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Allen's Creek State Recreation Area

Allen's Creek State Recreation Area from directly overhead

Allen's Creek State Recreation Area is a nature reserve in Indiana, at a modelled elevation of 164 m. Weed Patch Hill stands 322 m to the northeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Allens Creek State Recreation Area, a park 0.2 miles away. Indiana's Historic Pathways passes 11 miles off. 58 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Indiana Department of Natural Resources
Getting there

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Coordinates39.03686, -86.45643
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Allens Creek State Recreation Area: 0.2 mi
  • Hardin Ridge Recreation Area: 1.3 mi
  • Paynetown State Recreation Area: 3.4 mi
  • Middle Fork State Wildlife Refuge: 5.5 mi
  • Jackson Creek Park: 6.2 mi
Peaks: 58
  • Frog Pond Ridge: 3.9 mi
  • Horsecamp Hill: 4.1 mi
  • Depot Hill: 4.1 mi
  • Frank Grubb Ridge-West: 5.4 mi
  • Frank Grubb Ridge: 5.9 mi
Nature reserves: 32
Historic sites: 27
Artworks: 17
Attractions: 16
Museums: 12
Cliffs: 5
Gardens: 5
  • Selma Steele’s garden: 8.8 mi
  • Jesse H. and Beulah Chanley Cox Arboretum: 9.8 mi
  • Wonderlab Garden: 9.9 mi
  • Butler Park Community Garden: 10.4 mi
  • Interpretive Garden: 14.5 mi
Picnic sites: 4
  • Eagle Quest: 1.5 mi
  • Scoutcraft: 1.6 mi
  • Picnic Area: 1.7 mi
  • Shady Pines Picnic Area: 19.0 mi
Waterfalls: 2
Beaches: 1
  • Paynetown Beach: 3.3 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Covered bridges: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Allen's Creek State Recreation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Weed Patch HillNE 55°322 m15.7 mi
Bearwallow HillNE 41°313 m19.6 mi
Taylor HillENE 66°309 m24.5 mi
Hohen PointENE 59°307.8 m14.4 mi
Hesitation PointNE 52°306 m14.9 mi
Patterson HillENE 67°299 m24.0 mi
Dowell HillENE 64°294 m24.9 mi
Cooks HillNNE 21°292 m21.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:5019:2319:58
June solstice06:2120:3621:16
September equinox07:3419:0919:45
December solstice08:0216:4517:27

Local time (America/Indiana/Indianapolis).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F293342536372757467554334
Precip in3.82.93.75.25.45.44.63.43.83.83.93.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bloomington Indiana Univ, 10 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Ring-billed Gull20 obs
  • Common Box Turtle19 obs
  • buttonbush18 obs
  • Fowler's Toad17 obs
  • Least Sandpiper15 obs
  • Great Blue Heron15 obs
  • Mallard15 obs
  • Bald Eagle14 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/626027251

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