Wirth Park
Wirth Park is a park in Indiana, at a recorded elevation of 137 m. Dyson Knob stands 197 m to the south-southeast, 9.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Company F. 42nd Indiana Monument, a artwork 1.1 miles away. Ohio River Scenic Byway passes 26 miles off. 13 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 137 m
How to reach it
- 26.4 mi off the Ohio River Scenic Byway, National
- 22.2 mi off the Indiana's Historic Pathways, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Patoka State Fish and Wildlife Area: 6.0 mi
- Hemmer Woods: 7.0 mi
- Jordan Park: 7.5 mi
- Riverside Park: 8.5 mi
- Camp Carson: 9.0 mi
- Kennedy Hill: 2.8 mi
- Moore Hill: 3.3 mi
- Wilson Hill: 4.0 mi
- Turkey Hill: 4.5 mi
- Ringham Hill: 8.5 mi
- Peter Britton Cabin: 11.0 mi
- Gibson County Soldiers and Sailors Monument: 11.2 mi
- Fifty-Eighth Indiana Regiment Monument: 11.2 mi
- Veterans Monument Park: 22.1 mi
- Jasper Flagpole: 22.9 mi
- Edith Barrett Memorial History Center: 12.1 mi
- Lyles Station Historic School & Museum: 16.3 mi
- Warrick County Museum: 20.2 mi
- Wabash County Museum District: 22.2 mi
- Dubois County Museum: 23.7 mi
- The Bluffs: 12.9 mi
- Lucky Point: 19.8 mi
- Hanging Rock: 22.5 mi
- High Rock: 22.6 mi
- High Banks: 24.4 mi
- Company F. 42nd Indiana Monument: 1.1 mi
- Fish: 14.1 mi
- Soldier's Monument: 24.8 mi
- Gibson County Visitors & Tourism: 11.6 mi
- Colonel Jones Home: 23.0 mi
- Scales Lake County Park: 19.7 mi
- Lincoln State Park: 24.7 mi
- Nancy Hanks Rest Area (Westbound): 24.4 mi
- Nancy Hanks Rest Area (Eastbound): 24.4 mi
- Toyota Butterfly Garden: 23.5 mi
- Lincoln Spring: 24.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Wirth Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dyson Knob | SSE 152° | 197 m | 9.2 mi |
| Big Ditney Hill | S 181° | 193 m | 13.8 mi |
| Wilson Hill | S 176° | 190 m | 4.0 mi |
| Kennedy Hill | SSW 199° | 189 m | 2.8 mi |
| Ringham Hill | SSE 162° | 186 m | 8.5 mi |
| Moore Hill | S 186° | 178 m | 3.3 mi |
| Bald Hill | WNW 289° | 176 m | 11.5 mi |
| Turkey Hill | ENE 63° | 172 m | 4.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:54 | 19:27 | 20:02 |
| June solstice | 06:27 | 20:38 | 21:17 |
| September equinox | 07:38 | 19:13 | 19:48 |
| December solstice | 08:04 | 16:51 | 17:33 |
Local time (America/Indiana/Petersburg).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 30 | 34 | 43 | 53 | 63 | 72 | 75 | 73 | 67 | 56 | 44 | 35 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 2.9 | 4.0 | 5.1 | 4.9 | 4.8 | 4.1 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 3.3 | 4.0 | 3.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Petersburg 61 BRG, 11 mi away.
- Black Kingsnake3 obs
- Plain-bellied Watersnake2 obs
- North American River Otter2 obs
- common dandelion2 obs
- ribwort plantain2 obs
- Christmas fern2 obs
- American Bullfrog2 obs
- cross vine2 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/358670704
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