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Broken Shield

Broken Shield from directly overhead

Broken Shield is an artwork in Indiana, at a modelled elevation of 246 m. Diamond Hill stands 312 m to the east-southeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Memorial Garden, a garden 0.2 miles away. The Indiana Lincoln Highway Byway passes 1.0 miles off. 7 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Material
steel

How to reach it

Coordinates41.56440, -85.82740

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Millrace Trail: 0.4 mi
  • Lafayette Triangle Park: 0.4 mi
  • Rieth Park: 0.4 mi
  • Mike Puro Maple City Greenway Trailhead Plaza: 0.4 mi
  • Shoup-Parsons Woods Park: 0.5 mi
Artworks: 28
Museums: 28
  • Reith Interpretive Center: 0.8 mi
  • Goshen Historical Museum: 1.5 mi
  • Elkhart County 4-H Fair Historical Museum: 1.5 mi
  • Elkhart Environmental Center: 9.3 mi
  • Middlebury Community Historical: 9.9 mi
Gardens: 19
Historic sites: 16
  • Five Medals Village: 3.3 mi
  • Benton Lutheran Cemetery: 5.4 mi
  • Site of Syracuse School: 10.2 mi
  • Nappanee Dog Park: 11.1 mi
  • Elkhart Police&Fire Department Memorial: 11.2 mi
Nature reserves: 15
Picnic sites: 9
Peaks: 7
Attractions: 7
  • Confluence of The Little Elkhart and St. Joseph Rivers: 11.6 mi
  • Amish Acres: 12.9 mi
  • M101: 16.1 mi
  • The Dixie Historic Sternwheel Paddleboat Tour: 18.1 mi
  • St. Joseph County Fairgrounds: 20.8 mi
Beaches: 3
  • Dallas Lake Beach: 20.9 mi
  • Pleasant Lake East Beach: 21.1 mi
  • Pike Lake Beach: 21.9 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • Builders Association-Elkhart,: 8.7 mi
  • Rest Area Trucks Only: 15.3 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Broken Shield. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Diamond HillESE 117°312 m17.8 mi
Buzzard HillS 176°300 m6.9 mi
The KnobsESE 109°292 m16.2 mi
Dunham HillSSE 163°292 m21.0 mi
Mt. PumpkinNNE 30°287 m4.2 mi
McElroy HillS 186°274 m20.7 mi
Sugar HillSE 131°273 m8.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4819:1919:56
June solstice06:1020:4021:22
September equinox07:3119:0619:42
December solstice08:0716:3217:17

Local time (America/Indiana/Indianapolis).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F252838506170737165534130
Precip in2.82.32.43.84.34.14.04.13.33.33.02.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Goshen 3SW, 3 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/6165016505

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