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Mount Tom

Mount Tom, seen from above at true elevation

Mount Tom rises to 265 m in Indiana. Bee Knob Hill stands 306 m to the south-southeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Hayes Hill, a peak 1.1 miles away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 165 miles off.

The story

mountain in United States of America

Wikidata Q33141626, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
265 m

How to reach it

Coordinates38.08229, -86.18219

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
Artworks: 20
Nature reserves: 14
Historic sites: 13
Museums: 9
  • Harrison County Discovery Center: 9.4 mi
  • West Point History Museum: 13.9 mi
  • Patton Museum Foundation: 17.1 mi
  • Little Loomhouse: 23.0 mi
  • Floyd County Historical Society Padgett Museum: 23.6 mi
Cliffs: 9
Gardens: 5
Attractions: 4
Springs: 2
Ghost towns: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.8 miles of Mount Tom. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bee Knob HillSSE 164°306 m16.1 mi
Hickman HillNE 51°302 m17.5 mi
Pilot KnobNNW 329°287 m18.0 mi
Hayes HillSW 224°282 m1.1 mi
Seigs HillN 353°281 m16.4 mi
Buck KnobsSSE 157°280 m12.2 mi
Hogback HillSSW 205°280 m12.9 mi
Henry Ott HillN 357°278 m16.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4919:2219:57
June solstice06:2320:3221:12
September equinox07:3319:0919:43
December solstice07:5816:4817:29

Local time (America/Kentucky/Louisville).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333645566572767568574537
Precip in4.03.54.95.46.04.54.93.63.83.93.94.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Brandenburg, 9 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 444808 — Mount Tom, Harrison County, Indiana.

OpenStreetMap element node/358669143

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