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Atterbury State Fish and Wildlife Area

Atterbury State Fish and Wildlife Area from directly overhead

Atterbury State Fish and Wildlife Area is a park in Indiana, at a recorded elevation of 233 m. Weed Patch Hill stands 322 m to the south-southwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Johnson County Park, a park 1.5 miles away. Historic National Road - Indiana passes 26 miles off. 60 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
233 m

How to reach it

Coordinates39.38755, -86.06666

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Johnson County Park: 1.5 mi
  • Irwin Park: 5.6 mi
  • Irwin Park: 5.6 mi
  • Blue Heron Park: 6.0 mi
  • Province Park: 6.3 mi
Peaks: 60
Artworks
  • Sitting Ben Franklin: 6.4 mi
  • Ben Franklin: 6.4 mi
  • Street Art: 6.5 mi
  • Bear Necessities: 8.9 mi
  • Transformations: 12.7 mi
Nature reserves: 21
Historic sites: 10
Museums: 5
  • Camp Atterbury Museum: 2.6 mi
  • Camp Atterbury Museum: 2.7 mi
  • Johnson County Museum of History: 6.6 mi
  • Atterbury-Bakalar Air Museum: 12.9 mi
  • Grover Center: Museum and Historical Society: 18.0 mi
Gardens: 4
  • Irwin Gardens: 15.0 mi
  • Interpretive Garden: 18.5 mi
  • Selma Steele’s garden: 23.1 mi
  • Garfield Park Sunken Gardens: 24.1 mi
Cliffs: 4
Picnic sites: 4
  • Shady Pines Picnic Area: 20.1 mi
  • Site C: 21.5 mi
  • Site B: 21.5 mi
  • Site A: 21.6 mi
Ghost towns: 2

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Atterbury State Fish and Wildlife Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Weed Patch HillSSW 208°322 m17.2 mi
Bearwallow HillSW 220°313 m12.4 mi
Taylor HillS 174°309 m14.5 mi
Hohen PointSSW 207°307.8 m18.9 mi
Hesitation PointSSW 211°306 m17.6 mi
Patterson HillS 175°299 m15.0 mi
Dowell HillS 173°294 m13.6 mi
Cooks HillWSW 253°292 m13.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4919:2119:56
June solstice06:1820:3521:15
September equinox07:3319:0819:43
December solstice08:0216:4217:25

Local time (America/Indiana/Indianapolis).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F273040516271747266544232
Precip in3.02.53.64.95.35.14.23.33.23.33.53.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Franklin Wwtp, 6 mi away.

  • Common Box Turtle10 obs
  • Callery pear10 obs
  • Amur honeysuckle7 obs
  • eastern redcedar5 obs
  • Widow's-cross5 obs
  • common milkweed4 obs
  • Monarch4 obs
  • American sycamore3 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358671513

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