Tree Spring
Tree Spring is a spring in Indiana, at a recorded elevation of 183 m. Truax Hill stands 244 m to the east-southeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Romine Corner, a ghost town 3.2 miles away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 28 miles off. 140 named places lie within 25 miles, 3 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 183 m
How to reach it
- 28.3 mi off the River Road Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Camel's Back · 18 mi
- Sunset Point · 19 mi
140 named places within 25 miles
- Covington City Park & Wabash Heritage Trail: 4.1 mi
- Southgate Habitat Trail Park: 5.5 mi
- Meade Park: 8.2 mi
- Hub Park: 8.8 mi
- Garfield Park: 9.5 mi
- Romine Corner: 3.2 mi
- Stringtown: 4.6 mi
- Baltimore: 4.9 mi
- Dresser: 7.2 mi
- Chesapeake: 10.3 mi
- Forest Glen Seep Nature Preserve: 8.2 mi
- Howards Hollow Seep Nature Preserve: 9.2 mi
- Doris Westfall Prairie Restoration Nature Preserve: 9.2 mi
- Portland Arch Nature Preserve: 9.9 mi
- Shawnee Bottoms: 11.3 mi
- Pioneer Homestead: 9.4 mi
- Boulder Canyon: 18.4 mi
- Falls Canyon: 18.6 mi
- Punch Bowl: 18.7 mi
- Bear Hollow: 18.7 mi
- Danville War Museum: 10.6 mi
- Hooten Cemetery: 10.7 mi
- Vermillion County Museum: 11.0 mi
- Vermilion County Museum: 11.0 mi
- Westville Depot Historical Museum: 11.5 mi
- Trail of Death marker: 6.9 mi
- Everyday Heroes: 12.5 mi
- Grading Wheel: 16.6 mi
- Treaty Between Harrison & the Indians: 17.1 mi
- Juliet Straus Memorial: 18.9 mi
- Copeland Hill: 18.1 mi
- Hog Back Hill: 19.0 mi
- Truax Hill: 21.2 mi
- Spring Creek Welcome Center: 4.1 mi
- Salt Kettle Rest Area: 16.6 mi
- Portland Arch: 9.6 mi
- Portland Arch: 10.0 mi
- Williamsport Falls: 15.1 mi
- Silver Cascade Falls: 22.1 mi
- Lovers Leap: 18.7 mi
- Honeycomb Rock: 22.8 mi
- Canyon Picnic Area: 19.2 mi
- Picnic Pavillion Aztek Park : 21.0 mi
- Danville Art League: 10.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Tree Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Truax Hill | ESE 109° | 244 m | 21.2 mi |
| Copeland Hill | NNE 19° | 206 m | 18.1 mi |
| Hog Back Hill | NNE 22° | 204 m | 19.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:54 | 19:26 | 20:02 |
| June solstice | 06:22 | 20:42 | 21:23 |
| September equinox | 07:38 | 19:13 | 19:49 |
| December solstice | 08:09 | 16:45 | 17:28 |
Local time (America/Indiana/Indianapolis).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 26 | 30 | 40 | 52 | 63 | 72 | 74 | 73 | 66 | 55 | 42 | 32 |
| Precip in | 2.4 | 2.0 | 2.7 | 3.9 | 4.4 | 4.8 | 4.1 | 3.2 | 2.7 | 3.2 | 3.1 | 2.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Perrysville 4 WNW, 4 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Jan–Jun — fullest in Mar, leanest in Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 9,769 | 10,998 | 13,537 | 13,071 | 10,410 | 9,080 | 5,977 | 3,607 | 3,033 | 3,679 | 5,110 | 7,521 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Wabash River AT Covington, IN, 3 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
- lanceleaf frogfruit2 obs
- partridgeberry2 obs
- swamp milkweed2 obs
- three birds orchid2 obs
- Wild Turkey1 obs
- Southern Two-lined Salamander1 obs
- DeKay's Brownsnake1 obs
- Common Box Turtle1 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/153562665
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