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Plock Knob

Plock Knob, seen from above at true elevation

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

Coordinates37.96284, -86.59165

113 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 52
Parks: 31
  • 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
Cliffs: 6
Historic sites: 6
Artworks: 5
Museums: 5
  • 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
Nature reserves: 4
Attractions: 2
  • Santa’s Candy Castle: 20.1 mi
  • Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial Visitor Center: 24.3 mi
Gardens: 1
Springs: 1
  • 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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Hayes HillENE 71°282 m22.7 mi
Hogback HillESE 101°280 m17.3 mi
Windell HillENE 61°272 m24.8 mi
Mount TomENE 70°265 m23.8 mi
Telephone KnobSSW 192°258.7 m18.8 mi
Shireman HillENE 69°257 m20.2 mi
Sinking Creek HillSE 124°253 m18.1 mi
Greenbrier KnobNE 43°251 m24.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5118:2418:58
June solstice05:2519:3420:13
September equinox06:3518:1018:45
December solstice06:5915:5016:31

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343846576674787771604839
Precip in3.33.54.85.05.54.94.12.83.23.73.74.4

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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