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Sanford Hill

Sanford Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Sanford Hill rises to 204 m in Indiana. Hurricane Hill stands 242 m to the east, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Pioneer Village, a park 0.6 miles away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 75 miles off. 16 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The story

mountain in United States of America

Wikidata Q33146757, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
204 m

How to reach it

Coordinates39.34309, -87.36224

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Pioneer Village: 0.6 mi
  • Fowler Park: 0.7 mi
  • Camp Maumee: 1.4 mi
  • Pfizer: 2.5 mi
  • Wildlife Mitigation & Nature Trail: 6.1 mi
Artworks: 20
  • Proud Elk: 6.5 mi
  • The Lighthouse: 7.9 mi
  • Composite House for Terre Haute: 8.8 mi
  • Terre Haute - Birthplace of the Coca-Cola Contour Bottle: 8.8 mi
  • A Chorus of Trumpets: 9.0 mi
Peaks: 16
Museums: 8
  • Antique Tractor Museum: 6.1 mi
  • Indiana Track & Field & Cross Country Hall of Fame Museum: 6.4 mi
  • Candles Holocaust Museum & Education Center: 7.9 mi
  • Vigo County Historical Museum: 8.8 mi
  • Swope Art Museum: 8.8 mi
Gardens: 8
Attractions: 5
  • Watermark Landing: 8.5 mi
  • Haley Tower: 10.1 mi
  • Log Cabin Chapel: 12.7 mi
  • 4-way bridge: 22.5 mi
  • Bridgeton Mill: 23.4 mi
Historic sites: 5
  • Finish Line: 9.5 mi
  • Woodlawn Monument Sight: 9.9 mi
  • Freedom Shrine: 9.9 mi
  • Craig Park Military Plaza: 17.1 mi
  • Claude Matthews Medallion: 22.0 mi
Nature reserves: 5
Rest areas: 3
  • Clear Creek Welcome Center: 10.1 mi
  • Clear Creek Welcome Center: 10.1 mi
  • Twigg Rest Park: 10.4 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Beaches: 2

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Sanford Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Hurricane HillE 90°242 m24.2 mi
Satan HillE 90°227 m22.7 mi
Need HillESE 111°221 m22.2 mi
Dillon HillESE 114°221 m23.0 mi
Sand HillENE 73°207 m22.7 mi
Yaw HillSE 143°205 m2.4 mi
Vinegar HillENE 68°205 m19.2 mi
Keiser HillENE 72°201 m23.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:5419:2620:02
June solstice06:2420:4021:20
September equinox07:3819:1319:48
December solstice08:0716:4817:30

Local time (America/Indiana/Indianapolis).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303344556574777568564434
Precip in3.22.33.54.84.75.04.33.13.23.73.82.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Farmersburg Tv-2, 7 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358666838

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