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The Knobstone Escarpment is a rugged geologic region in Southern Indiana. Physically, the Knobstone Escarpment is the most rugged terrain in Indiana. The highest hill in the area is Weed Patch Hill, with an elevation of 1,060 feet above sea level. The escarpment's most prominent feature is its steep hills, often called "knobs", and ravines.
Shaded and colored image from the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission—shows an elevation model of New Zealand's Alpine Fault running about 500 km (300 mi) long. The escarpment is flanked by a chain of hills squeezed between the fault and the mountains of New Zealand's Southern Alps.
The Knobstone Trail is the longest hiking trail in Indiana. Its southern terminus is about 15 miles (24 km) north of Louisville, Kentucky in the Deam Lake State Recreation Area. It currently ends at Delaney Creek Park near Salem, Indiana. However, there are plans to eventually extend the trail another 80 miles (129 km) north to Martinsville ...
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Weed Patch Hill, also known as Weed Patch Knob (1,058 feet or 322 m), is the third highest named summit in the U.S. state of Indiana. [3] Located in Washington Township and Brown County State Park, it is the highest point in the Knobstone Escarpment.
Total area is 36,419.55 square miles (94,326.2 km 2), making Indiana the 38th largest in size out of the 50 states. [1]Lake Michigan is the largest body of water wholly or partially within the state borders.
This is a stylized illustration of the Southern African Great Escarpment, based particularly on its appearance in the Great Karoo, where thick erosion resistant dolerite sills (represented by the thick black lines in the diagram) generally form the upper, sharp edge of the escarpment; in other parts of the escarpment hard erosion-resistant geological layers similarly form the upper, abrupt ...
Contains one of the few stands in Indiana where beech, sugar maple, and tulip poplar grow on alluvial Genesee soil. Cabin Creek Raised Bog: 1974: Farmland: Randolph: Private One of the few known inland raised bogs in the United States. It has a very rich flora including many species at or near their range limits.