Weed Patch Hill

{{Short description|Summit in Indiana, U.S.}}

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| name = Weed Patch Hill

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| elevation_ft = 1058

| elevation_ref = {{cite peakbagger |pid=6544 |name=Weed Patch Hill, Indiana |accessdate=2014-03-15}}

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| map = Indiana

| map_size = 180

| map_caption = Location in Indiana

| location = Brown County, Indiana, U.S.

| range = Knobstone Escarpment

| coordinates = {{coord|39.1669938|N|86.2174898|W|type:mountain_region:US-IN_scale:100000_source:GNIS|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

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| coordinates_ref = {{cite gnis |id=445634 |name=Weed Patch Hill |accessdate=2014-03-15}}

| topo = USGS Nashville

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| easiest_route = Hike

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Weed Patch Hill, also known as Weed Patch Knob ({{convert|1058|ft|0|disp=or|abbr=out}}), is the third highest named summit in the U.S. state of Indiana.{{cite web | url=https://peakery.com/weed-patch-hill-indiana/ | title=Weed Patch Hill | publisher=Peakery.com | accessdate=4 December 2015}} Located in Washington Township and Brown County State Park, it is the highest point in the Knobstone Escarpment.

In Indiana, only Hoosier Hill ({{convert|1257|ft|0|disp=or|abbr=out}}) in Wayne County and Sand Hill ({{convert|1076|ft|0|disp=or|abbr=out}}) in Noble County are higher.

Weed Patch Hill was so named by an early settler after a tornado had flattened a stand of trees and weeds grew in its place.{{cite book|author=Indiana. Geological Survey|title=Annual Report of the Geological Survey of Indiana, Made During the Year ...|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lycLAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA102|year=1875|publisher=Sentinel Company|page=102}}