Bowers Knob
Bowers Knob rises to 274 m in Indiana. Round Knob stands 304 m to the east, 4.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Daisy Hill, a peak 1.1 miles away. Ohio River Scenic Byway passes 16 miles off. 54 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Mountain in United States of America.
Wikidata Q33137240, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 274 m
How to reach it
- 15.7 mi off the Ohio River Scenic Byway, National
- 10.0 mi off the Indiana's Historic Pathways, National
- 20.5 mi off the River Road
- 21.2 mi off the US 42
Named places within 25 miles
- Pekin Park: 4.3 mi
- Elk Creek Public Fishing Area: 9.2 mi
- Elk Creek Fish and Game Area: 9.4 mi
- Greenville Park: 10.3 mi
- Riley's Place: 11.0 mi
- Daisy Hill: 1.1 mi
- Williams Knob: 1.5 mi
- Cubby House Hill: 3.8 mi
- Round Knob: 4.3 mi
- Hounds Leap: 4.5 mi
- BPW Hoosiers Field of Memories: 11.9 mi
- The Spring and Statue: 12.4 mi
- William H. English: 15.0 mi
- Landscape: 17.0 mi
- Winged Man: 17.1 mi
- New Albany Sign: 17.2 mi
- Old Clarksville Site: 17.9 mi
- Clark-Floyd Counties Convention & Tourism Bureau: 19.7 mi
- Preservation Station Caboose: 19.9 mi
- Jeffersonville Overlook: 20.1 mi
- Volunteer Fireman's Memorial: 15.0 mi
- Division Street School: 16.9 mi
- In Loving Memory of Darrell Anthony Sweet: 17.2 mi
- U.S. Marine Hospital: 18.7 mi
- War Memorial: 19.8 mi
- Scott County Heritage Center and Museum: 14.4 mi
- Carnegie Center for Art and History: 16.9 mi
- Floyd County Historical Society Padgett Museum: 17.1 mi
- Portland Museum: 18.8 mi
- Falls of the Ohio Interpretive Center: 18.9 mi
- Alum Cave Hollow Nature Preserve: 3.9 mi
- Virginia Pine-Chestnut Oak Nature Preserve: 7.1 mi
- White Oak Nature Preserve: 8.9 mi
- Starve Hollow State Recreation Area: 22.2 mi
- Indian Creek Trail: 23.0 mi
- Scribner Garden: 17.1 mi
- Underground Railroad Gardens: 17.1 mi
- Waterfront Botanical Gardens: 20.9 mi
- Iroquois Flowers: 24.0 mi
- Springville: 14.9 mi
- Marshfield: 16.0 mi
- Wynnsboro: 23.2 mi
- Blice Point: 15.3 mi
- Water: 20.4 mi
- Cedar Grove: 16.6 mi
- Picnic-in-the-Park Pavilions: 24.4 mi
- Miles Spring: 21.3 mi
- Grable Spring: 21.9 mi
- Starve Hollow State Beach: 22.1 mi
- Medora Covered Bridge: 23.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Bowers Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Round Knob | E 84° | 304 m | 4.3 mi |
| Hickman Hill | S 179° | 302 m | 18.8 mi |
| Rock Knob | NE 52° | 291 m | 9.4 mi |
| Spickert Knob | SSE 158° | 289 m | 13.0 mi |
| Oak Knob | NE 51° | 288 m | 8.9 mi |
| Warren Hill | W 275° | 284 m | 17.5 mi |
| Sand Bank Hill | W 279° | 283 m | 17.4 mi |
| Daisy Hill | SSE 152° | 282 m | 1.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:48 | 19:21 | 19:56 |
| June solstice | 06:21 | 20:32 | 21:12 |
| September equinox | 07:32 | 19:08 | 19:43 |
| December solstice | 07:58 | 16:45 | 17:27 |
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 | 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, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 431400 — Bowers Knob, Washington County, Indiana.
OpenStreetMap element node/358649713
Day trips start here
- Floyds Knobs · 14 mi
- Georgetown · 15 mi
- New Albany · 17 mi
- Charlestown State Park · 18 mi
- Clarksville · 18 mi
- Jeffersonville · 19 mi
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