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Bishop Roberts Park

Bishop Roberts Park from directly overhead

Bishop Roberts Park is a park in Indiana, at a recorded elevation of 181 m. Pinnacle stands 289 m to the east-northeast, 23 miles off. Indiana's Historic Pathways passes 7.5 miles off. 162 named places lie within 25 miles, 47 of them named summits.

What the record says

Elevation
181 m

How to reach it

Coordinates38.76311, -86.39166

162 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 52
  • Bishop Roberts Park: 0.2 mi
  • Donaldson Cave System & Woods: 2.6 mi
  • Mitchell Unity Park: 4.5 mi
  • City Hall Park: 4.9 mi
  • Southside Park: 5.2 mi
Peaks: 47
Nature reserves: 18
Attractions: 12
Historic sites: 10
  • Wilson Monument: 2.4 mi
  • Grissom Memorial: 2.8 mi
  • Gus Grissom Memorial: 4.9 mi
  • 10 Commandments Tablets: 8.0 mi
  • Bedford Courthouse Square Historic District: 8.4 mi
Cliffs: 6
Museums: 5
  • Gus Grissom Boyhood Home: 5.0 mi
  • Lawrence County Historical Society: 8.5 mi
  • Indiana Railway Museum: 18.8 mi
  • French Lick West Baden Museum: 19.3 mi
  • Jackson County Historical: 20.5 mi
Springs: 3
  • Spring Cave: 18.5 mi
  • Hoyt Spring: 18.9 mi
  • Pluto Spring: 19.1 mi
Picnic sites: 3
  • Eagle Quest: 19.9 mi
  • Scoutcraft: 20.1 mi
  • Picnic Area: 20.1 mi
Artworks: 2
Beaches: 2
Ghost towns: 1
Covered bridges: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
PinnacleENE 70°289 m22.9 mi
Warren HillSSE 156°284 m17.3 mi
Sand Bank HillSSE 154°283 m16.3 mi
Browning HillNNE 19°283 m21.9 mi
Hickory RidgeNNE 12°279 m19.0 mi
Smith HillSSE 146°277 m16.1 mi
Gobblers KnobWSW 248°276 m11.4 mi
Rariden HillW 267°274 m6.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:5019:2319:58
June solstice06:2220:3521:15
September equinox07:3419:0919:44
December solstice08:0116:4617:28

Local time (America/Indiana/Indianapolis).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F293342536371747367554334
Precip in3.42.73.95.15.65.24.33.63.43.53.83.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Oolitic Purdue EX FM, 12 mi away.

  • Southern Two-lined Salamander8 obs
  • Blanchard's Cricket Frog5 obs
  • Cave Salamander4 obs
  • Northern Dusky Salamander3 obs
  • Fowler's Toad2 obs
  • Pickerel Frog2 obs
  • Amur honeysuckle2 obs
  • sharp-lobed hepatica2 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/358649460

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