Floyd County High Point Trip Report
Date: November 17, 2001
Author: Bob Schwab
the northernmost area (1,000+ ft)
From the intersection of Indiana Routes 60 and 111 in Bennettsville, drive south 1.8 miles to the settlement
of Saint Joseph. Turn right (west) and drive 1.2 miles up to the intersection with Skyline Drive. Turn south
on Skyline and go 1.2 miles to the intersection with Von Allmen Road. Turn right and park just beyond the
crest and the large house on the corner. Area 1 goes across the road here from the plowed field to the south
to the field behind the large house. It appears that the highest spot is out in the field behind the large house.
three areas (1,000+ ft)
Continue down Skyline Drive from the Von Allmen intersection for another 2.7 miles to two large houses on
the right. Park in front of a large gated house and look for mailbox #7421 in front of a large brown house
with stone facing. This brown house sits on the highest spot in area 2. Area 3 is about 0.15 mile east, just in
the woods on the east side of the road. There is a sign in the drive that it has been designated some kind of
natural area by the state, but it is private property. The highest area appears to be near a small pond and
bandstand between two houses. I checked both area 2 and area 3 with my hand level and concluded that area 2
(the brown house, #7421) is clearly higher.
To get to area 4, continue west on Skyline and Mosher Knob Road for 1 mile to an intersection with
Christian Road - South Skyline Drive. Turn left (south) and proceed about 1 mile to a large tower and the
Borden water tank on your right. The fence around the tower is down, so you can easily walk back between
the tower and water tank. My hand level seemed to indicate that the highest spot was just south of the
tower on the edge of a fenced field.
Hickman Hill and BM Floyd (1,006 ft)
Leave Interstate 64 at Exit 118 and drive south 2.6 miles on Route 62. Bear left and take Route 11 south
1.4 miles to a gated road on the left. Park here and walk up the abandoned road to the tower. The tower is
fenced and gated, but the gate wasn't locked nor was the property posted, so I carefully opened the gate and
walked around. Since the sun had just set, I didn't spend much time searching for BM Floyd, but the highest
spot appears to be southwest of the tower and building inside the fence.