Selma N. Steele State Nature Preserve
Selma N. Steele State Nature Preserve is a nature reserve in Indiana, at a modelled elevation of 241 m. Weed Patch Hill stands 322 m to the east-northeast, 7.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Selma Steele’s garden, a garden 0.1 miles away. Indiana's Historic Pathways passes 18 miles off.
How to reach it
- 17.7 mi off the Indiana's Historic Pathways, National
Named places within 25 miles
- T.C. Steele State Historic Site: 0.3 mi
- North Fork State Wildlife Refuge: 3.1 mi
- Brown County State Park: 4.5 mi
- Middle Fork State Wildlife Refuge: 5.4 mi
- Paynetown State Recreation Area: 5.9 mi
- Bucker Knob: 0.6 mi
- High King Hill: 2.8 mi
- Jimmy Sexton Hill: 3.9 mi
- Pike Hill: 4.9 mi
- Kelley Hill: 5.1 mi
- Story Monument: 7.4 mi
- Peau Rouge Indiana: 9.5 mi
- Showalter Fountain: 9.6 mi
- Indiana Arc: 9.7 mi
- Light Totem: 9.7 mi
- Crooked Creek State Recreation Area: 2.9 mi
- Pine Grove State Recreation Area: 3.5 mi
- Amy Weingartner Branigin Peninsula Preserve: 4.8 mi
- Cutright State Recreation Area: 5.6 mi
- Campbell Preserve: 5.9 mi
- Firecrafter Leadership Circle: 7.3 mi
- Hoagy Carmichael Sculpture: 9.5 mi
- Herman B Wells Statue: 9.9 mi
- Theodore Rose Well House: 9.9 mi
- Sample Gates: 10.0 mi
- Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art: 9.7 mi
- William H. Mathers Museum of World Cultures: 10.0 mi
- Wylie House Museum: 10.1 mi
- Monroe County History Center: 10.3 mi
- Elizabeth Sage Costume Collection: 10.4 mi
- Monroe Convention Center: 10.4 mi
- Upland Brewing Company: 10.7 mi
- Dam Overlook Platform: 12.6 mi
- Shirley Springs Cave: 13.2 mi
- Urban Air Trampoline and Adventure Park: 13.8 mi
- Selma Steele’s garden: 0.1 mi
- Interpretive Garden: 6.4 mi
- Jesse H. and Beulah Chanley Cox Arboretum: 9.6 mi
- Wonderlab Garden: 10.5 mi
- Butler Park Community Garden: 11.0 mi
- Pine Bluff: 5.7 mi
- Kelly Point: 11.9 mi
- Unlikely Wall: 12.8 mi
- Cedar Cliffs: 13.5 mi
- Crum Point: 15.1 mi
- Picnic Area: 7.3 mi
- Scoutcraft: 7.4 mi
- Eagle Quest: 7.5 mi
- Shady Pines Picnic Area: 13.0 mi
- Cascades Falls: 11.1 mi
- McCormick's Creek Waterfall: 22.8 mi
- Paynetown Beach: 5.9 mi
- Medora Covered Bridge: 24.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 24.3 miles of Selma N. Steele State Nature Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weed Patch Hill | ENE 71° | 322 m | 7.2 mi |
| Bearwallow Hill | NE 40° | 313 m | 10.6 mi |
| Taylor Hill | E 79° | 309 m | 16.8 mi |
| Hohen Point | E 84° | 307.8 m | 6.4 mi |
| Hesitation Point | ENE 67° | 306 m | 6.3 mi |
| Patterson Hill | E 81° | 299 m | 16.3 mi |
| Dowell Hill | ENE 76° | 294 m | 17.0 mi |
| Cooks Hill | N 7° | 292 m | 13.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:50 | 19:22 | 19:58 |
| June solstice | 06:20 | 20:35 | 21:16 |
| September equinox | 07:34 | 19:09 | 19:44 |
| December solstice | 08:02 | 16:44 | 17:27 |
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 | 33 | 42 | 53 | 63 | 72 | 75 | 74 | 67 | 55 | 43 | 34 |
| Precip in | 3.8 | 2.9 | 3.7 | 5.2 | 5.4 | 5.4 | 4.6 | 3.4 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 3.9 | 3.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bloomington Indiana Univ, 10 mi away.
- American cancer-root24 obs
- Christmas fern16 obs
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail16 obs
- mapleleaf viburnum16 obs
- Fowler's Toad15 obs
- Common Box Turtle14 obs
- Jack-in-the-Pulpit14 obs
- White-throated Sparrow13 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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