Plock Knob
Plock Knob rises to 246 m in Indiana. Hayes Hill stands 282 m to the east-northeast, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Greybill Hill, a peak 0.6 miles away. Ohio River Scenic Byway passes 1.3 miles off. 113 named places lie within 25 miles, 52 of them named summits.
The story
mountain in United States of America
Wikidata Q33143911, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 246 m
How to reach it
- 1.3 mi off the Ohio River Scenic Byway, National
- 169.4 mi off the River Road Scenic Byway, National
113 named places within 25 miles
- Greybill Hill: 0.6 mi
- Knoblick Knob: 1.1 mi
- Krausch Hill: 1.6 mi
- Featherbed Hill: 1.9 mi
- Riggs Hill: 2.2 mi
- Camp Koch: 6.7 mi
- Saddle Lake Recreation Area: 8.1 mi
- Joe Schaeffer Park: 8.1 mi
- Kiwanis Park: 9.1 mi
- Hagedorn Park: 9.2 mi
- Rickert Cliffs: 1.3 mi
- Bills Point: 2.7 mi
- Idle George Cliff: 3.9 mi
- Jeffreys Cliff: 7.7 mi
- Shaw Bluff: 21.2 mi
- Town of Troy Veterans Memorial Wall: 11.4 mi
- Tree Trunk from 1974 Tornado: 22.9 mi
- 1974 Tornado Victims: 22.9 mi
- Confederate Monument: 23.2 mi
- Abraham Lincoln Bicentennal Plaza: 24.3 mi
- Mary: 7.6 mi
- Christ of the Ohio: 11.4 mi
- Santa Claus: 20.3 mi
- Santa Claus: 21.1 mi
- Christ the Victor: 23.2 mi
- Perry County Museum: 8.9 mi
- Santa Claus Museum: 20.3 mi
- Historic Santa Claus Post Office: 20.3 mi
- St. Paul's German Evangelical Church: 20.3 mi
- Fordsville railroad museum: 23.6 mi
- Yellowbank Wildlife Management Area: 5.4 mi
- O'Bannon Woods State Park: 22.4 mi
- Harrison-Crawford State Forest: 22.7 mi
- Lincoln State Park: 24.8 mi
- Santa’s Candy Castle: 20.1 mi
- Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial Visitor Center: 24.3 mi
- Fairview Lavender Farm: 16.1 mi
- Lincoln Spring: 24.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Plock Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hayes Hill | ENE 71° | 282 m | 22.7 mi |
| Hogback Hill | ESE 101° | 280 m | 17.3 mi |
| Windell Hill | ENE 61° | 272 m | 24.8 mi |
| Mount Tom | ENE 70° | 265 m | 23.8 mi |
| Telephone Knob | SSW 192° | 258.7 m | 18.8 mi |
| Shireman Hill | ENE 69° | 257 m | 20.2 mi |
| Sinking Creek Hill | SE 124° | 253 m | 18.1 mi |
| Greenbrier Knob | NE 43° | 251 m | 24.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:51 | 18:24 | 18:58 |
| June solstice | 05:25 | 19:34 | 20:13 |
| September equinox | 06:35 | 18:10 | 18:45 |
| December solstice | 06:59 | 15:50 | 16:31 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 34 | 38 | 46 | 57 | 66 | 74 | 78 | 77 | 71 | 60 | 48 | 39 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 3.5 | 4.8 | 5.0 | 5.5 | 4.9 | 4.1 | 2.8 | 3.2 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 4.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cannelton, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 451350 — Plock Knob, Perry County, Indiana.
OpenStreetMap element node/358678227
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