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Camp Louis Ernst

Camp Louis Ernst from directly overhead

Camp Louis Ernst is a park in Indiana, at a recorded elevation of 232 m. Hassmer Hill stands 293 m to the northeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Eleutherian College, a museum 2.6 miles away. Indiana's Historic Pathways passes 10 miles off. 138 named places lie within 25 miles, 9 of them named summits.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
232 m
Getting there

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Coordinates38.86867, -85.52135

Overlooks nearby

Around it

138 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 57
  • Neavill's Grove: 6.0 mi
  • Crosley State Fish and Wildlife Area: 7.7 mi
  • Krueger Lake: 7.8 mi
  • Camp Meeting Ground: 8.6 mi
  • The Commons: 9.2 mi
Historic sites: 29
Museums: 14
  • Eleutherian College: 2.6 mi
  • Victorian Home: 9.4 mi
  • Jennings County Historical Society: 9.4 mi
  • Jefferson County Historical Society: 11.7 mi
  • Dr. W.D. Hutchings' Office and Museum: 11.8 mi
Peaks: 9
Waterfalls: 6
  • Clifty Falls: 8.4 mi
  • Little Clifty Falls: 8.5 mi
  • Tunnel Falls: 9.0 mi
  • Wallace Falls: 9.0 mi
  • Hoffman Falls: 9.6 mi
Nature reserves: 5
  • Guthrie Woods: 3.3 mi
  • Pennywort Cliffs: 3.4 mi
  • Jefferson Proving Ground: Western Woods: 4.4 mi
  • Selmier State Forest: 11.8 mi
  • Bradt Natural Area: 21.8 mi
Cliffs: 4
Artworks: 4
Picnic sites: 3
Ghost towns: 3
Gardens: 2
Beaches: 1
  • Muscatatuck Swimming Hole: 9.2 mi
Attractions: 1
  • Vinegar Mill: 9.8 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Hassmer HillNE 44°293 m21.0 mi
Rock KnobSW 219°291 m24.1 mi
Oak KnobSW 220°288 m24.6 mi
Potato Bug HillESE 112°277 m23.7 mi
Mound HillSE 130°260 m22.7 mi
Vic Swaim HillSW 234°260 m24.7 mi
Pine KnobSW 219°257 m24.3 mi
Bunker HillSE 142°206 m23.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4619:1919:54
June solstice06:1820:3221:11
September equinox07:3019:0619:41
December solstice07:5816:4217:24

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, 10 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Long-tailed Salamander7 obs
  • Eastern Red-backed Salamander4 obs
  • Queensnake4 obs
  • Common Box Turtle3 obs
  • Southern Two-lined Salamander2 obs
  • American Woodcock1 obs
  • Wood Duck1 obs
  • White-eyed Vireo1 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358650566

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