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Hominy Mortar

Hominy Mortar, seen from above at true elevation

Hominy Mortar rises to 254 m in Indiana. Weed Patch Hill stands 322 m to the north, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Browning Hill, a peak 4.4 miles away. Indiana's Historic Pathways passes 8.6 miles off. 55 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The story

mountain in United States of America

Wikidata Q33139709, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
254 m

How to reach it

Coordinates39.00700, -86.22693

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Freetown Park: 5.6 mi
  • Brown County State Park: 7.6 mi
  • Middle Fork State Wildlife Refuge: 7.8 mi
  • T.C. Steele State Historic Site: 10.8 mi
  • Gnaw Bone Camp: 11.4 mi
Artworks
Peaks: 55
Nature reserves: 34
Historic sites: 23
  • Veterans Memorial: 9.5 mi
  • Firecrafter Leadership Circle: 11.4 mi
  • Bedford Courthouse Square Historic District: 17.0 mi
  • Site of the Bedford Branch of the State Bank of Indiana: 17.0 mi
  • Big Joe Palooka: 17.7 mi
Museums: 14
  • Jackson County Historical: 13.4 mi
  • Lawrence County Historical Society: 17.0 mi
  • Freeman Army Airfield Museum: 18.1 mi
  • Freeman Army Airfield Museum Annex: 18.1 mi
  • Seymour Museum Center: 18.4 mi
Attractions: 13
  • Dam Overlook Platform: 15.4 mi
  • Sparks Ferry Bridge: 15.9 mi
  • Easter Island Figure: 17.7 mi
  • M60: 17.9 mi
  • Monroe Convention Center: 19.8 mi
Gardens: 6
  • Interpretive Garden: 9.9 mi
  • Selma Steele’s garden: 10.8 mi
  • Jesse H. and Beulah Chanley Cox Arboretum: 19.3 mi
  • Wonderlab Garden: 19.9 mi
  • Butler Park Community Garden: 20.4 mi
Cliffs: 5
Picnic sites: 4
  • Eagle Quest: 11.4 mi
  • Picnic Area: 11.4 mi
  • Scoutcraft: 11.5 mi
  • Shady Pines Picnic Area: 23.6 mi
Beaches: 2
Ghost towns: 2
Covered bridges: 1
Waterfalls: 1

Other summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Weed Patch HillN 3°322 m11.1 mi
Bearwallow HillN 2°313 m16.9 mi
Taylor HillNE 41°309 m15.6 mi
Hohen PointN 0°307.8 m9.4 mi
Hesitation PointN 357°306 m11.2 mi
Patterson HillNE 41°299 m15.0 mi
Dowell HillNE 38°294 m16.3 mi
Cooks HillNNW 348°292 m22.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4919:2219:57
June solstice06:2020:3521:15
September equinox07:3319:0819:44
December solstice08:0116:4417:27

Local time (America/Indiana/Indianapolis).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303342536372757366554334
Precip in3.43.14.35.45.45.04.24.33.43.63.73.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Seymour 1 WSW, 18 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358677979

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