Nike Missile Site C47
Nike Missile Site C47 is a historic site in Indiana, at a modelled elevation of 205 m. Mount Lieber stands 214 m to the north-northwest, 6.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Field of Dreams Park, a park 1.2 miles away. The Indiana Lincoln Highway Byway passes 4.4 miles off. 44 named summits stand within 25 miles.
How to reach it
- 4.4 mi off the The Indiana Lincoln Highway Byway
- 18.7 mi off the Lincoln Highway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Meadowbrook Nature Preserve: 4.3 mi
- Cressmoor Prairie Nature Preserve: 5.0 mi
- Calumet Prairie State Nature Preserve: 5.8 mi
- Hillcrest Park: 5.9 mi
- Long Lake Marsh: 6.0 mi
- Field of Dreams Park: 1.2 mi
- Haven Hollow Park: 1.8 mi
- Olson Memorial Park: 2.3 mi
- Nativity Park: 2.4 mi
- Perry Park: 2.4 mi
- Southernmost Point of Lake Michigan: 7.4 mi
- P-51 Mustang: 7.5 mi
- Chanute Glider: 7.5 mi
- Verteran's Memorial: 8.1 mi
- Nike Missile Silos: 8.2 mi
- Orville Redenbacher: 7.1 mi
- Father Marquette Monument: 7.4 mi
- Tuskegee Airmen: 7.5 mi
- Octave Chanute: 7.5 mi
- Mayor Richard G. Hatcher Monuument: 10.0 mi
- Ski Hill: 6.2 mi
- Mount Everest: 6.3 mi
- Smoking Dune: 6.3 mi
- Mount Chicago: 6.4 mi
- Suicide Hill: 6.5 mi
- Ogden Dunes Beach: 6.6 mi
- Portage Lakefront: 6.7 mi
- West Beach: 6.7 mi
- East Shoreline: 7.1 mi
- Marquette Beach: 7.5 mi
- Jump: 4.8 mi
- Founders Rock: 7.7 mi
- Splash Down Dunes Waterpark: 8.7 mi
- Genesis Convention Center: 10.0 mi
- Peteyville Christmas Lights: 15.6 mi
- West Beach Picnic Area: 6.4 mi
- Indiana Dunes National Park Tremont Picnic Area: 9.9 mi
- Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore Lake View: 13.7 mi
- Plum Creek Play Meadow Picnic Shelter Grove 2: 19.3 mi
- Plum Creek Play Meadow Picnic Shelter Grove 1: 19.4 mi
- Entrance Garden: 5.9 mi
- Welcome Garden: 6.2 mi
- Hitz Family Rose Garden: 6.3 mi
- Bapst Rose Garden: 6.3 mi
- Native Plant Garden: 6.4 mi
- Nelson Algren Museum: 6.9 mi
- Indiana Dunes Environmental Learning Center: 7.2 mi
- Paul H. Douglas Center for Environmental Education: 7.2 mi
- Porter County Museum: 7.3 mi
- Porter County Jail: 7.3 mi
- Oil Shed: 18.7 mi
- Tool Shed: 18.7 mi
- Old Lighthouse Museum: 18.7 mi
- Breakwater Light: 18.8 mi
- Michigan City East Pierhead Light: 18.8 mi
- Rest Area Trucks Only: 13.1 mi
- Chicago Southland Lincoln Oasis: 22.6 mi
- Indiana Welcome Center: 23.8 mi
- Tremont: 10.1 mi
- 1 Foot Falls: 12.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Nike Missile Site C47. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Lieber | NNW 327° | 214 m | 6.7 mi |
| Chanute Hill | NW 318° | 195 m | 7.7 mi |
| Mount Holden | NNE 33° | 194 m | 10.7 mi |
| Mount Tom | NNE 33° | 193 m | 10.5 mi |
| Mount Jackson | NE 34° | 192 m | 10.7 mi |
| Mount Baldy | NE 46° | 185 m | 17.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:53 | 18:24 | 19:01 |
| June solstice | 05:16 | 19:45 | 20:27 |
| September equinox | 06:37 | 18:11 | 18:48 |
| December solstice | 07:13 | 15:38 | 16:22 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 25 | 29 | 38 | 50 | 60 | 69 | 73 | 71 | 65 | 54 | 41 | 30 |
| Precip in | 2.4 | 2.2 | 2.6 | 3.7 | 4.6 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 3.6 | 2.9 | 3.9 | 3.3 | 2.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Valparaiso WTR WKS, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/434603400
Day trips start here
- Portage · 3 mi
- Hobart · 5 mi
- Lake Station · 5 mi
- Indiana Dunes National Park · 8 mi
- Merrillville · 9 mi
- Gary · 10 mi
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