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Camp Berean

Camp Berean from directly overhead

Camp Berean is a park in Indiana, at a recorded elevation of 260 m. Cooks Hill stands 292 m to the southeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Shumaker Hill, a peak 1.6 miles away. Historic National Road - Indiana passes 10 miles off. 54 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
260 m

How to reach it

Coordinates39.50782, -86.54611

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Historic sites: 34
Nature reserves: 20
Museums: 12
  • Ten O' Clock Line Treaty Museum: 12.6 mi
  • Hendricks County Museum: 17.4 mi
  • Owen County Heritage and Culture Center: 19.2 mi
  • Putnam County Train Museum: 19.7 mi
  • Putnam County Museum: 19.7 mi
Attractions: 9
Gardens: 7
Cliffs: 4
Waterfalls: 4
  • Upper Cataract Falls: 15.1 mi
  • Lower Cataract Falls: 15.3 mi
  • McCormick's Creek Waterfall: 17.7 mi
  • Cascades Falls: 21.7 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • Plainfield Rest Area (Wesbound): 12.7 mi
  • Plainfield Rest Area (Eastbound): 12.7 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Public Picnic Area: 13.6 mi
  • Shady Pines Picnic Area: 15.0 mi
Covered bridges: 1
Ghost towns: 1
Beaches: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Cooks HillSE 135°292 m17.4 mi
Mount NeboESE 123°291 m13.0 mi
Maple HillSSE 147°291 m22.6 mi
Baughman HillSE 144°287 m22.8 mi
Moser HillWNW 284°284 m12.1 mi
Keller HillNE 44°283 m9.2 mi
Dug HillSE 141°280 m24.6 mi
Hadden HillWNW 287°279 m13.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:5119:2319:58
June solstice06:2020:3721:18
September equinox07:3419:1019:45
December solstice08:0416:4417:26

Local time (America/Indiana/Indianapolis).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283140526270737265534233
Precip in3.22.43.54.85.05.34.13.43.53.53.63.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Martinsville 2 SW, 9 mi away.

  • Virginia Springbeauty2 obs
  • Common Grackle1 obs
  • Black-and-white Warbler1 obs
  • Eastern Wood-Pewee1 obs
  • Pileated Woodpecker1 obs
  • Common Box Turtle1 obs
  • yellow trout lily1 obs
  • American beech1 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/358650498

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