Beaver Lake Nature Preserve
Beaver Lake Nature Preserve is a nature reserve in Indiana, at a recorded elevation of 202 m. Mount Langham stands 221 m to the west, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Kankakee Sands, a nature reserve 2.0 miles away. Lincoln Highway passes 29 miles off. 2 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 202 m
How to reach it
- 28.9 mi off the Lincoln Highway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Lake Village Community Park: 4.2 mi
- Sumava Resorts Park: 5.8 mi
- Patrick Callahan Memorial Soccer Field: 6.5 mi
- Shelby Community Park: 8.7 mi
- Momence Wetlands Nature Preserve: 8.9 mi
- Hunley's Mural: 20.6 mi
- Jesus is Condemned to Death: 23.8 mi
- Jesus Accepts His Cross: 23.8 mi
- Jesus Meets His Sorrowful Mother: 23.8 mi
- Jesus Falls the First Time: 23.8 mi
- Kankakee Sands: 2.0 mi
- Conrad Savanna Nature Preserve: 2.3 mi
- LaSalle Fish and Wildlife Area: 5.9 mi
- Wetlands Reserve Program: 6.3 mi
- Tallmadge Sand Forest Land and Water Reserve: 6.6 mi
- American Eagle Flight 4184 Roadside Memorial: 5.7 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 9.8 mi
- Boorda Memorial: 13.6 mi
- Vietnam Veterans Meorial: 21.6 mi
- Pottawatomi Campground Memorial: 23.0 mi
- Antique Snowmobile Museum: 9.6 mi
- Jasper County Historical Society: 17.0 mi
- Stagecoach Inn: 20.0 mi
- Kankakee County Museum: 23.9 mi
- Exploration Station Children's Museum: 24.2 mi
- Minne Monesse Golf Club: 12.4 mi
- South Shore Golf Course: 15.4 mi
- Willowhaven Interpretive Center: 19.6 mi
- Ceadar Lake Beach: 19.7 mi
- Sandy Beach: 24.2 mi
- Clubhouse Beach: 24.9 mi
- I-65 Rest Stop (southbound): 9.6 mi
- I-65 Rest Stop (northbound): 9.7 mi
- Mount Langham: 18.3 mi
- Big Hill: 24.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Beaver Lake Nature Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Langham | W 265° | 221 m | 18.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:54 | 18:26 | 19:02 |
| June solstice | 05:18 | 19:45 | 20:26 |
| September equinox | 06:38 | 18:12 | 18:49 |
| December solstice | 07:12 | 15:41 | 16:25 |
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 | 23 | 27 | 37 | 49 | 60 | 70 | 73 | 71 | 65 | 52 | 40 | 29 |
| Precip in | 2.3 | 1.9 | 2.3 | 3.7 | 4.2 | 5.1 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 3.3 | 3.6 | 2.6 | 2.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lowell Wwtp, 13 mi away.
- Sundial Lupine57 obs
- Eastern Pricklypear50 obs
- hoary vervain37 obs
- rattlesnake master35 obs
- hairy puccoon27 obs
- Spicebush Swallowtail26 obs
- New Jersey tea26 obs
- prairie false indigo25 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/1132050496
Day trips start here
- Beecher · 21 mi
- Crown Point · 24 mi
- Lake County · 27 mi
- Merrillville · 28 mi
- Schererville · 28 mi
- Dyer · 29 mi
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