Camp Carson
Camp Carson is a park in Indiana, at a recorded elevation of 154 m. Dyson Knob stands 197 m to the southeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is South Side Park, a park 2.0 miles away. Ohio River Scenic Byway passes 26 miles off. 88 named places lie within 25 miles, 13 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 154 m
How to reach it
- 26.5 mi off the Ohio River Scenic Byway, National
- 22.0 mi off the Indiana's Historic Pathways, National
- 143.0 mi off the River Road Scenic Byway, National
88 named places within 25 miles
- South Side Park: 2.0 mi
- Pocket Park: 2.3 mi
- Lafayette Park: 2.6 mi
- Public Pool: 2.7 mi
- Wirth Park: 9.0 mi
- Bald Hill: 2.8 mi
- Sand Hill: 7.0 mi
- Kennedy Hill: 9.1 mi
- Moore Hill: 9.9 mi
- Wilson Hill: 10.9 mi
- Gibson County Soldiers and Sailors Monument: 2.3 mi
- Fifty-Eighth Indiana Regiment Monument: 2.3 mi
- Peter Britton Cabin: 14.8 mi
- USS Indianapolis (SSN-697): 21.7 mi
- Soldiers and Sailors Monument: 21.9 mi
- Lyles Station Historic School & Museum: 7.3 mi
- Wabash County Museum District: 13.2 mi
- Edith Barrett Memorial History Center: 16.3 mi
- Indiana Military Museum: 21.7 mi
- Harrison Mansion: 22.5 mi
- Hanging Rock: 13.7 mi
- Shelter Bluff: 16.3 mi
- The Bluffs: 16.5 mi
- McCleary Bluff: 19.8 mi
- Lucky Point: 21.1 mi
- Beall Woods Nature Preserve: 16.1 mi
- Beall Woods State Park: 16.3 mi
- Beall Woods State Park: 16.4 mi
- Robeson Hills Nature Preserve: 24.1 mi
- Company F. 42nd Indiana Monument: 10.0 mi
- Fish: 13.2 mi
- Gibson County Visitors & Tourism: 2.6 mi
- Toyota Butterfly Garden: 22.6 mi
- Lexington: 24.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Camp Carson. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dyson Knob | SE 127° | 197 m | 16.5 mi |
| Big Ditney Hill | SSE 151° | 193 m | 17.9 mi |
| Wilson Hill | ESE 123° | 190 m | 10.9 mi |
| Kennedy Hill | ESE 120° | 189 m | 9.1 mi |
| Ringham Hill | SE 131° | 186 m | 15.2 mi |
| Moore Hill | ESE 121° | 178 m | 9.9 mi |
| Bald Hill | NW 312° | 176 m | 2.8 mi |
| Turkey Hill | E 89° | 172 m | 12.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:55 | 18:27 | 19:02 |
| June solstice | 05:27 | 19:38 | 20:18 |
| September equinox | 06:39 | 18:14 | 18:49 |
| December solstice | 07:04 | 15:52 | 16:34 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 30 | 34 | 44 | 55 | 65 | 74 | 77 | 76 | 69 | 57 | 44 | 35 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 3.2 | 4.5 | 5.3 | 5.7 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 3.3 | 4.2 | 3.4 | 4.1 | 3.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Princeton 1 W, 4 mi away.
- Common Garter Snake1 obs
- Common Watersnake1 obs
- Common Snapping Turtle1 obs
- Red Fox1 obs
- Widow Skimmer1 obs
- Asian Lady Beetle1 obs
- Brown Recluse1 obs
- Eastern Carpenter Bee1 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/358650510
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