Hancock Hill
Hancock Hill rises to 263 m in Indiana. Round Knob stands 304 m to the east-northeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Ball Knob, a peak 0.6 miles away. Indiana's Historic Pathways passes 2.5 miles off.
The story
mountain in United States of America
Wikidata Q33139241, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 263 m
How to reach it
- 2.5 mi off the Indiana's Historic Pathways, National
- 11.0 mi off the Ohio River Scenic Byway, National
- 143.4 mi off the River Road Scenic Byway, National
- 27.3 mi off the River Road
Named places within 25 miles
- Ball Knob: 0.6 mi
- Stout Hill: 0.6 mi
- Wildcat Knob: 1.0 mi
- Roberts Hill: 1.1 mi
- Heiser Hill: 1.2 mi
- Baylor Park: 5.5 mi
- Buffalo Trace Park: 6.3 mi
- Town Hall: 6.6 mi
- Clifton Center: 6.7 mi
- Marengo Community Building: 7.2 mi
- Indian Creek Trail: 13.7 mi
- Hayswood Nature Reserve: 13.7 mi
- McCalla's Woods Preserve: 14.6 mi
- Harrison-Crawford State Forest: 15.4 mi
- O'Bannon Woods State Park: 15.5 mi
- The Spring and Statue: 17.6 mi
- BPW Hoosiers Field of Memories: 19.3 mi
- Landscape: 22.7 mi
- Lucy Higgs Nichols: 23.0 mi
- Winged Man: 23.0 mi
- Marengo Cave: 7.0 mi
- New Albany Sign: 22.9 mi
- Squire Boone Caverns: 23.7 mi
- French Lick Resort Casino: 24.2 mi
- Twin Caves: 24.6 mi
- Constitution Elm: 13.9 mi
- Frank Obannon: 14.0 mi
- Grace Prow Hinkle: 15.9 mi
- In Loving Memory of Darrell Anthony Sweet: 22.9 mi
- Division Street School: 23.5 mi
- Miles Spring: 12.7 mi
- Grable Spring: 13.0 mi
- Hoyt Spring: 14.8 mi
- Spring Cave: 15.3 mi
- Pluto Spring: 24.3 mi
- Harrison County Discovery Center: 14.0 mi
- Floyd County Historical Society Padgett Museum: 22.5 mi
- Carnegie Center for Art and History: 22.8 mi
- French Lick West Baden Museum: 24.1 mi
- Indiana Railway Museum: 24.1 mi
- Blice Point: 2.0 mi
- Hemlock Cliffs: 19.4 mi
- Vault Point: 24.1 mi
- Blunk Point: 24.3 mi
- Scribner Garden: 22.8 mi
- Underground Railroad Gardens: 23.0 mi
- Wynnsboro: 8.3 mi
- Patoka Lake Swimming Beach: 24.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.4 miles of Hancock Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Round Knob | ENE 67° | 304 m | 20.9 mi |
| Hickman Hill | SE 126° | 302 m | 19.0 mi |
| Spickert Knob | ESE 102° | 289 m | 20.3 mi |
| Pilot Knob | SW 228° | 287 m | 10.0 mi |
| Warren Hill | NNW 345° | 284 m | 9.5 mi |
| Sand Bank Hill | NNW 348° | 283 m | 10.6 mi |
| Daisy Hill | ENE 66° | 282 m | 16.8 mi |
| Williams Knob | ENE 66° | 282 m | 17.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:49 | 19:22 | 19:57 |
| June solstice | 06:22 | 20:33 | 21:13 |
| September equinox | 07:33 | 19:09 | 19:44 |
| December solstice | 07:59 | 16:47 | 17:28 |
Local time (America/Kentucky/Louisville).
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 | 46 | 57 | 66 | 74 | 77 | 76 | 69 | 57 | 47 | 37 |
| Precip in | 3.8 | 3.6 | 4.8 | 5.2 | 5.0 | 5.4 | 3.8 | 2.9 | 3.7 | 4.0 | 4.3 | 4.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — English, 16 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358655567
Day trips start here
- Corydon · 14 mi
- Georgetown · 15 mi
- Floyds Knobs · 19 mi
- New Albany · 23 mi
- Clarksville · 26 mi
- Louisville · 26 mi
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