Mount Tom
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. Ohio River Scenic Byway passes 9.4 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
- 9.4 mi off the Ohio River Scenic Byway, National
- 22.0 mi off the Indiana's Historic Pathways, National
- 26.7 mi off the River Road
Named places within 25 miles
- Hayes Hill: 1.1 mi
- Sand Hill: 1.9 mi
- Shireman Hill: 3.6 mi
- Windell Hill: 3.7 mi
- Boundary Mound: 3.8 mi
- Riverfront Park: 5.4 mi
- Buck Creek Lodge: 5.7 mi
- Meade-Olin Park: 6.0 mi
- Lawson Park: 6.1 mi
- Wyandotte Woods: 8.1 mi
- Fallen Soldier: 23.1 mi
- The Spring and Statue: 23.2 mi
- Landscape: 24.0 mi
- Lucy Higgs Nichols: 24.1 mi
- Promised Lands: 24.1 mi
- Confederate Monument: 5.4 mi
- Tree Trunk from 1974 Tornado: 5.6 mi
- 1974 Tornado Victims: 5.6 mi
- Constitution Elm: 9.5 mi
- Fort Duffield: 14.4 mi
- 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
- The Narrows: 10.4 mi
- Blunk Point: 14.9 mi
- Vault Point: 15.0 mi
- Idle George Cliff: 20.6 mi
- Cedar Point: 21.9 mi
- Harrison-Crawford State Forest: 9.1 mi
- Hayswood Nature Reserve: 9.2 mi
- O'Bannon Woods State Park: 9.4 mi
- Indian Creek Trail: 9.7 mi
- Jefferson Memorial Forest: 17.2 mi
- Fairview Lavender Farm: 12.9 mi
- Native Plants Garden: 20.6 mi
- Iroquois Flowers: 23.1 mi
- Scribner Garden: 24.0 mi
- Underground Railroad Gardens: 24.1 mi
- Squire Boone Caverns: 2.9 mi
- Caboose Car: 14.1 mi
- Marengo Cave: 22.0 mi
- New Albany Sign: 24.0 mi
- Grable Spring: 10.8 mi
- Miles Spring: 11.3 mi
- Wynnsboro: 14.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 21.0 miles of Mount Tom. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bee Knob Hill | SSE 164° | 306 m | 16.1 mi |
| Hickman Hill | NE 51° | 302 m | 17.5 mi |
| Hayes Hill | SW 224° | 282 m | 1.1 mi |
| Seigs Hill | N 353° | 281 m | 16.4 mi |
| Buck Knobs | SSE 157° | 280 m | 12.2 mi |
| Hogback Hill | SSW 205° | 280 m | 12.9 mi |
| Henry Ott Hill | N 357° | 278 m | 16.0 mi |
| Indian Hill | SE 142° | 275 m | 16.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:49 | 19:22 | 19:57 |
| June solstice | 06:23 | 20:32 | 21:12 |
| September equinox | 07:33 | 19:09 | 19:43 |
| December solstice | 07:58 | 16:48 | 17:29 |
Local time (America/Kentucky/Louisville).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 33 | 36 | 45 | 56 | 65 | 72 | 76 | 75 | 68 | 57 | 45 | 37 |
| Precip in | 4.0 | 3.5 | 4.9 | 5.4 | 6.0 | 4.5 | 4.9 | 3.6 | 3.8 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 4.8 |
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
Day trips start here
- Corydon · 10 mi
- Georgetown · 19 mi
- Floyds Knobs · 24 mi
- New Albany · 24 mi
- Louisville · 25 mi
- Shepherdsville · 26 mi
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