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Gabis Arboretum at Purdue Northwest

Gabis Arboretum at Purdue Northwest from directly overhead

Gabis Arboretum at Purdue Northwest is a nature reserve in Indiana, at a modelled elevation of 236 m. Mount Lieber stands 214 m to the north-northwest, 13 miles off. The Indiana Lincoln Highway Byway passes 2.0 miles off. 44 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Purdue Northwest

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.44225, -87.14756
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Creekside Trails: 3.5 mi
  • Westside Park: 3.7 mi
  • Brandywine Park: 4.2 mi
  • Harold W. Cleveland Park: 4.5 mi
  • Jessee-Pifer Park: 4.6 mi
Historic sites: 56
  • Nike Missile Site C47: 6.5 mi
  • Vietnam Veterans Meorial: 7.1 mi
  • Verteran's Memorial: 12.5 mi
  • Southernmost Point of Lake Michigan: 13.5 mi
  • P-51 Mustang: 13.5 mi
Peaks: 44
  • Continental Divide Point: 3.5 mi
  • Ski Hill: 12.6 mi
  • Mount Everest: 12.7 mi
  • Mount Chicago: 12.7 mi
  • Smoking Dune: 12.8 mi
Artworks: 37
  • Orville Redenbacher: 4.8 mi
  • Father Marquette Monument: 13.3 mi
  • Tuskegee Airmen: 13.5 mi
  • Octave Chanute: 13.5 mi
  • Mayor Richard G. Hatcher Monuument: 14.8 mi
Attractions: 33
  • Jump: 3.5 mi
  • Jump: 3.5 mi
  • Jump: 3.5 mi
  • Jump: 3.5 mi
  • Jump: 3.5 mi
Beaches: 30
  • Big Bass Beach: 3.7 mi
  • Clubhouse Beach: 4.5 mi
  • Sandy Beach: 4.8 mi
  • Ogden Dunes Beach: 13.1 mi
  • West Beach: 13.1 mi
Picnic sites: 22
Gardens: 19
  • TreeSong Music Garden: 0.3 mi
  • ArcelorMittal Adventure Garden: 0.3 mi
  • Bapst Rose Garden: 0.3 mi
  • Native Plant Garden: 0.3 mi
  • Hitz Family Rose Garden: 0.3 mi
Museums: 17
Lighthouses: 5
Rest areas: 3
  • Rest Area Trucks Only: 15.3 mi
  • I-65 Rest Stop (southbound): 20.2 mi
  • I-65 Rest Stop (northbound): 20.2 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Waterfalls: 1
  • 1 Foot Falls: 16.0 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Gabis Arboretum at Purdue Northwest. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount LieberNNW 339°214 m12.9 mi
Chanute HillNNW 333°195 m13.6 mi
Mount HoldenNNE 18°194 m16.1 mi
Mount TomNNE 17°193 m16.0 mi
Mount JacksonNNE 18°192 m16.0 mi
Mount BaldyNNE 32°185 m21.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5318:2419:01
June solstice05:1619:4520:26
September equinox06:3718:1118:48
December solstice07:1215:3816:23

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F252938506069737165544130
Precip in2.42.22.63.74.64.34.13.62.93.93.32.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Valparaiso WTR WKS, 7 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • rattlesnake master8 obs
  • American Bullfrog7 obs
  • Painted Turtle6 obs
  • Pharaoh Cicada6 obs
  • Great Blue Heron5 obs
  • eastern poison ivy5 obs
  • wild quinine5 obs
  • Celandine Poppy5 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/1485538284

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