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Chain O'Lakes State Park

Chain O'Lakes State Park from directly overhead

Chain O'Lakes State Park is a nature reserve in Indiana, at a recorded elevation of 278 m. Sand Hill stands 328 m to the north-northeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Hidden Diamonds Park, a park 4.2 miles away. The Indiana Lincoln Highway Byway passes 4.1 miles off. 11 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
278 m
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Indiana Department of Natural Resources

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.33279, -85.38081

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Hidden Diamonds Park: 4.2 mi
  • Wolflake Baseball Park: 5.8 mi
  • Wolflake Park: 6.1 mi
  • Memorial Park: 6.9 mi
  • Churubusco Community Park: 7.3 mi
Historic sites: 47
Artworks: 33
  • Jesus Statue: 15.6 mi
  • Komodo Dragon Statue: 19.6 mi
  • Orangutan Statue: 19.6 mi
  • Sera: 20.9 mi
  • Alice Hamilton: 21.2 mi
Attractions: 22
  • The Haunted Jail: 13.4 mi
  • The Dixie Historic Sternwheel Paddleboat Tour: 16.2 mi
  • DeBrands Chocolate: 17.6 mi
  • Tasmanian Devil: 19.5 mi
  • Sumatran Tiger: 19.6 mi
Nature reserves: 20
Museums: 14
  • Churubusco History Center: 7.7 mi
  • Mid-America Windmill Museum: 10.3 mi
  • Whitley County Historical Museum: 13.2 mi
  • Whitley County Ag Museum: 13.4 mi
  • Whitley County Fire Museum: 13.5 mi
Peaks: 11
Gardens: 8
  • Nature American Garden: 12.2 mi
  • Indiana Giving Gardens: 13.5 mi
  • Discovery Garden: 19.6 mi
  • Betsy Chapman Family Gardens: 21.3 mi
  • Japanese Garden: 21.5 mi
Beaches: 5
  • Blue Lake Public Access Site: 6.7 mi
  • Dallas Lake Beach: 15.1 mi
  • Fitzgeald Beach: 20.1 mi
  • Westlakes Beach: 20.4 mi
  • Pike Lake Beach: 24.6 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • Auburn Rest Area Northbound: 15.5 mi
  • Pigeon Creek Welcome Center: 23.8 mi
Picnic sites: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Chain O'Lakes State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sand HillNNE 33°328 m14.9 mi
Knob HillN 4°316 m22.1 mi
Diamond HillNW 317°312 m10.7 mi
Baby MountainNE 37°309 m11.3 mi
Buzzard HillWNW 292°300 m24.5 mi
The KnobsNW 324°292 m13.2 mi
Dunham HillWSW 257°292 m17.7 mi
Sugar HillWNW 302°273 m19.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4619:1719:54
June solstice06:0920:3721:19
September equinox07:3019:0419:41
December solstice08:0516:3217:16

Local time (America/Indiana/Indianapolis).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242736486069737164524030
Precip in2.52.22.43.64.54.23.73.73.12.82.82.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Garrett, 13 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Eastern Red-backed Salamander36 obs
  • large white trillium28 obs
  • Great Blue Heron23 obs
  • Eastern Skunk Cabbage23 obs
  • round-lobed hepatica23 obs
  • northern prickly ash19 obs
  • wild geranium18 obs
  • Solomon's plume18 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.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/30963497

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