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Brush Creek State Fish and Wildlife Area

Brush Creek State Fish and Wildlife Area from directly overhead

Brush Creek State Fish and Wildlife Area is a park in Indiana, at a recorded elevation of 220 m. Hassmer Hill stands 293 m to the east, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Selmier State Forest, a nature reserve 6.3 miles away. Indiana's Historic Pathways passes 1.3 miles off. 5 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
220 m

How to reach it

Coordinates39.06781, -85.49383

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Tripton Park: 8.0 mi
  • Stellar Plaza: 8.2 mi
  • Stellar Plaza: 8.2 mi
  • The Commons: 8.3 mi
  • Vernon Open Space: 8.4 mi
Artworks: 45
Historic sites: 36
  • Veterans Memorial: 8.0 mi
  • Railroad Memorial Stone: 8.2 mi
  • Railroad Memorial Stone: 8.2 mi
  • Madison Railroad Memorial Walk: 8.2 mi
  • City and County Police Officer's Memorial: 8.2 mi
Museums: 14
Nature reserves: 8
Waterfalls: 6
  • Clifty Falls: 21.1 mi
  • Little Clifty Falls: 21.1 mi
  • Tunnel Falls: 21.5 mi
  • Wallace Falls: 21.7 mi
  • Hoffman Falls: 22.1 mi
Peaks: 5
Gardens: 4
Cliffs: 4
Picnic sites: 3
Beaches: 1
  • Muscatatuck Swimming Hole: 8.3 mi
Attractions: 1
  • Vinegar Mill: 8.7 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Brush Creek State Fish and Wildlife Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Hassmer HillE 85°293 m13.2 mi
Mulford HillE 91°280 m22.1 mi
Round HillENE 74°279 m23.0 mi
Wrights HillW 273°197 m20.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4619:1919:54
June solstice06:1720:3221:12
September equinox07:3019:0619:41
December solstice07:5816:4117:23

Local time (America/Indiana/Indianapolis).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323645566472757467574536
Precip in3.43.24.25.34.95.14.54.43.33.53.83.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — N Vernon 2 ESE, 7 mi away.

  • sharpwing monkeyflower2 obs
  • twinleaf2 obs
  • Orchard Orbweaver2 obs
  • Spring Peeper1 obs
  • Common Watersnake1 obs
  • Common Snapping Turtle1 obs
  • American pokeweed1 obs
  • mayapple1 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/996698058

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