Polk Hill
Polk Hill rises to 238 m in Indiana. Hogback Hill stands 280 m to the east, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Drinkwater Hill, a peak 0.5 miles away. Ohio River Scenic Byway passes 3.9 miles off. 92 named places lie within 25 miles, 51 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in the United States of America.
Wikidata Q33143995, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 238 m
How to reach it
- 3.9 mi off the Ohio River Scenic Byway, National
92 named places within 25 miles
- Drinkwater Hill: 0.5 mi
- Shafer Hill: 4.2 mi
- Riggs Hill: 5.1 mi
- Greybill Hill: 5.9 mi
- Plock Knob: 6.1 mi
- Camp Koch: 4.7 mi
- Joe Schaeffer Park: 8.4 mi
- Kiwanis Park: 9.0 mi
- Roy Fenn Park & Soccer Complex: 9.0 mi
- Hagedorn Park: 9.5 mi
- Perry County Museum: 7.0 mi
- Fordsville railroad museum: 17.5 mi
- Santa Claus Museum: 22.8 mi
- Historic Santa Claus Post Office: 22.8 mi
- St. Paul's German Evangelical Church: 22.8 mi
- Jeffreys Cliff: 3.5 mi
- Rickert Cliffs: 5.3 mi
- Idle George Cliff: 7.4 mi
- Bills Point: 8.1 mi
- Shaw Bluff: 19.2 mi
- Mary: 11.1 mi
- Christ of the Ohio: 12.6 mi
- Santa Claus: 23.1 mi
- Yellowbank Wildlife Management Area: 2.3 mi
- Town of Troy Veterans Memorial Wall: 12.6 mi
- Fairview Lavender Farm: 17.6 mi
- Santa’s Candy Castle: 22.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Polk Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hogback Hill | E 82° | 280 m | 18.6 mi |
| Telephone Knob | S 190° | 259 m | 12.7 mi |
| Shireman Hill | ENE 57° | 257 m | 24.2 mi |
| Sinking Creek Hill | ESE 104° | 253 m | 17.1 mi |
| Duncan Hill | S 180° | 249 m | 24.9 mi |
| Powell Hill | SSE 160° | 247 m | 17.0 mi |
| Plock Knob | NNE 14° | 246 m | 6.1 mi |
| Sand Knob | SSE 159° | 246 m | 18.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:51 | 18:24 | 18:59 |
| June solstice | 05:25 | 19:34 | 20:13 |
| September equinox | 06:35 | 18:11 | 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, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358678229
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