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Cooks Hill

Cooks Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Cooks Hill rises to 292 m in Indiana. Weed Patch Hill stands 322 m to the south-southeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Gallahue Valley Camp, a park 2.9 miles away. Historic National Road - Indiana passes 26 miles off.

The story

mountain in United States of America

Wikidata Q33137939, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
292 m

How to reach it

Coordinates39.33005, -86.31444

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Gallahue Valley Camp: 2.9 mi
  • Morgantown Park: 3.8 mi
  • Doris Daily Park: 8.7 mi
  • Martinsville City Park: 8.9 mi
  • Mulberry Street Park: 9.4 mi
Peaks
Artworks
Nature reserves: 37
Historic sites: 25
Museums: 13
Cliffs: 7
Gardens: 7
  • Interpretive Garden: 13.2 mi
  • Selma Steele’s garden: 13.8 mi
  • Jesse H. and Beulah Chanley Cox Arboretum: 15.5 mi
  • Wonderlab Garden: 16.4 mi
  • Butler Park Community Garden: 16.5 mi
Attractions: 7
Picnic sites: 4
  • Shady Pines Picnic Area: 6.3 mi
  • Picnic Area: 20.2 mi
  • Scoutcraft: 20.2 mi
  • Eagle Quest: 20.4 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Waterfalls: 2
Rest areas: 2
  • Plainfield Rest Area (Eastbound): 22.7 mi
  • Plainfield Rest Area (Wesbound): 22.8 mi
Beaches: 1
  • Paynetown Beach: 18.3 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.3 miles of Cooks Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Weed Patch HillSSE 155°322 m12.4 mi
Bearwallow HillSE 136°313 m7.6 mi
Taylor HillSE 125°309 m18.1 mi
Hohen PointSSE 160°307.8 m13.7 mi
Hesitation PointSSE 159°306 m11.9 mi
Patterson HillSE 127°299 m18.1 mi
Dowell HillESE 123°294 m17.6 mi
Mount NeboNNW 345°291 m5.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:5019:2219:57
June solstice06:2020:3621:16
September equinox07:3419:0919:44
December solstice08:0216:4317:26

Local time (America/Indiana/Indianapolis).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283140526270737265534233
Precip in3.22.43.54.85.05.34.13.43.53.53.63.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Martinsville 2 SW, 9 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 432923 — Cooks Hill, Brown County, Indiana.

OpenStreetMap element node/358652077

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