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Tel-Hy Nature Preserve

Tel-Hy Nature Preserve from directly overhead

Tel-Hy Nature Preserve is a nature reserve in Indiana, at a modelled elevation of 240 m. Buckner Hill stands 250 m to the northeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Drover Park, a park 1.1 miles away. The Indiana Lincoln Highway Byway passes 20 miles off.

What to expect

Operated by
ACRES Land Trust
Access
Yes

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates40.85350, -85.50711

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Drover Park: 1.1 mi
  • Elmwood Park: 1.5 mi
  • Sunken Gardens: 1.8 mi
  • Memorial Park: 1.8 mi
  • Rotary Centennial Park: 2.1 mi
Historic sites: 44
Artworks: 25
Museums: 15
Attractions: 10
Gardens: 9
Beaches: 6
  • Lake Claire: 3.8 mi
  • Westlakes Beach: 18.0 mi
  • Fitzgeald Beach: 18.2 mi
  • Fishing Beach: 20.6 mi
  • Kayak Launch & Beach Area: 21.2 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Waterfalls: 2
Picnic sites: 1
Peaks: 1
  • Buckner Hill: 22.1 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Buckner HillNE 42°250 m22.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4619:1819:54
June solstice06:1120:3621:18
September equinox07:3019:0519:41
December solstice08:0416:3417:18

Local time (America/Indiana/Indianapolis).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F252837496070737164524130
Precip in2.52.22.74.04.74.64.53.73.23.03.22.4

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

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/1457865381

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