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Featherbed Hill

Featherbed Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Featherbed Hill rises to 163 m in Indiana. Hayes Hill stands 282 m to the east-northeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Glenn Hill, a peak 1.1 miles away. Ohio River Scenic Byway passes 2.2 miles off. 111 named places lie within 25 miles, 54 of them named summits.

The story

mountain in United States of America

Wikidata Q33138652, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
163 m

How to reach it

Coordinates37.98617, -86.57276

111 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 54
Parks: 29
  • Saddle Lake Recreation Area: 7.4 mi
  • Camp Koch: 8.5 mi
  • Joe Schaeffer Park: 9.4 mi
  • Hagedorn Park: 10.3 mi
  • Kiwanis Park: 10.4 mi
Cliffs: 6
Historic sites: 6
Artworks: 5
Museums: 4
  • Perry County Museum: 10.5 mi
  • Historic Santa Claus Post Office: 20.4 mi
  • Santa Claus Museum: 20.4 mi
  • St. Paul's German Evangelical Church: 20.4 mi
Nature reserves: 3
Attractions: 3
  • Santa’s Candy Castle: 20.2 mi
  • Squire Boone Caverns: 24.5 mi
  • Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial Visitor Center: 24.6 mi
Gardens: 1

Other summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Hayes HillENE 74°282 m21.3 mi
Hogback HillESE 108°280 m16.7 mi
Windell HillENE 63°272 m23.1 mi
Mount TomENE 73°265 m22.3 mi
Sand HillENE 69°263 m23.6 mi
Telephone KnobSSW 194°258.7 m20.6 mi
Shireman HillENE 73°257 m18.7 mi
Sinking Creek HillSE 130°253 m18.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:5119:2419:58
June solstice06:2520:3421:13
September equinox07:3519:1019:45
December solstice07:5916:5017:31

Local time (America/Indiana/Marengo).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343846576674787771604839
Precip in3.33.54.85.05.54.94.12.83.23.73.74.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cannelton, 10 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358677852

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