Brookside Park
Brookside Park is a park in Indiana, at a recorded elevation of 232 m. Keller Hill stands 283 m to the southwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Paramount School of Excellence Greenspace, a park 0.3 miles away. Historic National Road - Indiana passes 1.5 miles off. 11 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 232 m
How to reach it
- 1.5 mi off the Historic National Road - Indiana, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Paramount School of Excellence Greenspace: 0.3 mi
- Brookside Park: 0.5 mi
- Forest Manor Park: 0.5 mi
- Brightwood Park: 0.7 mi
- Chinquapin Oak Park: 0.8 mi
- Trolleybus Loop: 1.0 mi
- School 15 Arch: 1.3 mi
- Sylvia Likens Memorial: 2.0 mi
- Landmark for Peace Memorial: 2.1 mi
- DAR Obelisk: 2.4 mi
- Urban Temple: 2.0 mi
- Care/Don’t Care: 2.2 mi
- Interdependence Sculpture: 2.6 mi
- Washington Irving: 2.6 mi
- Reclamation: 2.6 mi
- Indy's Teeny Statue Of Liberty Museum: 0.8 mi
- Indianapolis Fire Fighters Museum: 2.3 mi
- James Whitcomb Riley Home: 2.5 mi
- The Hall: 2.8 mi
- Hook's Drug Store: 3.0 mi
- Riverfront Pavilion: 4.0 mi
- Picnic Area: 8.8 mi
- Site A: 10.6 mi
- Site C: 10.6 mi
- Site B: 10.8 mi
- Growing Places Indy: 1.6 mi
- Cottage Home Community Garden: 1.9 mi
- Garden Alley: 2.2 mi
- Chatham Arch Community Garden: 2.2 mi
- Watanabe Garden: 3.6 mi
- Marott Park and Nature Preserve: 6.7 mi
- Blue Heron Nature Preserve: 7.8 mi
- Sargent Road Nature Park: 9.2 mi
- Daubenspeck Nature Reserve: 9.7 mi
- Ritchey Woods Nature Preserve: 10.9 mi
- Benjamin Harrison Presidential Site: 2.5 mi
- Depew Memorial Fountain: 2.9 mi
- International Chimpanzee Complex Community Hub: 4.1 mi
- Skyline: 4.2 mi
- Memorial and External Flame: 4.8 mi
- Mars Hill: 8.0 mi
- Mann Hill: 11.8 mi
- Kelly Hill: 12.1 mi
- Polk Hill: 12.6 mi
- Sally Doty Hill: 15.9 mi
- Plainfield Rest Area (Eastbound): 18.1 mi
- Plainfield Rest Area (Wesbound): 18.2 mi
- Greenfield Rest Area (Eastbound): 21.5 mi
- Greenfield Rest Area (Westbound): 21.6 mi
- Lizton Rest Area Eastbound: 24.9 mi
- Geist Beach: 14.9 mi
- Morse Beach: 20.0 mi
- The Bluffs: 16.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Brookside Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Keller Hill | SW 233° | 283 m | 21.3 mi |
| Kelly Hill | S 174° | 264 m | 12.1 mi |
| Polk Hill | S 178° | 261 m | 12.6 mi |
| Donalds Knoll | S 180° | 258 m | 19.7 mi |
| Hog Back | ESE 112° | 258 m | 22.1 mi |
| Turkey Hill | S 191° | 253 m | 21.6 mi |
| Sally Doty Hill | SSW 198° | 249 m | 15.9 mi |
| Moore Hill | SSW 196° | 247 m | 22.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:49 | 19:21 | 19:57 |
| June solstice | 06:17 | 20:36 | 21:17 |
| September equinox | 07:33 | 19:08 | 19:43 |
| December solstice | 08:03 | 16:41 | 17:24 |
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 | 27 | 30 | 40 | 52 | 62 | 71 | 74 | 73 | 66 | 54 | 42 | 32 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 2.3 | 3.7 | 4.5 | 5.0 | 5.4 | 3.9 | 3.6 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 3.4 | 3.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Indianapolis SE Side, 6 mi away.
- Black Swallowtail60 obs
- Monarch53 obs
- American pokeweed33 obs
- Western Honey Bee32 obs
- Ailanthus Webworm Moth30 obs
- Amur honeysuckle26 obs
- ground-ivy24 obs
- Virginia Springbeauty24 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/358649911
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