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Browning Hill

Browning Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Browning Hill rises to 283 m in Indiana. Weed Patch Hill stands 322 m to the north-northeast, 7.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Wilkerson Hill, a peak 1.1 miles away. Indiana's Historic Pathways passes 12 miles off. 53 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The story

mountain in the United States of America

Wikidata Q33137387, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
283 m

How to reach it

Coordinates39.06394, -86.26193

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Brown County State Park: 3.4 mi
  • Middle Fork State Wildlife Refuge: 5.1 mi
  • T.C. Steele State Historic Site: 6.6 mi
  • North Fork State Wildlife Refuge: 8.1 mi
  • Gnaw Bone Camp: 8.4 mi
Artworks
Peaks: 53
Historic sites: 22
Attractions: 14
Gardens: 6
  • Interpretive Garden: 6.3 mi
  • Selma Steele’s garden: 6.6 mi
  • Jesse H. and Beulah Chanley Cox Arboretum: 15.6 mi
  • Wonderlab Garden: 16.3 mi
  • Butler Park Community Garden: 16.8 mi
Cliffs: 5
Picnic sites: 4
  • Picnic Area: 9.1 mi
  • Eagle Quest: 9.2 mi
  • Scoutcraft: 9.2 mi
  • Shady Pines Picnic Area: 19.3 mi
Beaches: 2
Ghost towns: 2
Waterfalls: 1
Covered bridges: 1

Other summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Weed Patch HillNNE 18°322 m7.5 mi
Bearwallow HillN 11°313 m13.1 mi
Taylor HillENE 57°309 m14.4 mi
Hohen PointNNE 19°307.8 m5.8 mi
Hesitation PointN 11°306 m7.4 mi
Patterson HillENE 57°299 m13.9 mi
Dowell HillNE 54°294 m14.9 mi
Cooks HillN 351°292 m18.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4919:2219:57
June solstice06:2020:3521:15
September equinox07:3319:0919:44
December solstice08:0116:4417:26

Local time (America/Indiana/Indianapolis).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F293342536372757467554334
Precip in3.82.93.75.25.45.44.63.43.83.83.93.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bloomington Indiana Univ, 16 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 450719 — Browning Hill, Brown County, Indiana.

OpenStreetMap element node/358677665

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