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Shakamak Nature Preserve

Shakamak Nature Preserve from directly overhead

Shakamak Nature Preserve is a nature reserve in Indiana, at a modelled elevation of 170 m. Emmins Hill stands 245 m to the east-northeast, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Shakamak State Park, a nature reserve 0.9 miles away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 86 miles off. 138 named places lie within 25 miles, 27 of them named summits.

What the record says

Built
2012

How to reach it

Coordinates39.16360, -87.25324

138 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 55
  • Busseron Creek Fish & Wildlife Area: 6.4 mi
  • Sullivan County Park: 7.7 mi
  • Sullivan County Park: 8.3 mi
  • Sullivan County Park & Lake: 8.3 mi
  • Sunset Park: 9.5 mi
Peaks: 27
Artworks: 19
  • Proud Elk: 20.2 mi
  • The Lighthouse: 21.5 mi
  • Composite House for Terre Haute: 22.4 mi
  • Golden Key Honor Society Certificate: 22.4 mi
  • Pictures of Past Rose-Hulman Presidents: 22.4 mi
Gardens: 8
Museums: 7
  • Indiana Track & Field & Cross Country Hall of Fame Museum: 19.1 mi
  • Antique Tractor Museum: 19.4 mi
  • Candles Holocaust Museum & Education Center: 21.6 mi
  • Vigo County Historical Museum: 22.4 mi
  • Swope Art Museum: 22.4 mi
Historic sites: 6
  • Fred A. Jewell: 15.2 mi
  • War Memorial: 15.2 mi
  • Finish Line: 20.3 mi
  • Richland-Plummer Creek Covered Bridge: 20.6 mi
  • Freedom Shrine: 22.4 mi
Attractions: 4
Nature reserves: 3
Ghost towns: 3
Rest areas: 3
  • Twigg Rest Park: 22.4 mi
  • Clear Creek Welcome Center: 23.3 mi
  • Clear Creek Welcome Center: 23.4 mi
Cliffs: 1
Covered bridges: 1
Beaches: 1
  • Speed Beach: 22.4 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Shakamak Nature Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Emmins HillENE 70°245 m23.0 mi
Hurricane HillNE 56°242 m22.1 mi
Wolfe HillENE 71°239 m22.3 mi
Straley HillENE 69°239 m24.2 mi
Satan HillNE 54°227 m20.9 mi
Need HillENE 74°221 m15.4 mi
Dillon HillENE 78°221 m15.6 mi
Taylor HillENE 71°220 m24.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:5319:2620:01
June solstice06:2420:3921:19
September equinox07:3719:1319:48
December solstice08:0616:4817:30

Local time (America/Indiana/Indianapolis).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F293343556573767568574434
Precip in3.32.83.55.15.25.14.73.23.63.83.93.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Shakamak SP, under a mile away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1479021041

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