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High King Hill

High King Hill, seen from above at true elevation

High King Hill rises to 242 m in Indiana. Weed Patch Hill stands 322 m to the east, 6.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Selma N. Steele State Nature Preserve, a nature reserve 2.8 miles away. Indiana's Historic Pathways passes 20 miles off.

The story

mountain in United States of America

Wikidata Q33139592, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
242 m

How to reach it

Coordinates39.17472, -86.34398

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • T.C. Steele State Historic Site: 3.0 mi
  • North Fork State Wildlife Refuge: 5.1 mi
  • Brown County State Park: 6.0 mi
  • Park Ridge East Park: 7.0 mi
  • Park Ridge Park: 7.9 mi
Peaks
Artworks
Nature reserves: 38
Historic sites: 26
Museums: 13
Attractions: 9
Cliffs: 7
Gardens: 6
  • Selma Steele’s garden: 2.9 mi
  • Interpretive Garden: 6.4 mi
  • Jesse H. and Beulah Chanley Cox Arboretum: 9.4 mi
  • Wonderlab Garden: 10.3 mi
  • Butler Park Community Garden: 10.7 mi
Picnic sites: 4
  • Picnic Area: 9.7 mi
  • Scoutcraft: 9.7 mi
  • Eagle Quest: 9.9 mi
  • Shady Pines Picnic Area: 10.4 mi
Waterfalls: 2
Ghost towns: 2
Beaches: 1
  • Paynetown Beach: 8.0 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 22.3 miles of High King Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Weed Patch HillE 94°322 m6.8 mi
Bearwallow HillNE 52°313 m8.6 mi
Taylor HillE 89°309 m16.4 mi
Hohen PointESE 109°307.8 m6.7 mi
Hesitation PointE 94°306 m5.8 mi
Patterson HillE 91°299 m16.1 mi
Dowell HillE 86°294 m16.5 mi
Cooks HillN 8°292 m10.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:5019:2219:58
June solstice06:2020:3621:16
September equinox07:3419:0919:44
December solstice08:0216:4417:26

Local time (America/Indiana/Indianapolis).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F293342536372757467554334
Precip in3.82.93.75.25.45.44.63.43.83.83.93.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bloomington Indiana Univ, 10 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 436142 — High King Hill, Brown County, Indiana.

OpenStreetMap element node/358656197

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