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Grable Spring

Grable Spring, seen from above at true elevation

Grable Spring is a spring in Indiana, at a recorded elevation of 172 m. Hickman Hill stands 302 m to the east, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Miles Spring, a spring 0.5 miles away. Ohio River Scenic Byway passes 1.3 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
172 m

How to reach it

Coordinates38.22974, -86.11837

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Peaks
Artworks: 52
  • The Spring and Statue: 13.9 mi
  • BPW Hoosiers Field of Memories: 16.0 mi
  • Landscape: 16.5 mi
  • Lucy Higgs Nichols: 16.6 mi
  • Promised Lands: 16.6 mi
Attractions: 44
Historic sites: 28
Museums: 25
Nature reserves: 16
Gardens: 6
Cliffs: 5
Picnic sites: 4
  • Picnic Area: 20.3 mi
  • Picnic Area: 20.4 mi
  • Picnic Area: 20.4 mi
  • Picnic-in-the-Park Pavilions: 20.4 mi
Springs: 1
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.5 miles of Grable Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Hickman HillE 85°302 m10.2 mi
Spickert KnobENE 63°289 m16.5 mi
Pilot KnobWNW 293°287 m13.8 mi
Hayes HillSSW 201°282 m11.8 mi
Seigs HillNW 318°281 m8.2 mi
Henry Ott HillNW 323°278 m7.3 mi
Reno HillNNW 342°278 m12.8 mi
Windell HillSSW 211°272 m7.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4919:2219:57
June solstice06:2220:3221:12
September equinox07:3319:0819:43
December solstice07:5816:4717:28

Local time (America/Kentucky/Louisville).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F353847586876797872604739
Precip in3.53.54.54.84.84.43.53.33.93.53.74.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Louisville Mcalpine, 18 mi away.

Months at or above the year’s average flow: Dec–May — fullest in Mar, leanest in Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs1,0891,1831,4371,257927529312182166180415734

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Blue River Near White Cloud, IN, 6 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/12219623515

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