Buck Creek Lodge
Buck Creek Lodge is a park in Indiana, at a recorded elevation of 155 m. Hickman Hill stands 302 m to the northeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Sand Hill, a peak 4.4 miles away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 164 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 155 m
How to reach it
- 164.0 mi off the River Road Scenic Byway, National
- 5.6 mi off the Ohio River Scenic Byway, National
- 16.5 mi off the Indiana's Historic Pathways, National
- 20.9 mi off the River Road
Named places within 25 miles
- Sand Hill: 4.4 mi
- Binkley Hill: 4.9 mi
- Boundary Mound: 5.0 mi
- Mathes Hill: 5.7 mi
- Windell Hill: 5.7 mi
- Battle of Corydon Park: 5.9 mi
- Bicentennial Park: 6.5 mi
- Historic Corydon Indiana Town Square: 6.6 mi
- Riverfront Park: 9.0 mi
- Meade-Olin Park: 9.5 mi
- Fallen Soldier: 17.5 mi
- The Spring and Statue: 18.0 mi
- Landscape: 18.4 mi
- Lucy Higgs Nichols: 18.5 mi
- Promised Lands: 18.5 mi
- Squire Boone Caverns: 4.6 mi
- Caboose Car: 11.4 mi
- New Albany Sign: 18.3 mi
- Evan Williams Bourbon Experience: 20.2 mi
- Belle of Louisville: 20.4 mi
- Frank Obannon: 6.6 mi
- Constitution Elm: 6.7 mi
- Confederate Monument: 9.2 mi
- Tree Trunk from 1974 Tornado: 9.5 mi
- 1974 Tornado Victims: 9.5 mi
- Harrison County Discovery Center: 6.6 mi
- West Point History Museum: 11.3 mi
- Patton Museum Foundation: 16.7 mi
- Little Loomhouse: 17.5 mi
- Floyd County Historical Society Padgett Museum: 17.9 mi
- Hayswood Nature Reserve: 6.9 mi
- Indian Creek Trail: 6.9 mi
- Harrison-Crawford State Forest: 11.6 mi
- O'Bannon Woods State Park: 12.0 mi
- Jefferson Memorial Forest: 12.8 mi
- Iroquois Flowers: 17.4 mi
- Fairview Lavender Farm: 18.1 mi
- Scribner Garden: 18.3 mi
- Underground Railroad Gardens: 18.5 mi
- Native Plants Garden: 20.1 mi
- Blunk Point: 9.3 mi
- Vault Point: 9.5 mi
- The Narrows: 9.8 mi
- Cedar Point: 19.3 mi
- Blice Point: 22.2 mi
- Picnic-in-the-Park Pavilions: 19.4 mi
- Picnic Area: 20.9 mi
- Picnic Area: 20.9 mi
- Picnic Area: 21.0 mi
- Grable Spring: 7.7 mi
- Miles Spring: 8.1 mi
- Wynnsboro: 14.7 mi
- Bullitt County Welcome Center: 24.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.0 miles of Buck Creek Lodge. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hickman Hill | NE 46° | 302 m | 11.9 mi |
| Hayes Hill | WSW 239° | 282 m | 6.8 mi |
| Seigs Hill | NNW 332° | 281 m | 15.3 mi |
| Buck Knobs | S 181° | 280 m | 13.9 mi |
| Hogback Hill | SW 216° | 280 m | 17.8 mi |
| Henry Ott Hill | NNW 336° | 278 m | 14.6 mi |
| Indian Hill | SSE 163° | 275 m | 16.0 mi |
| Windell Hill | W 280° | 272 m | 5.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:49 | 19:22 | 19:56 |
| June solstice | 06:22 | 20:32 | 21:11 |
| September equinox | 07:33 | 19:08 | 19:43 |
| December solstice | 07:58 | 16:47 | 17:29 |
Local time (America/Kentucky/Louisville).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 33 | 36 | 45 | 56 | 65 | 72 | 76 | 75 | 68 | 57 | 45 | 37 |
| Precip in | 4.0 | 3.5 | 4.9 | 5.4 | 6.0 | 4.5 | 4.9 | 3.6 | 3.8 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 4.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Brandenburg, 12 mi away.
- Carolina buckthorn3 obs
- Carolina rose2 obs
- Common Box Turtle1 obs
- northern spicebush1 obs
- corn speedwell1 obs
- hemp dogbane1 obs
- seaside brookweed1 obs
- purple-stem cliffbrake1 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358650113
Day trips start here
- Corydon · 7 mi
- Georgetown · 14 mi
- Floyds Knobs · 18 mi
- New Albany · 18 mi
- Louisville · 20 mi
- Clarksville · 22 mi
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