Bear Creek Camp
Bear Creek Camp is a park in Indiana, at a recorded elevation of 263 m. Elkhorn Hill stands 308 m to the southeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Boys Club Camp, a park 1.4 miles away. Whitewater Canal Scenic Byway passes 1.5 miles off. 20 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 263 m
How to reach it
- 1.5 mi off the Whitewater Canal Scenic Byway, National
- 111.8 mi off the River Road Scenic Byway, National
- 19.0 mi off the Historic National Road - Indiana, National
- 20.1 mi off the Presidential Pathways Ohio Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Equestrian Overlook · 22 mi
- Bird Watching Shelter · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Boys Club Camp: 1.4 mi
- Whitewater Valley Gateway Park: 6.0 mi
- Whitewater Canal Memorial: 6.2 mi
- Delaware Camp: 6.5 mi
- Connersville Babe Ruth Baseball Field and Park: 7.2 mi
- Wiley Indian Mound: 4.2 mi
- Jackson Hill: 6.7 mi
- Yellow Bank Hill: 6.8 mi
- Boundary Hill: 8.7 mi
- The Mounds: 9.1 mi
- Hornbeam Nature Preserve: 10.2 mi
- Army Corps of Engineers Office: 10.7 mi
- Whitewater Valley Land Trust: 19.0 mi
- Governor Bebb MetroPark: 21.5 mi
- Silvoor Biological Sanctuary: 22.1 mi
- Transformations in the Light: 21.8 mi
- The Great Seal: 22.0 mi
- Quest: 22.1 mi
- Hybrid Construction: 22.2 mi
- For Kepler: 22.2 mi
- Historic Connersville Museum: 7.2 mi
- Rush County Historical Society: 16.8 mi
- Pioneer Farm Museum: 20.7 mi
- McGuffey House and Museum: 21.8 mi
- Hefner Museum: 22.0 mi
- Old Fairfield: 8.0 mi
- Flood Victims Memorial: 11.4 mi
- Mission Cross: 14.0 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 21.1 mi
- The Seal: 21.9 mi
- Batesville Memorial Public Library Reading Garden: 16.9 mi
- The Children’s Garden at OCAC: 21.3 mi
- BEEPS Edible Demonstration Garden: 21.9 mi
- Wildflower Seed Library: 22.2 mi
- Japanese Peace Garden: 23.2 mi
- Metamora Corn Maze: 6.2 mi
- Fish Cleaning Station: 10.8 mi
- Wendel Farms Corn Maze & Pumpkin Patch: 19.5 mi
- Hueston Woods Sugar House: 21.0 mi
- Springhill: 16.5 mi
- Corwin: 25.0 mi
- Centerville Welcome Center (Westbound): 23.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Bear Creek Camp. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elkhorn Hill | SE 133° | 308 m | 18.6 mi |
| Boundary Hill | SE 138° | 305 m | 8.7 mi |
| English Hill | SE 135° | 304 m | 17.0 mi |
| The Mounds | ESE 113° | 301 m | 9.1 mi |
| Gobblers Knob Hill | SE 141° | 301 m | 17.2 mi |
| Wewe Hill | SSE 150° | 299 m | 15.5 mi |
| Cobbs Hill | SE 130° | 299 m | 17.0 mi |
| Yellow Bank Hill | SE 146° | 298 m | 6.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:45 | 19:17 | 19:53 |
| June solstice | 06:14 | 20:32 | 21:12 |
| September equinox | 07:29 | 19:04 | 19:39 |
| December solstice | 07:58 | 16:38 | 17:21 |
Local time (America/Indiana/Indianapolis).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 29 | 33 | 42 | 53 | 63 | 72 | 75 | 74 | 68 | 55 | 43 | 34 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 2.7 | 3.6 | 4.6 | 4.8 | 4.9 | 3.9 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.3 | 3.4 | 3.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Brookville, 11 mi away.
- Long-tailed Salamander3 obs
- Common Watersnake3 obs
- common pawpaw3 obs
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail3 obs
- Eastern Dobsonfly3 obs
- Summer Tanager2 obs
- Southern Two-lined Salamander2 obs
- fire pink2 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 node/358648745
Day trips start here
- Connersville · 8 mi
- Oxford · 21 mi
- Richmond · 24 mi
- New Castle · 30 mi
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