Ball Knob
Ball Knob rises to 260 m in Indiana. Round Knob stands 304 m to the east-northeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Hancock Hill, a peak 0.6 miles away. Indiana's Historic Pathways passes 2.4 miles off.
The story
mountain in Indiana, United States of America
Wikidata Q33136528, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 260 m
How to reach it
- 2.4 mi off the Indiana's Historic Pathways, National
- 10.9 mi off the Ohio River Scenic Byway, National
- 143.6 mi off the River Road Scenic Byway, National
- 26.7 mi off the River Road
Named places within 25 miles
- Hancock Hill: 0.6 mi
- Roberts Hill: 0.6 mi
- Reno Hill: 0.8 mi
- Wildcat Knob: 0.8 mi
- Heiser Hill: 1.1 mi
- Buffalo Trace Park: 5.8 mi
- Baylor Park: 5.8 mi
- Town Hall: 7.1 mi
- Clifton Center: 7.2 mi
- Marengo Community Building: 7.7 mi
- Indian Creek Trail: 13.4 mi
- Hayswood Nature Reserve: 13.5 mi
- McCalla's Woods Preserve: 15.1 mi
- Harrison-Crawford State Forest: 15.4 mi
- O'Bannon Woods State Park: 15.6 mi
- The Spring and Statue: 17.0 mi
- BPW Hoosiers Field of Memories: 18.7 mi
- Landscape: 22.2 mi
- Lucy Higgs Nichols: 22.4 mi
- Winged Man: 22.4 mi
- Marengo Cave: 7.5 mi
- New Albany Sign: 22.3 mi
- Squire Boone Caverns: 23.5 mi
- Old Clarksville Site: 24.5 mi
- French Lick Resort Casino: 24.8 mi
- Constitution Elm: 13.6 mi
- Frank Obannon: 13.8 mi
- Grace Prow Hinkle: 16.5 mi
- In Loving Memory of Darrell Anthony Sweet: 22.4 mi
- Division Street School: 22.9 mi
- Harrison County Discovery Center: 13.7 mi
- Floyd County Historical Society Padgett Museum: 22.0 mi
- Carnegie Center for Art and History: 22.2 mi
- Portland Museum: 24.4 mi
- French Lick West Baden Museum: 24.7 mi
- Miles Spring: 12.4 mi
- Grable Spring: 12.7 mi
- Hoyt Spring: 15.4 mi
- Spring Cave: 15.9 mi
- Pluto Spring: 24.8 mi
- Blice Point: 2.0 mi
- Hemlock Cliffs: 19.9 mi
- Vault Point: 23.7 mi
- Blunk Point: 23.8 mi
- Scribner Garden: 22.3 mi
- Underground Railroad Gardens: 22.4 mi
- Wynnsboro: 8.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.2 miles of Ball Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Round Knob | ENE 66° | 304 m | 20.4 mi |
| Hickman Hill | SE 126° | 302 m | 18.5 mi |
| Spickert Knob | ESE 102° | 289 m | 19.8 mi |
| Pilot Knob | SW 231° | 287 m | 10.3 mi |
| Warren Hill | NNW 342° | 284 m | 9.8 mi |
| Sand Bank Hill | NNW 345° | 283 m | 10.8 mi |
| Daisy Hill | ENE 65° | 282 m | 16.4 mi |
| Williams Knob | ENE 65° | 282 m | 17.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:49 | 19:22 | 19:57 |
| June solstice | 06:22 | 20:33 | 21:13 |
| September equinox | 07:33 | 19:09 | 19:44 |
| December solstice | 07:59 | 16:47 | 17:28 |
Local time (America/Kentucky/Louisville).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 33 | 36 | 45 | 56 | 65 | 73 | 76 | 75 | 68 | 57 | 45 | 36 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 3.2 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 5.2 | 4.3 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 3.1 | 3.0 | 3.6 | 3.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Salem, 16 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358648562
Day trips start here
- Corydon · 14 mi
- Georgetown · 14 mi
- Floyds Knobs · 19 mi
- New Albany · 22 mi
- Clarksville · 25 mi
- Louisville · 26 mi
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