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Cox Hill

Cox Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Cox Hill rises to 189 m in Indiana. Hogback Hill stands 280 m to the east, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Joe Schaeffer Park, a park 1.2 miles away. Ohio River Scenic Byway passes 1.4 miles off. 131 named places lie within 25 miles, 48 of them named summits.

The story

mountain in United States of America

Wikidata Q33137998, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
189 m

How to reach it

Coordinates37.93811, -86.72971

131 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 50
  • Joe Schaeffer Park: 1.2 mi
  • Kiwanis Park: 1.7 mi
  • Roy Fenn Park & Soccer Complex: 1.8 mi
  • Hagedorn Park: 2.2 mi
  • Sunset Park: 2.4 mi
Peaks: 48
Museums: 9
  • Perry County Museum: 1.9 mi
  • Santa Claus Museum: 15.7 mi
  • Historic Santa Claus Post Office: 15.7 mi
  • St. Paul's German Evangelical Church: 15.7 mi
  • Lincoln Pioneer Village and Museum: 18.4 mi
Cliffs: 6
Artworks: 5
Historic sites: 4
Attractions: 3
  • Santa’s Candy Castle: 15.5 mi
  • Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial Visitor Center: 18.9 mi
  • Colonel Jones Home: 20.9 mi
Nature reserves: 2
Rest areas: 2
  • Nancy Hanks Rest Area (Eastbound): 21.4 mi
  • Nancy Hanks Rest Area (Westbound): 21.5 mi
Springs: 1
  • Lincoln Spring: 19.3 mi
Gardens: 1

Other summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Hogback HillE 94°280 m24.5 mi
Telephone KnobSSE 167°258.7 m17.1 mi
Sinking Creek HillESE 110°253 m24.1 mi
Powell HillSSE 150°247 m23.4 mi
Plock KnobENE 77°246 m7.7 mi
Sand KnobSSE 149°246 m25.0 mi
Greybill HillE 80°245 m8.1 mi
Knob Lick HillSE 141°245 m17.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5118:2418:59
June solstice05:2619:3420:13
September equinox06:3518:1118:46
December solstice07:0015:5016:32

Local time (America/Indiana/Tell_City).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °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, 3 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 450810 — Cox Hill, Perry County, Indiana.

OpenStreetMap element node/358677761

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