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Bethel Park

Bethel Park from directly overhead

Bethel Park is a park in Indiana, at a recorded elevation of 243 m. Keller Hill stands 283 m to the west-southwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Red Maple Park, a park 0.5 miles away. Historic National Road - Indiana passes 1.7 miles off. 17 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
243 m

How to reach it

Coordinates39.74372, -86.11427

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Red Maple Park: 0.5 mi
  • Pride Park: 0.6 mi
  • Sandorf Park: 0.8 mi
  • Orange Park: 0.8 mi
  • Finch Park: 1.2 mi
Historic sites
Artworks
Museums: 35
Picnic sites: 24
Gardens: 23
  • Garfield Park Sunken Gardens: 1.7 mi
  • Cottage Home Community Garden: 2.4 mi
  • Growing Places Indy: 2.6 mi
  • Chatham Arch Community Garden: 3.0 mi
  • Garden Alley: 3.0 mi
Peaks: 17
Attractions: 14
Nature reserves: 13
Rest areas: 4
  • Plainfield Rest Area (Eastbound): 16.3 mi
  • Plainfield Rest Area (Wesbound): 16.4 mi
  • Greenfield Rest Area (Eastbound): 22.4 mi
  • Greenfield Rest Area (Westbound): 22.6 mi
Cliffs: 3
Beaches: 2
  • Geist Beach: 17.6 mi
  • Morse Beach: 23.2 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Keller HillWSW 240°283 m19.2 mi
Kelly HillS 170°264 m9.0 mi
Polk HillS 175°261 m9.4 mi
Donalds KnollS 179°258 m16.5 mi
Hog BackESE 104°258 m21.4 mi
McFarren HillSSE 146°256 m24.0 mi
Turkey HillSSW 192°253 m18.3 mi
Clark HillSW 221°250 m24.0 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 °F273040526271747366544232
Precip in3.12.33.74.55.05.43.93.63.23.23.43.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Indianapolis SE Side, 3 mi away.

  • Eastern Fox Squirrel50 obs
  • Western Honey Bee31 obs
  • Monarch28 obs
  • Brown-belted Bumble Bee24 obs
  • Northern Cardinal21 obs
  • American pokeweed21 obs
  • Red Admiral21 obs
  • American Robin19 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/880442664

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