Drinkwater Hill
Drinkwater Hill rises to 229 m in Indiana. Hogback Hill stands 280 m to the east, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Polk Hill, a peak 0.5 miles away. Ohio River Scenic Byway passes 3.4 miles off. 96 named places lie within 25 miles, 53 of them named summits.
The story
mountain in United States of America
Wikidata Q33138372, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 229 m
How to reach it
- 3.4 mi off the Ohio River Scenic Byway, National
- 174.8 mi off the River Road Scenic Byway, National
96 named places within 25 miles
- Polk Hill: 0.5 mi
- Shafer Hill: 3.8 mi
- Riggs Hill: 5.2 mi
- Greybill Hill: 5.9 mi
- Plock Knob: 6.0 mi
- Camp Koch: 4.2 mi
- Joe Schaeffer Park: 8.0 mi
- Kiwanis Park: 8.5 mi
- Roy Fenn Park & Soccer Complex: 8.6 mi
- Hagedorn Park: 9.0 mi
- Perry County Museum: 6.6 mi
- Fordsville railroad museum: 17.5 mi
- Santa Claus Museum: 22.4 mi
- Historic Santa Claus Post Office: 22.4 mi
- St. Paul's German Evangelical Church: 22.4 mi
- Jeffreys Cliff: 3.0 mi
- Rickert Cliffs: 5.3 mi
- Idle George Cliff: 7.5 mi
- Bills Point: 7.9 mi
- Shaw Bluff: 18.8 mi
- Mary: 10.7 mi
- Christ of the Ohio: 12.1 mi
- Santa Claus: 22.6 mi
- Santa Claus: 23.2 mi
- Yellowbank Wildlife Management Area: 2.7 mi
- Town of Troy Veterans Memorial Wall: 12.1 mi
- Fairview Lavender Farm: 18.0 mi
- Santa’s Candy Castle: 22.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Drinkwater Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hogback Hill | E 83° | 280 m | 19.0 mi |
| Telephone Knob | S 188° | 258.7 m | 12.9 mi |
| Shireman Hill | ENE 58° | 257 m | 24.5 mi |
| Sinking Creek Hill | ESE 104° | 253 m | 17.5 mi |
| Powell Hill | SSE 159° | 247 m | 17.4 mi |
| Plock Knob | NNE 19° | 246 m | 6.0 mi |
| Sand Knob | SSE 158° | 246 m | 18.9 mi |
| Greybill Hill | NNE 24° | 245 m | 5.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:51 | 18:24 | 18:59 |
| June solstice | 05:25 | 19:34 | 20:13 |
| September equinox | 06:35 | 18:11 | 18:45 |
| December solstice | 06:59 | 15:50 | 16:31 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 34 | 38 | 46 | 57 | 66 | 74 | 78 | 77 | 71 | 60 | 48 | 39 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 3.5 | 4.8 | 5.0 | 5.5 | 4.9 | 4.1 | 2.8 | 3.2 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 4.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cannelton, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 450864 — Drinkwater Hill, Perry County, Indiana.
OpenStreetMap element node/358677818
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