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Bald Hill

Bald Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Bald Hill rises to 262 m in Indiana. Moser Hill stands 284 m to the east-southeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Fern Cliff Nature Preserve, a nature reserve 1.4 miles away. Historic National Road - Indiana passes 5.4 miles off. 21 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The story

mountain in Putnam County, Indiana, United States

Wikidata Q33136378, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
262 m

How to reach it

Coordinates39.62977, -86.95529

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Fern Cliff Nature Preserve: 1.4 mi
  • Depauw Nature Park: 3.8 mi
  • Scott Hamilton Memorial Park: 4.8 mi
  • Bowman Park: 5.0 mi
  • Mary Rogers Field Park: 5.2 mi
Peaks: 21
Attractions: 13
Artworks: 13
  • Depth of Field: 22.0 mi
  • Chemistry Honor Society Certificate: 22.1 mi
  • Golden Key Honor Society Certificate: 22.1 mi
  • Pictures of Past Rose-Hulman Presidents: 22.1 mi
  • Leave Your Mark (2013): 22.1 mi
Historic sites: 12
Museums: 6
  • Putnam County Train Museum: 5.0 mi
  • Putnam County Museum: 5.1 mi
  • Lusk Home: 21.9 mi
  • Indiana Track & Field & Cross Country Hall of Fame Museum: 24.4 mi
  • Hendricks County Museum: 24.6 mi
Gardens: 6
Waterfalls: 3
  • Lower Cataract Falls: 14.8 mi
  • Upper Cataract Falls: 15.5 mi
  • Silver Cascade Falls: 22.1 mi
Picnic sites: 3
  • Public Picnic Area: 16.4 mi
  • Canyon Picnic Area: 21.8 mi
  • Picnic Pavillion Aztek Park : 24.6 mi
Cliffs: 2
Beaches: 2
Rest areas: 1
Ghost towns: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Bald Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Moser HillESE 119°284 m11.4 mi
Hadden HillESE 117°279 m9.8 mi
McCoy HillSE 128°275 m10.5 mi
Hale HillSSE 158°269 m18.5 mi
Shumaker HillESE 115°268 m22.7 mi
Snyder HillSE 131°267 m8.7 mi
Gaston HillSSE 158°266 m20.6 mi
Sunset HillSE 136°261 m11.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:5219:2420:00
June solstice06:2120:3921:20
September equinox07:3619:1119:47
December solstice08:0616:4517:28

Local time (America/Indiana/Indianapolis).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F263040506169727164534131
Precip in3.22.63.54.64.95.44.73.43.73.63.63.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Greencastle 1 W, 4 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 430445 — Bald Hill, Putnam County, Indiana.

OpenStreetMap element node/358648537

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