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Camp Kikthawenund

Camp Kikthawenund from directly overhead

Camp Kikthawenund is a park in Indiana, at a recorded elevation of 256 m. Spider Hill stands 288 m to the east, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Jefferson Park, a park 4.1 miles away. Historic National Road - Indiana passes 27 miles off. 2 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
256 m

How to reach it

Coordinates40.17143, -85.81970

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Jefferson Park: 4.1 mi
  • Lafayette Trace Park: 4.2 mi
  • Lapel Park: 6.9 mi
  • 1896 Park: 7.2 mi
  • Bulldog Park: 7.3 mi
Artworks: 56
  • Walking Man - "Smilin' Stan": 7.8 mi
  • Martin Luther King Jr: 8.6 mi
  • A Town Center, Inc.: 8.8 mi
  • Totem Pole: 12.3 mi
  • Osiris: 12.3 mi
Historic sites: 26
Museums: 24
  • Elwood Heritage Center: 7.3 mi
  • Taylor Center of Natural History: 7.6 mi
  • Anderson Museum of Art: 8.6 mi
  • Gruenewald Historic House: 8.6 mi
  • Alexandria Monroe Historical Society: 10.0 mi
Nature reserves: 15
Gardens: 15
Attractions: 6
  • Worlds Largest Ball Of Paint: 8.4 mi
  • Indy Scream Park / White River Paint Ball: 12.9 mi
  • Forest Park Carousel & Concessions: 13.3 mi
  • Bullpen Tournaments: 18.5 mi
  • Allegion: 22.8 mi
Rest areas: 3
  • Rest area: 18.8 mi
  • Greenfield Rest Area (Westbound): 24.6 mi
  • Greenfield Rest Area (Eastbound): 24.8 mi
Peaks: 2
  • Imagination Hill: 12.3 mi
  • Spider Hill: 21.7 mi
Beaches: 2
  • Morse Beach: 13.6 mi
  • Geist Beach: 16.2 mi
Cliffs: 1
Picnic sites: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Spider HillE 83°288 m21.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4819:2019:55
June solstice06:1520:3621:17
September equinox07:3219:0619:42
December solstice08:0316:3817:21

Local time (America/Indiana/Indianapolis).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283241536371747366554333
Precip in3.02.53.54.14.65.24.33.43.13.43.73.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Anderson Sewage PLT, 7 mi away.

  • harbinger of spring7 obs
  • sharp-lobed hepatica6 obs
  • White-tailed Deer5 obs
  • Virginia Springbeauty5 obs
  • cut-leaved toothwort4 obs
  • Cutleaf Grapefern4 obs
  • twinleaf4 obs
  • mayapple3 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/358650556

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