McCormick's Creek State Park
McCormick's Creek State Park is a nature reserve in Indiana, at a recorded elevation of 215 m. Cooks Hill stands 292 m to the east, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is McCormick's Creek Waterfall, a waterfall 0.9 miles away. Historic National Road - Indiana passes 20 miles off. 51 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 215 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- Indiana Department of Natural Resources
How to reach it
- 19.9 mi off the Historic National Road - Indiana, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Camp Romona: 1.1 mi
- Owen County Veterans Memorial Park: 1.9 mi
- Owen County Fair Grounds: 2.1 mi
- Cooper Commons: 2.4 mi
- Timber Ridge Camp: 3.6 mi
- Taylor Hill: 4.9 mi
- Straley Hill: 5.5 mi
- Gaston Hill: 5.7 mi
- Arganbright Hill: 6.4 mi
- Emmins Hill: 6.7 mi
- Powell Preserve: 5.2 mi
- Beanblossom Bottoms Nature Preserve: 8.6 mi
- Hoot Woods: 9.6 mi
- Porter West Preserve: 9.7 mi
- Griffy Lake Nature Preserve: 13.3 mi
- Peden barn: 1.1 mi
- Owen County (Indiana) War Memorial: 2.2 mi
- Owen County War Memorial: 2.2 mi
- Owen County Courthouse: 2.2 mi
- American Revolution War Memorial: 2.5 mi
- Red, Blond, Black, and Olive: 13.3 mi
- Axis: 13.4 mi
- Bloomington Banquet: 13.8 mi
- Bloomington Waters: 13.8 mi
- Animal Island: 13.9 mi
- Owen County Heritage and Culture Center: 2.1 mi
- Ten O' Clock Line Treaty Museum: 4.7 mi
- Elizabeth Sage Costume Collection: 13.4 mi
- The Farmer House Museum: 13.8 mi
- WonderLab Museum: 14.0 mi
- Secrest Ferry Bridge: 3.4 mi
- Beanblossom Bottoms Nature Preserve: 8.2 mi
- Urban Air Trampoline and Adventure Park: 10.1 mi
- Upland Brewing Company: 13.6 mi
- Monroe Convention Center: 14.1 mi
- Crum Point: 19.5 mi
- Cedar Cliffs: 20.4 mi
- Unlikely Wall: 21.9 mi
- Blue Bluff: 22.1 mi
- Fox Cliff: 22.3 mi
- Public Picnic Area: 9.4 mi
- Shady Pines Picnic Area: 16.0 mi
- Scoutcraft: 23.5 mi
- Picnic Area: 23.5 mi
- Eagle Quest: 23.6 mi
- Butler Park Community Garden: 13.4 mi
- Wonderlab Garden: 14.0 mi
- Jesse H. and Beulah Chanley Cox Arboretum: 14.5 mi
- Selma Steele’s garden: 23.6 mi
- Prayer Garden: 24.3 mi
- McCormick's Creek Waterfall: 0.9 mi
- Upper Cataract Falls: 10.2 mi
- Lower Cataract Falls: 10.8 mi
- Cascades Falls: 12.7 mi
- Cataract Falls Covered Bridge: 10.1 mi
- Richland-Plummer Creek Covered Bridge: 24.2 mi
- Hulman Beach: 16.6 mi
- Paynetown Beach: 22.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of McCormick's Creek State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cooks Hill | E 85° | 292 m | 22.2 mi |
| Mount Nebo | ENE 71° | 291 m | 21.9 mi |
| Maple Hill | ESE 102° | 291 m | 22.5 mi |
| Baughman Hill | E 100° | 287 m | 23.5 mi |
| Moser Hill | N 353° | 284 m | 17.2 mi |
| Hadden Hill | N 350° | 279 m | 18.4 mi |
| McCoy Hill | NNW 347° | 275 m | 16.6 mi |
| Hale Hill | NW 315° | 269 m | 7.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:51 | 19:24 | 19:59 |
| June solstice | 06:21 | 20:37 | 21:18 |
| September equinox | 07:35 | 19:10 | 19:46 |
| December solstice | 08:04 | 16:45 | 17:28 |
Local time (America/Indiana/Indianapolis).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 29 | 32 | 42 | 53 | 63 | 71 | 75 | 73 | 66 | 55 | 43 | 33 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 2.6 | 3.6 | 5.3 | 5.2 | 5.8 | 4.9 | 3.6 | 3.8 | 3.9 | 4.0 | 3.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Spencer, 3 mi away.
- putty root200 obs
- sharp-lobed hepatica41 obs
- three birds orchid40 obs
- Christmas fern37 obs
- Celandine Poppy37 obs
- prairie trillium32 obs
- Jack-in-the-Pulpit30 obs
- mayapple29 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.
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