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Beckwith Park

Beckwith Park from directly overhead

Beckwith Park is a park in Indiana, at a modelled elevation of 222 m. Keller Hill stands 283 m to the southwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Oscar Charleston Park, a park 0.5 miles away. Historic National Road - Indiana passes 3.0 miles off. 11 named summits stand within 25 miles.

How to reach it

Coordinates39.81157, -86.12323

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Oscar Charleston Park: 0.5 mi
  • Douglass Park: 0.7 mi
  • Rev. Charles R. Williams Park: 1.0 mi
  • Fall Creek and 30th Park: 1.1 mi
  • Brightwood Park: 1.1 mi
Historic sites
Artworks
  • Interdependence Sculpture: 1.3 mi
  • Silver Fall: 1.6 mi
  • Child Dinosaur Skeletons: 1.9 mi
  • Adult Dinosaur Skeleton: 1.9 mi
  • Care/Don’t Care: 2.6 mi
Museums: 36
Picnic sites: 24
Gardens: 22
  • Growing Places Indy: 2.3 mi
  • Garden Alley: 2.5 mi
  • Chatham Arch Community Garden: 2.5 mi
  • Cottage Home Community Garden: 2.7 mi
  • Sharp Community Garden: 2.7 mi
Nature reserves: 15
Attractions: 14
Peaks: 11
Rest areas: 6
  • Plainfield Rest Area (Eastbound): 18.3 mi
  • Plainfield Rest Area (Wesbound): 18.3 mi
  • Greenfield Rest Area (Eastbound): 22.2 mi
  • Greenfield Rest Area (Westbound): 22.3 mi
  • Lizton Rest Area Eastbound: 23.7 mi
Beaches: 2
  • Geist Beach: 14.5 mi
  • Morse Beach: 18.7 mi
Cliffs: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Keller HillSW 228°283 m21.6 mi
Kelly HillS 171°264 m13.7 mi
Polk HillS 175°261 m14.2 mi
Donalds KnollS 178°258 m21.2 mi
Hog BackESE 115°258 m23.5 mi
Turkey HillS 188°253 m22.9 mi
Sally Doty HillSSW 194°249 m17.1 mi
Moore HillSSW 193°247 m23.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4919:2119:57
June solstice06:1720:3621:17
September equinox07:3319:0819:43
December solstice08:0316:4117:24

Local time (America/Indiana/Indianapolis).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283242536372757366554333
Precip in3.32.73.94.64.95.64.73.93.63.43.53.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Castleton 2 S, 6 mi away.

  • Brown-belted Bumble Bee51 obs
  • Black Swallowtail46 obs
  • Monarch29 obs
  • Eastern Carpenter Bee28 obs
  • American Robin24 obs
  • American pokeweed24 obs
  • Amur honeysuckle22 obs
  • Ailanthus Webworm Moth22 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 way/895267080

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