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Truax Hill

Truax Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Truax Hill rises to 244 m in Indiana. The nearest named place is Cold Spring Camp, a park 2.7 miles away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 28 miles off. 92 named places lie within 25 miles.

The story

mountain in United States of America

Wikidata Q33152249, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
244 m

How to reach it

Coordinates39.99671, -87.05390

Overlooks nearby

92 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 40
  • Cold Spring Camp: 2.7 mi
  • Camp Rotary: 4.6 mi
  • Lake Waveland Park: 7.2 mi
  • Camp Gulick: 7.2 mi
  • New Market Community Park: 7.9 mi
Attractions: 13
  • Devil's Punchbowl: 4.3 mi
  • Punch Bowl: 10.5 mi
  • Rocky Hollow: 10.6 mi
  • Wedge Rock: 10.7 mi
  • Ice Box: 10.9 mi
Nature reserves: 10
Ghost towns: 10
Historic sites: 6
Museums: 3
Waterfalls: 2
  • Silver Cascade Falls: 4.2 mi
  • Williamsport Falls: 23.6 mi
Picnic sites: 2
Natural arches: 2
  • Portland Arch: 21.0 mi
  • Portland Arch: 21.4 mi
Cliffs: 1
  • Honeycomb Rock: 3.8 mi
Springs: 1
Covered bridges: 1
Gardens: 1
  • Colfax Library Memorial Garden: 24.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:5319:2520:00
June solstice06:2020:4021:21
September equinox07:3619:1119:47
December solstice08:0716:4417:27

Local time (America/Indiana/Indianapolis).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F252939506170727164534130
Precip in2.92.53.14.44.55.34.43.93.23.43.62.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Crawfordsville 6 SE, 13 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358669398

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