3.2 mi
- Allens Creek State Recreation Area: 3.2 mi
- Hardin Ridge Recreation Area: 4.1 mi
- Frog Pond Ridge: 3.0 mi
- Frank Grubb Ridge-West: 3.5 mi
- Horsecamp Hill: 3.6 mi
- John Grubb Ridge: 3.8 mi
- Frank Grubb Ridge: 4.0 mi
- Firecrafter Leadership Circle: 1.6 mi
- Hoagy Carmichael Sculpture: 9.1 mi
- Large quarry remnants: 9.2 mi
- Herman B Wells Statue: 9.2 mi
- Theodore Rose Well House: 9.2 mi
- Jebediah Springfield: 6.2 mi
- Peau Rouge Indiana: 8.9 mi
- Showalter Fountain: 9.1 mi
- Indiana Arc: 9.1 mi
- Light Totem: 9.2 mi
- Dam Overlook Platform: 7.1 mi
- Monroe Convention Center: 9.5 mi
- Upland Brewing Company: 10.0 mi
- Shirley Springs Cave: 10.3 mi
- Urban Air Trampoline and Adventure Park: 13.5 mi
- Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art: 9.2 mi
- Wylie House Museum: 9.2 mi
- William H. Mathers Museum of World Cultures: 9.4 mi
- Monroe County History Center: 9.5 mi
- WonderLab Museum: 9.6 mi
- Selma Steele’s garden: 5.5 mi
- Jesse H. and Beulah Chanley Cox Arboretum: 9.2 mi
- Wonderlab Garden: 9.6 mi
- Butler Park Community Garden: 10.1 mi
- Interpretive Garden: 11.2 mi
- Kelly Point: 6.5 mi
- Unlikely Wall: 7.6 mi
- Cedar Cliffs: 8.6 mi
- Crum Point: 10.4 mi
- Pine Bluff: 11.3 mi
- Picnic Area: 1.7 mi
- Scoutcraft: 1.8 mi
- Eagle Quest: 1.9 mi
- Shady Pines Picnic Area: 16.8 mi
- Paynetown Beach: 1.5 mi
- Starve Hollow State Beach: 24.9 mi
- Cascades Falls: 11.1 mi
- McCormick's Creek Waterfall: 22.7 mi
- Palestine: 18.4 mi
- Medora Covered Bridge: 22.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Cutright State Recreation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weed Patch Hill | ENE 56° | 322 m | 12.3 mi |
| Bearwallow Hill | NE 39° | 313 m | 16.3 mi |
| Taylor Hill | ENE 69° | 309 m | 21.3 mi |
| Hohen Point | ENE 62° | 307.8 m | 11.1 mi |
| Hesitation Point | NE 53° | 306 m | 11.5 mi |
| Patterson Hill | ENE 70° | 299 m | 20.8 mi |
| Dowell Hill | ENE 67° | 294 m | 21.6 mi |
| Cooks Hill | NNE 16° | 292 m | 18.8 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 | 19:09 | 19:44 |
| December solstice | 08:02 | 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, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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