Historical Marker USA Center of Population
Historical Marker USA Center of Population is a park in Indiana, at a recorded elevation of 162 m. Tunnel Hill stands 260 m to the east-southeast, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Sunset Park, a park 0.5 miles away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 93 miles off. 71 named places lie within 25 miles, 26 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 162 m
How to reach it
- 93.4 mi off the River Road Scenic Byway, National
- 27.1 mi off the Indiana's Historic Pathways, National
71 named places within 25 miles
- Sunset Park: 0.5 mi
- Church Park: 0.7 mi
- Humphrey Park: 0.9 mi
- Ballfield: 1.2 mi
- Goose Pond Fish and Wildlife Area: 4.6 mi
- Simpson Hill: 7.6 mi
- Fairplay Mound: 8.2 mi
- Brewer Hill: 10.9 mi
- Maumee Hill: 13.6 mi
- Dillon Hill: 14.4 mi
- Shakamak State Park: 9.9 mi
- Shakamak Nature Preserve: 10.1 mi
- Greene-Sullivan State Forest Dugger Unit: 11.1 mi
- Hoot Woods: 19.1 mi
- Canyon Forest Nature Preserve: 24.4 mi
- Fred A. Jewell: 9.9 mi
- War Memorial: 9.9 mi
- Richland-Plummer Creek Covered Bridge: 11.4 mi
- Farnsworth: 10.4 mi
- Caledonia: 11.1 mi
- West Union: 21.8 mi
- 4-way bridge: 5.6 mi
- INRD Indianapolis Subdivision: 15.4 mi
- Morgan Hill: 9.1 mi
- Native Wildflower Garden: 10.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Historical Marker USA Center of Population. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tunnel Hill | ESE 111° | 260 m | 22.7 mi |
| Emmins Hill | NE 45° | 245 m | 22.0 mi |
| Hurricane Hill | NNE 31° | 242 m | 23.6 mi |
| Wolfe Hill | NE 44° | 239 m | 21.3 mi |
| Straley Hill | NE 45° | 239 m | 23.3 mi |
| Satan Hill | NNE 28° | 227 m | 22.9 mi |
| Dillon Hill | NE 39° | 221 m | 14.4 mi |
| Need Hill | NE 35° | 221 m | 15.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:53 | 19:25 | 20:01 |
| June solstice | 06:24 | 20:38 | 21:18 |
| September equinox | 07:37 | 19:12 | 19:47 |
| December solstice | 08:05 | 16:48 | 17:30 |
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 | 43 | 55 | 65 | 73 | 76 | 75 | 68 | 57 | 44 | 34 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 2.8 | 3.5 | 5.1 | 5.2 | 5.1 | 4.7 | 3.2 | 3.6 | 3.8 | 3.9 | 3.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Shakamak SP, 10 mi away.
- Margined Leatherwing Beetle4 obs
- Mourning Dove3 obs
- Killdeer2 obs
- House Sparrow2 obs
- sassafras2 obs
- Blue Dasher2 obs
- Margined Calligrapher2 obs
- Gray Treefrog Species Complex2 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/358656359
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