Camp Koch
Camp Koch is a park in Indiana, at a recorded elevation of 145 m. Hogback Hill stands 280 m to the east, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Shafer Hill, a peak 2.2 miles away. Ohio River Scenic Byway runs past it. 126 named places lie within 25 miles, 52 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 145 m
How to reach it
- On the Ohio River Scenic Byway, National
126 named places within 25 miles
- Shafer Hill: 2.2 mi
- Cox Hill: 2.7 mi
- Boyd Hill: 3.7 mi
- Lutgring Hill: 4.1 mi
- Drinkwater Hill: 4.2 mi
- Joe Schaeffer Park: 3.9 mi
- Kiwanis Park: 4.3 mi
- Roy Fenn Park & Soccer Complex: 4.3 mi
- Hagedorn Park: 4.9 mi
- Sunset Park: 5.0 mi
- Perry County Museum: 2.5 mi
- Santa Claus Museum: 18.4 mi
- Historic Santa Claus Post Office: 18.4 mi
- St. Paul's German Evangelical Church: 18.4 mi
- Fordsville railroad museum: 19.0 mi
- Jeffreys Cliff: 2.3 mi
- Rickert Cliffs: 6.8 mi
- Bills Point: 7.0 mi
- Idle George Cliff: 9.8 mi
- Shaw Bluff: 15.1 mi
- Mary: 7.7 mi
- Christ of the Ohio: 8.0 mi
- Santa Claus: 18.7 mi
- Santa Claus: 19.2 mi
- Christ the Victor: 23.5 mi
- Town of Troy Veterans Memorial Wall: 8.0 mi
- Abraham Lincoln Bicentennal Plaza: 21.5 mi
- Lincoln Cabin Site Memorial: 21.9 mi
- Confederate Monument: 24.7 mi
- Santa’s Candy Castle: 18.2 mi
- Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial Visitor Center: 21.6 mi
- Colonel Jones Home: 23.6 mi
- Yellowbank Wildlife Management Area: 6.6 mi
- Lincoln State Park: 21.9 mi
- Nancy Hanks Rest Area (Eastbound): 24.0 mi
- Nancy Hanks Rest Area (Westbound): 24.2 mi
- Fairview Lavender Farm: 21.4 mi
- Lincoln Spring: 22.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Camp Koch. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hogback Hill | E 89° | 280 m | 22.5 mi |
| Telephone Knob | S 173° | 258.7 m | 14.9 mi |
| Sinking Creek Hill | ESE 107° | 253 m | 21.6 mi |
| Powell Hill | SSE 152° | 247 m | 20.8 mi |
| Plock Knob | ENE 57° | 246 m | 6.7 mi |
| Sand Knob | SSE 151° | 246 m | 22.3 mi |
| Greybill Hill | ENE 62° | 245 m | 6.9 mi |
| Knob Lick Hill | SE 142° | 245 m | 14.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:51 | 18:24 | 18:59 |
| June solstice | 05:25 | 19:34 | 20:13 |
| September equinox | 06:35 | 18:11 | 18:45 |
| December solstice | 07:00 | 15:50 | 16:32 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 34 | 38 | 46 | 57 | 66 | 74 | 78 | 77 | 71 | 60 | 48 | 39 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 3.5 | 4.8 | 5.0 | 5.5 | 4.9 | 4.1 | 2.8 | 3.2 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 4.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cannelton, 1 mi away.
- Stringy Stonecrop3 obs
- mock strawberry3 obs
- Eastern Fence Lizard2 obs
- purple passionflower2 obs
- ground-ivy2 obs
- Asian bittersweet2 obs
- multiflora rose2 obs
- Bonaparte's Gull2 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/358677691
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