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McFarren Hill

McFarren Hill, seen from above at true elevation

McFarren Hill rises to 256 m in Indiana. Bearwallow Hill stands 313 m to the southwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is McCrea 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 Q33141070, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
256 m

How to reach it

Coordinates39.45396, -85.86601

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Clearwick Park: 4.8 mi
  • Lee Camp: 6.1 mi
  • Morrison Park: 6.2 mi
  • Sunset Park: 6.6 mi
  • Sunrise Park: 6.8 mi
Artworks
  • Little Balser and His Bears: 6.8 mi
  • The Art Alley: 6.9 mi
  • Sitting Ben Franklin: 9.7 mi
  • Ben Franklin: 9.9 mi
  • Street Art: 10.0 mi
Peaks: 21
Historic sites: 14
Museums: 9
  • Grover Center: Museum and Historical Society: 6.7 mi
  • Johnson County Museum of History: 10.3 mi
  • Camp Atterbury Museum: 10.8 mi
  • Camp Atterbury Museum: 11.0 mi
  • Atterbury-Bakalar Air Museum: 13.9 mi
Nature reserves: 9
Ghost towns: 3
Picnic sites: 3
  • Site B: 16.8 mi
  • Site C: 16.8 mi
  • Site A: 16.9 mi
Gardens: 2
  • Irwin Gardens: 17.5 mi
  • Garfield Park Sunken Gardens: 24.2 mi
Cliffs: 1

Other summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bearwallow HillSW 233°313 m23.4 mi
Taylor HillSSW 206°309 m21.1 mi
Patterson HillSSW 206°299 m21.7 mi
Dowell HillSSW 207°294 m20.3 mi
Guffy HillSW 218°287 m18.2 mi
Knob HillSW 218°287 m19.5 mi
Renner HillSW 233°284 m17.0 mi
Downey HillSW 218°269 m24.4 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, 7 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 438868 — McFarren Hill, Shelby County, Indiana.

OpenStreetMap element node/358659658

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