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McCrea Hill

McCrea Hill, seen from above at true elevation

McCrea Hill rises to 246 m in Indiana. Bearwallow Hill stands 313 m to the southwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is McFarren Hill, a peak 0.6 miles away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 86 miles off. 21 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The story

mountain in United States of America

Wikidata Q33141044, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
246 m

How to reach it

Coordinates39.45977, -85.85894

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Clearwick Park: 4.3 mi
  • Morrison Park: 5.6 mi
  • Lee Camp: 5.6 mi
  • Sunset Park: 6.1 mi
  • Sunrise Park: 6.3 mi
Artworks
  • Little Balser and His Bears: 6.2 mi
  • The Art Alley: 6.3 mi
  • Sitting Ben Franklin: 10.0 mi
  • Ben Franklin: 10.2 mi
  • Street Art: 10.3 mi
Peaks: 21
Historic sites: 15
Museums: 10
  • Grover Center: Museum and Historical Society: 6.1 mi
  • Johnson County Museum of History: 10.6 mi
  • Camp Atterbury Museum: 11.3 mi
  • Camp Atterbury Museum: 11.6 mi
  • Atterbury-Bakalar Air Museum: 14.3 mi
Nature reserves: 9
Ghost towns: 3
Picnic sites: 3
  • Site B: 16.5 mi
  • Site C: 16.6 mi
  • Site A: 16.7 mi
Gardens: 2
  • Irwin Gardens: 18.0 mi
  • Garfield Park Sunken Gardens: 24.1 mi
Cliffs: 1
Attractions: 1

Other summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bearwallow HillSW 233°313 m23.9 mi
Taylor HillSSW 206°309 m21.6 mi
Patterson HillSSW 206°299 m22.2 mi
Dowell HillSSW 207°294 m20.8 mi
Guffy HillSW 218°287 m18.8 mi
Knob HillSW 218°287 m20.0 mi
Renner HillSW 233°284 m17.5 mi
Downey HillSW 218°269 m25.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4819:2019:56
June solstice06:1720:3421:15
September equinox07:3219:0719:42
December solstice08:0116:4117:24

Local time (America/Indiana/Indianapolis).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283141536372747367554333
Precip in3.32.73.34.74.74.94.23.23.23.13.43.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Shelbyville Sewage PLT, 6 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 438831 — McCrea Hill, Shelby County, Indiana.

OpenStreetMap element node/358659597

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