Big Knoll
Big Knoll rises to 140 m in Indiana. Yaw Hill stands 205 m to the east, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Fairbanks Mound, a peak 5.2 miles away. Historic National Road - Illinois passes 7.3 miles off. 143 named places lie within 25 miles, 10 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in United States of America.
Wikidata Q33136883, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 140 m
How to reach it
- 7.3 mi off the Historic National Road - Illinois, National
- 8.6 mi off the Historic National Road - Indiana, National
143 named places within 25 miles
- Prairie Creek Park: 5.6 mi
- George and Ida Smith Park: 6.2 mi
- Harlow Memorial Park: 8.5 mi
- Marshall High School Class of 1958 Park: 8.7 mi
- Marshall Community Pool & Park: 9.1 mi
- Proud Elk: 12.3 mi
- The Lighthouse: 13.2 mi
- A Chorus of Trumpets: 13.6 mi
- Terre Haute - Birthplace of the Coca-Cola Contour Bottle: 13.7 mi
- Coca-Cola Bottle with American Flag and Statue of Liberty: 13.9 mi
- Fairbanks Mound: 5.2 mi
- Lost Hill: 9.7 mi
- Sanford Hill: 11.1 mi
- Yaw Hill: 12.4 mi
- Ladd Hill: 12.4 mi
- Clark County Museum: 8.6 mi
- Candles Holocaust Museum & Education Center: 12.4 mi
- Swope Art Museum: 13.5 mi
- Terre Haute Children's Museum: 13.5 mi
- Vigo County Historical Museum: 13.6 mi
- Watermark Landing: 12.7 mi
- Log Cabin Chapel: 14.6 mi
- Haley Tower: 14.9 mi
- Story Walk: 22.6 mi
- World's Largest Teeter-Totter: 22.7 mi
- American Beech Woods Nature Preserve: 7.9 mi
- Lincoln Trail State Park: 8.4 mi
- Crawford County State Fish and Wildlife Area: 17.3 mi
- Shakamak Nature Preserve: 19.7 mi
- Shakamak State Park: 20.2 mi
- ISU Community Garden: 13.9 mi
- City of Hollies Tree Farm: 14.1 mi
- Herbs Garden: 15.5 mi
- Bamboo Garden: 17.3 mi
- The Sam and Joy Hulbert Rose Garden: 17.4 mi
- Woodlawn Monument Sight: 14.0 mi
- Freedom Shrine: 17.4 mi
- Finish Line: 19.0 mi
- DoD War Memorial: 22.5 mi
- Trolly: 22.9 mi
- Griffin: 10.3 mi
- Caledonia: 19.4 mi
- Farnsworth: 19.8 mi
- Clear Creek Welcome Center: 9.4 mi
- Twigg Rest Park: 18.4 mi
- Speed Beach: 17.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Big Knoll. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yaw Hill | E 90° | 205 m | 12.4 mi |
| Sanford Hill | E 80° | 204 m | 11.1 mi |
| Ladd Hill | SSE 168° | 190 m | 12.4 mi |
| Trimmer Hill | E 80° | 190 m | 14.3 mi |
| Pottsville Hill | NNE 26° | 179 m | 16.6 mi |
| Shawn Hill | S 179° | 165 m | 23.3 mi |
| Lost Hill | W 279° | 164 m | 9.7 mi |
| Bristol Hill | S 181° | 164 m | 23.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:55 | 19:27 | 20:02 |
| June solstice | 06:25 | 20:41 | 21:21 |
| September equinox | 07:39 | 19:14 | 19:49 |
| December solstice | 08:07 | 16:49 | 17:31 |
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 | 30 | 33 | 44 | 55 | 65 | 74 | 77 | 75 | 68 | 56 | 44 | 34 |
| Precip in | 3.2 | 2.3 | 3.5 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 5.0 | 4.3 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 2.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Farmersburg Tv-2, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 431042 — Big Knoll, Vigo County, Indiana.
OpenStreetMap element node/358649410
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