American Park
American Park is a park in Indiana, at a modelled elevation of 225 m. Bald Hill stands 334 m to the north-northeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Rice Park, a park 0.2 miles away. The Indiana Lincoln Highway Byway passes 0.7 miles off. 7 named summits stand within 25 miles.
How to reach it
- 0.7 mi off the The Indiana Lincoln Highway Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Rice Park: 0.2 mi
- Town Green: 0.3 mi
- Lundquist Bicentennial Park: 0.5 mi
- Kardzhali Park: 0.6 mi
- Division Street Community Garden: 0.6 mi
- Midwest Museum of American Art: 0.7 mi
- The National New York Central Railroad Museum: 0.8 mi
- Ruthmere Historical Museum: 0.8 mi
- Ruthmere-Havilah Beardsley House: 1.0 mi
- Elkhart Environmental Center: 1.7 mi
- Quilt Garden: 0.6 mi
- Wellfield Botanic Gardens: 1.2 mi
- Sensory Garden at Cobus Park: 5.1 mi
- Courtyard: 7.7 mi
- Community Garden: 9.2 mi
- Wooden dog: 0.5 mi
- Elk: 0.6 mi
- Elkhart County CVB: 3.3 mi
- Dream Chaser: 9.5 mi
- John Yoder Memorial Sculpture: 10.2 mi
- Boot Lake Nature Preserve: 5.1 mi
- Elkhart Bog Nature Preserve: 5.5 mi
- Lieber Nature Preserve: 7.9 mi
- Vernon and Velma Radebaugh Memorial Plant Preserve: 8.8 mi
- Jesse & Agnes Riegsecker Natural Area: 10.6 mi
- Time Capsule 2027: 0.5 mi
- Elkhart Police&Fire Department Memorial: 0.6 mi
- Havilah Beardsley Monument: 1.0 mi
- Heron Monument: 11.5 mi
- Soldiers and Sailors Civil War Monument: 11.8 mi
- Confluence of The Little Elkhart and St. Joseph Rivers: 0.8 mi
- St. Joseph County Fairgrounds: 14.3 mi
- Birthday Chair: 15.6 mi
- Amish Acres: 17.0 mi
- Arboretum: 23.3 mi
- Riverbend Picnic Area: 9.8 mi
- Meadows Picnic Area: 9.8 mi
- Picnic Area 5: 9.8 mi
- Picnic Area 4: 9.9 mi
- Picnic Area 3: 9.9 mi
- Mt. Pumpkin: 10.2 mi
- Buzzard Hill: 17.0 mi
- Sugar Hill: 19.3 mi
- Bald Hill: 19.4 mi
- Mount Misery: 20.6 mi
- Builders Association-Elkhart,: 2.9 mi
- Rest Area Trucks Only: 15.8 mi
- Pleasant Lake East Beach: 10.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of American Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bald Hill | NNE 21° | 334 m | 19.4 mi |
| Mount Misery | NNE 27° | 317 m | 20.6 mi |
| Buzzard Hill | SSE 155° | 300 m | 17.0 mi |
| Mt. Pumpkin | ESE 119° | 287 m | 10.2 mi |
| Sugar Hill | SE 137° | 273 m | 19.3 mi |
| Vargo Hill | WSW 246° | 270 m | 21.7 mi |
| Reeves Hill | WSW 248° | 264 m | 21.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:48 | 19:19 | 19:56 |
| June solstice | 06:10 | 20:40 | 21:23 |
| September equinox | 07:32 | 19:06 | 19:43 |
| December solstice | 08:08 | 16:32 | 17:17 |
Local time (America/Indiana/Indianapolis).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 25 | 28 | 38 | 50 | 61 | 70 | 73 | 71 | 65 | 53 | 41 | 30 |
| Precip in | 2.8 | 2.3 | 2.4 | 3.8 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 3.0 | 2.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Goshen 3SW, 10 mi away.
- Mallard10 obs
- American Robin8 obs
- American pokeweed8 obs
- Monarch8 obs
- Red Admiral8 obs
- Eastern Carpenter Bee8 obs
- Canada Goose7 obs
- Western Honey Bee7 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/259881168
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