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Dowell Hill

Dowell Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Dowell Hill rises to 294 m in Indiana. Weed Patch Hill stands 322 m to the west, 9.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Tangeman Woods, a nature reserve 0.7 miles away. Indiana's Historic Pathways passes 18 miles off. 53 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The story

mountain in United States of America

Wikidata Q33138325, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
294 m

How to reach it

Coordinates39.19227, -86.03749

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
  • Quintin G. Noblitt (1882-1954): 1.6 mi
  • Growing Through the Seasons: 3.4 mi
  • Red Arbor: 5.7 mi
  • Renee and Child: 5.9 mi
  • Skopos: 6.0 mi
Parks
  • Oakbrook Park: 2.6 mi
  • Harrison Ridge Park: 3.4 mi
  • Camp Christina: 4.2 mi
  • Southwest Community Field: 5.0 mi
  • Mill Race Park: 6.0 mi
Peaks: 53
Nature reserves: 24
  • Tangeman Woods: 0.7 mi
  • Touch the Earth Natural Area: 0.8 mi
  • Whip-poor-will Woods: 7.7 mi
  • Stone Head Nature Preserve: 7.9 mi
  • Pauline Crump Nature Preserve: 8.4 mi
Museums: 9
  • Atterbury-Bakalar Air Museum: 8.6 mi
  • Camp Atterbury Museum: 11.6 mi
  • Camp Atterbury Museum: 11.7 mi
  • Seymour Museum Center: 17.9 mi
  • Freeman Army Airfield Museum: 19.7 mi
Historic sites: 8
Picnic sites: 4
  • Shady Pines Picnic Area: 22.5 mi
  • Picnic Area: 23.2 mi
  • Scoutcraft: 23.3 mi
  • Eagle Quest: 23.4 mi
Gardens: 3
  • Irwin Gardens: 6.5 mi
  • Interpretive Garden: 10.6 mi
  • Selma Steele’s garden: 17.1 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Cliffs: 1
Beaches: 1
  • Paynetown Beach: 22.4 mi

Other summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Weed Patch HillW 260°322 m9.8 mi
Bearwallow HillWNW 293°313 m10.4 mi
Taylor HillS 179°309 m0.9 mi
Hohen PointWSW 252°307.8 m10.7 mi
Hesitation PointW 262°306 m10.8 mi
Patterson HillSSW 194°299 m1.5 mi
Cooks HillWNW 303°292 m17.6 mi
Maple HillW 281°291 m15.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4919:2119:56
June solstice06:1920:3421:15
September equinox07:3219:0819:43
December solstice08:0116:4317:25

Local time (America/Indiana/Indianapolis).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303343546473767468564435
Precip in3.42.93.85.05.05.34.53.53.23.43.63.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Columbus, 6 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 433667 — Dowell Hill, Bartholomew County, Indiana.

OpenStreetMap element node/358652850

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