Raccoon State Recreation Area
Raccoon State Recreation Area is a nature reserve in Indiana, at a modelled elevation of 211 m. Moser Hill stands 284 m to the southeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Lake Park, a park 1.5 miles away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 46 miles off. 15 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Indiana Department of Natural Resources
How to reach it
- 45.6 mi off the River Road Scenic Byway, National
- 13.6 mi off the Historic National Road - Indiana, National
Overlooks nearby
- Sunset Point · 12 mi
- Camel's Back · 13 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Lake Park: 1.5 mi
- Van Bibber Lake Beach Park: 7.8 mi
- Rockville Lake Park: 8.2 mi
- Fern Cliff Nature Preserve: 10.6 mi
- Lake Waveland Park: 10.7 mi
- Bald Hill: 9.9 mi
- Truax Hill: 17.8 mi
- Hughes Hill: 18.4 mi
- Snyder Hill: 18.5 mi
- Wiegands Hill: 19.0 mi
- Mansfield Roller Mill: 4.6 mi
- Bridgeton Mill: 8.3 mi
- Obsons Farm Corn Maze: 11.5 mi
- Wedge Rock: 12.3 mi
- Ice Box: 12.4 mi
- Young Immigrant: 18.4 mi
- Depth of Field: 22.1 mi
- Chemistry Honor Society Certificate: 22.1 mi
- Leave Your Mark (2013): 22.1 mi
- Self-Made Man: 22.2 mi
- World War Memorial: 8.4 mi
- Col. Lieber Memorial: 12.2 mi
- Richard Lieber: 12.2 mi
- Juliet Straus Memorial: 12.2 mi
- World War II Memorial: 12.9 mi
- Lusk Home: 12.1 mi
- Putnam County Museum: 12.7 mi
- Putnam County Train Museum: 12.7 mi
- Carnegie Museum-Montgomery: 22.7 mi
- Ernie Pyle World War II Museum: 22.8 mi
- Fern Cliff Nature Preserve: 10.7 mi
- Turkey Run State Park: 12.6 mi
- Shades State Park: 13.8 mi
- Bachner Nature Reserve: 18.5 mi
- Hemlock Ridge Nature Preserve: 19.6 mi
- Early Station: 16.6 mi
- Montezuma Station: 17.0 mi
- Toronto: 22.6 mi
- Randall: 23.9 mi
- West Dana: 24.3 mi
- Herb Garden: 21.9 mi
- The Sam and Joy Hulbert Rose Garden: 22.2 mi
- Bamboo Garden: 22.2 mi
- Bamboo Garden: 22.2 mi
- Herbs Garden: 24.0 mi
- Fern Cliff: 10.8 mi
- Honeycomb Rock: 14.0 mi
- Canyon Picnic Area: 12.0 mi
- Picnic Pavillion Aztek Park : 16.0 mi
- Silver Cascade Falls: 13.6 mi
- Lower Cataract Falls: 24.6 mi
- Hulman Beach: 19.6 mi
- Speed Beach: 22.3 mi
- Mansfield Covered Bridge: 4.7 mi
- Twigg Rest Park: 21.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Raccoon State Recreation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moser Hill | SE 129° | 284 m | 20.9 mi |
| Hadden Hill | SE 129° | 279 m | 19.3 mi |
| McCoy Hill | SE 134° | 275 m | 20.2 mi |
| Snyder Hill | SE 136° | 267 m | 18.5 mi |
| Bald Hill | SE 140° | 262 m | 9.9 mi |
| Sunset Hill | SE 138° | 261 m | 21.2 mi |
| Hughes Hill | SE 130° | 256 m | 18.4 mi |
| Truax Hill | N 3° | 244 m | 17.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:53 | 19:25 | 20:00 |
| June solstice | 06:21 | 20:40 | 21:20 |
| September equinox | 07:37 | 19:12 | 19:47 |
| December solstice | 08:07 | 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 | 27 | 31 | 41 | 53 | 63 | 71 | 74 | 72 | 66 | 54 | 42 | 31 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 2.6 | 3.3 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.4 | 4.7 | 3.8 | 3.1 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 3.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Rockville, 8 mi away.
- mayapple7 obs
- Virginia Springbeauty6 obs
- bloodroot5 obs
- common selfheal5 obs
- Fly Agaric4 obs
- common pawpaw4 obs
- cut-leaved toothwort4 obs
- Brown-belted Bumble Bee4 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/1212120636
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