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Bucker Knob

Bucker Knob, seen from above at true elevation

Bucker Knob rises to 263 m in Indiana. Weed Patch Hill stands 322 m to the east-northeast, 7.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Selma Steele’s garden, a garden 0.6 miles away. Indiana's Historic Pathways passes 17 miles off.

The story

mountain in United States of America

Wikidata Q33137467, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
263 m

How to reach it

Coordinates39.12616, -86.33805

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • T.C. Steele State Historic Site: 0.7 mi
  • North Fork State Wildlife Refuge: 3.3 mi
  • Brown County State Park: 4.0 mi
  • Middle Fork State Wildlife Refuge: 5.0 mi
  • Paynetown State Recreation Area: 6.0 mi
Peaks
Artworks
Historic sites: 21
Museums: 12
Attractions: 10
  • Monroe Convention Center: 10.9 mi
  • Upland Brewing Company: 11.2 mi
  • Dam Overlook Platform: 12.5 mi
  • Shirley Springs Cave: 13.5 mi
  • Urban Air Trampoline and Adventure Park: 14.4 mi
Gardens: 6
  • Selma Steele’s garden: 0.6 mi
  • Interpretive Garden: 6.1 mi
  • Jesse H. and Beulah Chanley Cox Arboretum: 10.2 mi
  • Wonderlab Garden: 11.0 mi
  • Butler Park Community Garden: 11.5 mi
Cliffs: 5
Picnic sites: 4
  • Picnic Area: 7.1 mi
  • Scoutcraft: 7.2 mi
  • Eagle Quest: 7.4 mi
  • Shady Pines Picnic Area: 13.7 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Waterfalls: 2
Beaches: 1
  • Paynetown Beach: 5.9 mi
Covered bridges: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 24.8 miles of Bucker Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Weed Patch HillENE 66°322 m7.0 mi
Bearwallow HillNE 37°313 m10.8 mi
Taylor HillENE 77°309 m16.5 mi
Hohen PointENE 79°307.8 m6.1 mi
Hesitation PointENE 61°306 m6.2 mi
Patterson HillENE 79°299 m16.1 mi
Dowell HillENE 74°294 m16.7 mi
Cooks HillN 5°292 m14.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:5019:2219:58
June solstice06:2020:3521:16
September equinox07:3419:0919:44
December solstice08:0216:4417:27

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, 10 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358650126

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