Cox Hill
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. 125 named places lie within 25 miles, 47 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
- 1.4 mi off the Ohio River Scenic Byway, National
125 named places within 25 miles
- Keiser Hill: 2.4 mi
- McCallister Hill: 2.4 mi
- Boyd Hill: 3.0 mi
- Chilton Hill: 3.8 mi
- Ikel Hill: 3.9 mi
- 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
- 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
- Jeffreys Cliff: 4.9 mi
- Bills Point: 7.1 mi
- Rickert Cliffs: 8.2 mi
- Idle George Cliff: 11.3 mi
- Shaw Bluff: 13.5 mi
- Town of Troy Veterans Memorial Wall: 5.3 mi
- Abraham Lincoln Bicentennal Plaza: 18.8 mi
- Lincoln Cabin Site Memorial: 19.2 mi
- Confederate Monument: 23.8 mi
- Christ of the Ohio: 5.3 mi
- Mary: 5.8 mi
- Santa Claus: 16.0 mi
- Christ the Victor: 21.0 mi
- Santa’s Candy Castle: 15.5 mi
- Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial Visitor Center: 18.9 mi
- Colonel Jones Home: 20.9 mi
- Yellowbank Wildlife Management Area: 9.1 mi
- Lincoln State Park: 19.2 mi
- Nancy Hanks Rest Area (Eastbound): 21.4 mi
- Nancy Hanks Rest Area (Westbound): 21.5 mi
- Lincoln Spring: 19.3 mi
- Fairview Lavender Farm: 23.3 mi
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.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hogback Hill | E 94° | 280 m | 24.5 mi |
| Telephone Knob | SSE 167° | 259 m | 17.1 mi |
| Sinking Creek Hill | ESE 110° | 253 m | 24.1 mi |
| Powell Hill | SSE 150° | 247 m | 23.4 mi |
| Plock Knob | ENE 77° | 246 m | 7.7 mi |
| Sand Knob | SSE 149° | 246 m | 25.0 mi |
| Greybill Hill | E 80° | 245 m | 8.1 mi |
| Knob Lick Hill | SE 141° | 245 m | 17.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:51 | 18:24 | 18:59 |
| June solstice | 05:26 | 19:34 | 20:13 |
| September equinox | 06:35 | 18:11 | 18:46 |
| December solstice | 07:00 | 15:50 | 16:32 |
Local time (America/Indiana/Tell_City).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 33 | 37 | 45 | 55 | 65 | 73 | 76 | 75 | 69 | 58 | 46 | 37 |
| Precip in | 3.7 | 3.5 | 4.7 | 5.3 | 5.8 | 5.0 | 4.1 | 3.0 | 3.7 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 4.5 |
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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