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Camp Carnes

Camp Carnes from directly overhead

Camp Carnes is a park in Indiana, at a recorded elevation of 177 m. Mount Airie stands 266 m to the northeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is John Bohnert Park, a park 2.5 miles away. Ohio River Scenic Byway passes 25 miles off. 16 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
177 m

How to reach it

Coordinates38.40033, -86.87333

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • John Bohnert Park: 2.5 mi
  • Hochgesang Park: 2.8 mi
  • Gutzweiler Park: 2.9 mi
  • Dave Buehler Plaza: 3.0 mi
  • Robert E. Parker Park: 3.0 mi
Peaks: 16
Historic sites: 9
Museums: 8
Attractions: 7
Cliffs: 5
Artworks: 4
  • Christ the Victor: 12.2 mi
  • Santa Claus: 19.0 mi
  • Santa Claus: 19.5 mi
  • Soldier's Monument: 24.1 mi
Springs: 4
  • Pluto Spring: 17.2 mi
  • Lincoln Spring: 20.5 mi
  • Spring Cave: 23.0 mi
  • Hoyt Spring: 23.2 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • Nancy Hanks Rest Area (Westbound): 14.6 mi
  • Nancy Hanks Rest Area (Eastbound): 14.8 mi
Beaches: 1
  • Patoka Lake Swimming Beach: 11.2 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Hindostan Falls: 15.4 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount AirieNE 47°266 m17.5 mi
Tunnel HillESE 102°251 m20.3 mi
Sampson HillNNE 15°247 m17.1 mi
Luke KnobNE 38°243 m22.6 mi
Seton KnobESE 110°242 m24.4 mi
Goss HillNE 39°223 m9.8 mi
Buck KnobN 6°221 m23.2 mi
Schoolhouse HillNNE 16°213 m15.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:5219:2520:00
June solstice06:2520:3621:15
September equinox07:3619:1119:46
December solstice08:0216:4917:31

Local time (America/Indiana/Vincennes).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333645566775807771604738

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Patoka Lake, 10 mi away.

  • Common Box Turtle2 obs
  • Christmas fern2 obs
  • Black Swallowtail2 obs
  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail2 obs
  • Fowler's Toad2 obs
  • sensitive fern2 obs
  • broad beech fern2 obs
  • prairie trillium2 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/358650507

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