Children's Garden
Children's Garden is a garden in Indiana, at a modelled elevation of 271 m. Kelly Hill stands 264 m to the south-southeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Dragonfly Island, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Historic National Road - Indiana passes 13 miles off. 4 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
- 13.3 mi off the Historic National Road - Indiana, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Dragonfly Island: 0.0 mi
- Buterfly Village: 0.0 mi
- Bumblebee Ruins: 0.0 mi
- North Event Lawn: 0.1 mi
- Coxhall Gardens: 0.2 mi
- Little Girl with Puppy: 0.0 mi
- Stone Wheel: 0.2 mi
- Beulah C. and Jesse H. Cox: 0.2 mi
- Storytime Frogs: 0.2 mi
- Flute Player: 0.8 mi
- Dedication Plaque: 0.2 mi
- Beulah Chanley Memorial: 0.2 mi
- George Rogers Clark: 0.9 mi
- Obelisk: 0.9 mi
- Monolith: 0.9 mi
- Clay Township Museum & Library: 2.8 mi
- AFCA Antique Fan Museum: 3.0 mi
- Carmel Clay History Museum: 3.6 mi
- Carmel Fire Buffs and Museum: 3.7 mi
- Sullivan Munce Cultural Center: 3.7 mi
- Picnic Area: 5.4 mi
- Picnic Area 13: 7.8 mi
- Picnic Site 11: 7.9 mi
- Picnic Site 12: 8.0 mi
- Picnic Site 10: 8.0 mi
- Grasshopper Maze: 0.0 mi
- Medicine Wheel: 0.0 mi
- Quilt Garden: 0.0 mi
- Indiana Arboretum: 0.1 mi
- Terraced Garden: 0.1 mi
- Allegion: 2.2 mi
- Bullpen Tournaments: 7.7 mi
- Ancient Tree Trunk: 8.1 mi
- Hogan Farms Pumpkin Patch & Corn Maze: 9.7 mi
- Hobson Acres: 10.5 mi
- Daubenspeck Nature Reserve: 3.0 mi
- Marott Park and Nature Preserve: 5.9 mi
- Nonie Werbe Krauss Nature Preserve: 6.9 mi
- Carpenter Nature Preserve: 7.3 mi
- Ritchey Woods Nature Preserve: 8.3 mi
- Lizton Rest Area Westbound: 19.5 mi
- Lizton Rest Area Eastbound: 19.5 mi
- Plainfield Rest Area (Wesbound): 23.8 mi
- Plainfield Rest Area (Eastbound): 23.8 mi
- Lebanon Rest Area - I65 SB: 23.9 mi
- Mars Hill: 16.4 mi
- Mann Hill: 21.3 mi
- Kelly Hill: 24.5 mi
- Polk Hill: 24.9 mi
- Morse Beach: 11.2 mi
- Geist Beach: 14.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Children's Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kelly Hill | SSE 166° | 264 m | 24.5 mi |
| Polk Hill | SSE 168° | 261 m | 24.9 mi |
| Mann Hill | S 187° | 241 m | 21.3 mi |
| Mars Hill | S 187° | 213 m | 16.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:49 | 19:21 | 19:57 |
| June solstice | 06:17 | 20:37 | 21:18 |
| September equinox | 07:33 | 19:08 | 19:44 |
| December solstice | 08:04 | 16:40 | 17:24 |
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 | 27 | 30 | 40 | 51 | 62 | 71 | 74 | 73 | 66 | 54 | 42 | 32 |
| Precip in | 2.8 | 2.2 | 3.4 | 4.2 | 5.0 | 5.5 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 3.5 | 3.3 | 3.4 | 2.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Carmel 3 E, 7 mi away.
- putty root55 obs
- Northern Cardinal52 obs
- House Finch51 obs
- Northern Flicker50 obs
- Asian Lady Beetle50 obs
- Red-winged Blackbird47 obs
- Red-bellied Woodpecker47 obs
- common milkweed42 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.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/504917154
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