Potato Creek State Park
Potato Creek State Park is a nature reserve in Indiana, at a recorded elevation of 234 m. Carlisle Hill stands 280 m to the northwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Orchard Shore Shelters Picnic Area, a picnic site 0.2 miles away. The Indiana Lincoln Highway Byway passes 10 miles off. 5 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 234 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- Indiana Department of Natural Resources
How to reach it
- 10.1 mi off the The Indiana Lincoln Highway Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Camp Millhouse: 3.5 mi
- North Liberty Town Park: 3.6 mi
- Leo Jasinski Public Access Site: 4.6 mi
- Newton Park: 4.7 mi
- Camp Wakinda: 5.0 mi
- Chamberlain Lake Nature Preserve: 6.9 mi
- Myrna J. Newgent Preserve: 12.6 mi
- Dayton Wet Prairie Preserve: 15.7 mi
- Spicer Lake Nature Preserve: 16.0 mi
- Burns Prairie Preserve: 17.3 mi
- Walkerton Heritage Museum: 8.6 mi
- Children's Museum of South Bend: 8.8 mi
- Civil Rights Heritage Center: 9.9 mi
- The History Museum: 9.9 mi
- The Studebaker National Museum: 10.0 mi
- "Crossroads" sculpture: 10.7 mi
- Educators: 11.4 mi
- Red Throne: 11.8 mi
- Tracery: 11.8 mi
- Maquette for Wing Generator: 11.9 mi
- Lakeville Unity Garden: 4.8 mi
- Bird feeding area: 8.1 mi
- Greenhouse Community Garden: 11.0 mi
- Courtyard: 15.8 mi
- Jackson Street Community Garden: 18.8 mi
- Indiana Territorial Line: 7.2 mi
- Better Homes of South Bend: 10.9 mi
- Soldiers and Sailors Civil War Monument: 12.0 mi
- Clark Memorial Fountain: 12.3 mi
- Freedom Memorial: 15.1 mi
- St. Joseph County Fairgrounds: 8.7 mi
- Tree Sign: 10.4 mi
- Birthday Chair: 10.7 mi
- Amish Acres: 19.2 mi
- MTB Skills Area: 20.4 mi
- Vargo Hill: 1.2 mi
- Reeves Hill: 1.3 mi
- Carlisle Hill: 10.5 mi
- Navin Hill: 17.2 mi
- Cranberry Point: 24.7 mi
- Orchard Shore Shelters Picnic Area: 0.2 mi
- Hardwoods: 10.6 mi
- Otahnagon Picnic Area: 10.7 mi
- Picnic Area: 23.6 mi
- Stone Lake Beach: 20.1 mi
- Pleasant Lake East Beach: 22.4 mi
- Builders Association-Elkhart,: 22.1 mi
- Michigan Welcome Center 707: 24.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Potato Creek State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carlisle Hill | NW 320° | 280.4 m | 10.5 mi |
| Navin Hill | S 189° | 277.4 m | 17.2 mi |
| Vargo Hill | NE 54° | 270 m | 1.2 mi |
| Reeves Hill | NNE 21° | 264 m | 1.3 mi |
| Cranberry Point | SSW 206° | 218 m | 24.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:50 | 19:21 | 19:58 |
| June solstice | 06:12 | 20:42 | 21:24 |
| September equinox | 07:34 | 19:08 | 19:44 |
| December solstice | 08:09 | 16:35 | 17:19 |
Local time (America/Indiana/Indianapolis).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 23 | 26 | 36 | 48 | 59 | 68 | 71 | 69 | 63 | 51 | 39 | 29 |
| Precip in | 2.6 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 3.7 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 4.7 | 4.3 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.0 | 2.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lakeville, 5 mi away.
- northern spicebush36 obs
- prairie trillium27 obs
- large white trillium24 obs
- marsh marigold23 obs
- bloodroot22 obs
- Eastern Skunk Cabbage21 obs
- common pawpaw20 obs
- Great Blue Heron19 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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