Riggs Hill
Riggs Hill rises to 223 m in Indiana. Hayes Hill stands 282 m to the east-northeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Rickert Cliffs, a cliff 1.0 miles away. Ohio River Scenic Byway runs past it. 100 named places lie within 25 miles, 52 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in United States of America.
Wikidata Q33145388, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 223 m
How to reach it
- On the Ohio River Scenic Byway, National
100 named places within 25 miles
- Greybill Hill: 1.6 mi
- Tom Bryant Hill: 1.7 mi
- Plock Knob: 2.2 mi
- Groves Hill: 2.4 mi
- Knoblick Knob: 3.2 mi
- Camp Koch: 7.2 mi
- Joe Schaeffer Park: 9.5 mi
- Saddle Lake Recreation Area: 10.3 mi
- Kiwanis Park: 10.4 mi
- Roy Fenn Park & Soccer Complex: 10.6 mi
- Rickert Cliffs: 1.0 mi
- Idle George Cliff: 2.6 mi
- Bills Point: 4.9 mi
- Jeffreys Cliff: 7.6 mi
- Shaw Bluff: 22.2 mi
- Perry County Museum: 9.7 mi
- Santa Claus Museum: 22.3 mi
- Historic Santa Claus Post Office: 22.3 mi
- St. Paul's German Evangelical Church: 22.4 mi
- Fordsville railroad museum: 22.4 mi
- Town of Troy Veterans Memorial Wall: 13.2 mi
- Tree Trunk from 1974 Tornado: 21.8 mi
- 1974 Tornado Victims: 21.8 mi
- Confederate Monument: 22.1 mi
- Three County Corner: 24.6 mi
- Yellowbank Wildlife Management Area: 3.7 mi
- O'Bannon Woods State Park: 22.7 mi
- Harrison-Crawford State Forest: 23.0 mi
- Mary: 9.7 mi
- Christ of the Ohio: 13.2 mi
- Santa Claus: 22.4 mi
- Fairview Lavender Farm: 14.5 mi
- Santa’s Candy Castle: 22.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Riggs Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hayes Hill | ENE 65° | 282 m | 22.1 mi |
| Hogback Hill | E 96° | 280 m | 15.6 mi |
| Windell Hill | NE 56° | 272 m | 24.5 mi |
| Mount Tom | ENE 64° | 265 m | 23.2 mi |
| Telephone Knob | SSW 197° | 259 m | 17.5 mi |
| Shireman Hill | ENE 63° | 257 m | 19.6 mi |
| Sinking Creek Hill | ESE 122° | 253 m | 16.0 mi |
| Greenbrier Knob | NE 38° | 251 m | 24.7 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 | 19:33 | 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 451395 — Riggs Hill, Perry County, Indiana.
OpenStreetMap element node/358678271
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