Nature reserve · Indiana

Nickle Plate Gamebird Habitat Area

Nickle Plate Gamebird Habitat Area from directly overhead

Nickle Plate Gamebird Habitat Area is a nature reserve in Indiana, at a modelled elevation of 222 m. The nearest named place is Deno Gamebird Habitat Area, a nature reserve 1.7 miles away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 26 miles off. 83 named places lie within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by: Indiana Department of Natural Resources

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates40.72879, -87.35913

26.3 mi off the River Road Scenic Byway, National

Around it

83 named places within 25 miles

Parks39

Terry L. Cooley Memorial Park: 4.2 mi
Foster Park: 4.3 mi
Robert R. Batton Park: 5.3 mi
Cast Park: 5.8 mi
Fowler Town Park: 8.0 mi

Nature reserves27

Deno Gamebird Habitat Area: 1.7 mi
Donohue Gamebird Habitat Area: 5.0 mi
Vinegar Hill Gamebird Habitat Area: 5.9 mi
Falwell Gamebird Habitat Area: 6.5 mi
Watland Gamebird Habitat Area: 6.7 mi

Ghost towns8

Sheff: 5.0 mi
Dunn: 12.6 mi
Hooker Corner: 19.1 mi
Locust Grove: 20.3 mi
Brisco: 21.9 mi

Historic sites3

Veterans Memorial: 15.6 mi
JB-2 Loon (WWII V-1 German Buzz Bomb Replica): 19.1 mi
Origin of Milford: 19.1 mi

Museums3

Antique Snowmobile Museum: 15.8 mi
Jasper County Historical Society: 18.1 mi
Iroqouis County Historical Museum: 20.0 mi

Rest areas2

Wolcott Rest Area - I-65 SB: 15.6 mi
Wolcott Rest Area - I-65 NB: 15.7 mi

Attractions1

Sugar Creek: 10.3 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:54	19:26	20:02
June solstice	06:19	20:44	21:25
September equinox	07:38	19:12	19:48
December solstice	08:11	16:42	17:26

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	25	28	40	51	62	71	74	72	65	54	41	30

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Kentland, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1451425223

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