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Harrison Spring

Harrison Spring from directly overhead

Harrison Spring is a park in Indiana, at a modelled elevation of 137 m. Hickman Hill stands 302 m to the east, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Scout Mountain, a peak 0.9 miles away. Ohio River Scenic Byway passes 0.6 miles off.

How to reach it

Coordinates38.24448, -86.22515

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Wyandotte Woods: 5.7 mi
  • Historic Corydon Indiana Town Square: 5.8 mi
  • Bicentennial Park: 5.9 mi
  • Battle of Corydon Park: 6.0 mi
  • Baylor Park: 7.6 mi
Nature reserves: 12
Historic sites: 12
Artworks: 8
  • The Spring and Statue: 18.7 mi
  • BPW Hoosiers Field of Memories: 20.8 mi
  • Landscape: 22.0 mi
  • Lucy Higgs Nichols: 22.2 mi
  • Promised Lands: 22.2 mi
Museums: 6
Attractions: 5
Cliffs: 5
Springs: 4
Gardens: 4
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 22.8 miles of Harrison Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Hickman HillE 91°302 m16.0 mi
Spickert KnobENE 72°289 m21.4 mi
Pilot KnobWNW 302°287 m8.1 mi
Warren HillN 354°284 m20.1 mi
Sand Bank HillN 355°283 m21.3 mi
Hayes HillS 173°282 m12.1 mi
Seigs HillN 3°281 m5.0 mi
Henry Ott HillNNE 16°278 m5.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4919:2219:57
June solstice06:2320:3321:12
September equinox07:3319:0919:44
December solstice07:5916:4717:29

Local time (America/Kentucky/Louisville).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333746576674777669574737
Precip in3.83.64.85.25.05.43.82.93.74.04.34.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — English, 13 mi away.

  • Pharaoh Cicada6 obs
  • Cassin's 17-year Cicada6 obs
  • nodding onion3 obs
  • tall bellflower3 obs
  • Common Box Turtle2 obs
  • Dark Fishing Spider2 obs
  • Short's goldenrod2 obs
  • Spotted Darter2 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/3497014478

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