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Chilton Hill

Chilton Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Chilton Hill rises to 195 m in Indiana. Hogback Hill stands 280 m to the east-southeast, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Boyd Hill, a peak 1.3 miles away. Ohio River Scenic Byway passes 3.6 miles off. 109 named places lie within 25 miles, 47 of them named summits.

The story

mountain in United States of America

Wikidata Q33137800, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
195 m

How to reach it

Coordinates37.98117, -86.68776

109 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 47
Parks: 32
  • Joe Schaeffer Park: 3.5 mi
  • Hagedorn Park: 4.2 mi
  • Zoercher-Bettinger Park: 4.4 mi
  • Kiwanis Park: 4.4 mi
  • Dennis Kress Memorial Park: 4.5 mi
Cliffs: 7
Museums: 6
  • Perry County Museum: 5.6 mi
  • Santa Claus Museum: 15.2 mi
  • Historic Santa Claus Post Office: 15.2 mi
  • St. Paul's German Evangelical Church: 15.2 mi
  • Lincoln Pioneer Village and Museum: 21.4 mi
Artworks: 5
Historic sites: 3
Attractions: 3
  • Santa’s Candy Castle: 15.0 mi
  • Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial Visitor Center: 19.1 mi
  • Colonel Jones Home: 21.4 mi
Nature reserves: 2
Rest areas: 2
  • Nancy Hanks Rest Area (Eastbound): 20.5 mi
  • Nancy Hanks Rest Area (Westbound): 20.6 mi
Springs: 1
  • Lincoln Spring: 19.5 mi
Gardens: 1

Other summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Hogback HillESE 102°280 m22.6 mi
Telephone KnobS 176°258.7 m19.8 mi
Shireman HillENE 76°257 m24.8 mi
Sinking Creek HillESE 119°253 m23.2 mi
Plock KnobESE 104°246 m5.4 mi
Greybill HillESE 106°245 m5.9 mi
Knob Lick HillSSE 152°245 m18.5 mi
Seton KnobNNE 32°242 m24.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:5119:2419:59
June solstice06:2520:3421:13
September equinox07:3519:1119:45
December solstice08:0016:5017:31

Local time (America/Indiana/Marengo).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333745556573767569584637
Precip in3.73.54.75.35.85.04.13.03.73.93.94.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Tell City, 5 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 450772 — Chilton Hill, Perry County, Indiana.

OpenStreetMap element node/358677718

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