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Shakamak State Park

Shakamak State Park from directly overhead

Shakamak State Park is a nature reserve in Indiana, at a recorded elevation of 168 m. Cooksey Hill stands 253 m to the east-northeast, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Native Wildflower Garden, a garden 0.7 miles away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 85 miles off. 142 named places lie within 25 miles, 29 of them named summits.

The record

What the record says

Built
1929
Elevation
168 m
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Indiana Department of Natural Resources

Official site

Getting there

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Coordinates39.16889, -87.23855
Around it

142 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 57
  • Busseron Creek Fish & Wildlife Area: 7.2 mi
  • Sullivan County Park: 8.6 mi
  • Sullivan County Park: 9.2 mi
  • Sullivan County Park & Lake: 9.2 mi
  • Sunset Park: 9.4 mi
Peaks: 29
Artworks: 19
  • Proud Elk: 20.1 mi
  • The Lighthouse: 21.5 mi
  • Golden Key Honor Society Certificate: 22.2 mi
  • Pictures of Past Rose-Hulman Presidents: 22.2 mi
  • The Bent of the Tau Beta Pi Association: 22.2 mi
Gardens: 8
Museums: 7
  • Indiana Track & Field & Cross Country Hall of Fame Museum: 19.0 mi
  • Antique Tractor Museum: 19.3 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: 14.5 mi
  • War Memorial: 14.5 mi
  • Finish Line: 20.0 mi
  • Richland-Plummer Creek Covered Bridge: 20.2 mi
  • Freedom Shrine: 22.2 mi
Attractions: 4
Nature reserves: 3
Ghost towns: 3
Rest areas: 3
  • Twigg Rest Park: 22.2 mi
  • Clear Creek Welcome Center: 23.5 mi
  • Clear Creek Welcome Center: 23.5 mi
Cliffs: 1
Covered bridges: 1
Beaches: 1
  • Speed Beach: 22.2 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Cooksey HillENE 57°253 m24.8 mi
Emmins HillENE 71°245 m22.1 mi
Hurricane HillNE 56°242 m21.3 mi
Wolfe HillENE 71°239 m21.4 mi
Straley HillENE 69°239 m23.4 mi
Satan HillNE 53°227 m20.0 mi
Need HillENE 74°221 m14.6 mi
Dillon HillE 79°221 m14.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:5319:2620:01
June solstice06:2420:3921:19
September equinox07:3719:1219:48
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.

Wildlife nearby
  • Eastern Pondhawk29 obs
  • Virginia Springbeauty23 obs
  • Fowler's Toad22 obs
  • Eastern Bluebird21 obs
  • Red-spotted Admiral21 obs
  • tiny bluet21 obs
  • White-tailed Deer19 obs
  • Pond Slider18 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/156277208

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