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Camp Meeting Ground

Camp Meeting Ground from directly overhead

Camp Meeting Ground is a park in Indiana, at a recorded elevation of 272 m. Hassmer Hill stands 293 m to the north-northeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Buchanan's Station, a historic site 4.8 miles away. The Historic Michigan Road Byway runs past it. 123 named places lie within 25 miles, 6 of them named summits.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
272 m
Getting there

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Coordinates38.90533, -85.36802

Overlooks nearby

Around it

123 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 49
  • Krueger Lake: 5.5 mi
  • Camp Louis Ernst: 8.6 mi
  • Versailles Sports Complex: 11.2 mi
  • Neavill's Grove: 11.4 mi
  • Lytle Park: 11.6 mi
Historic sites: 26
Museums: 12
  • Eleutherian College: 9.5 mi
  • AME Church Museum: 11.5 mi
  • Dr. W.D. Hutchings' Office and Museum: 11.6 mi
  • Judge Jeremiah Sullivan House: 11.7 mi
  • Jefferson County Historical Society: 11.8 mi
Nature reserves: 6
  • Jefferson Proving Ground: Western Woods: 6.8 mi
  • Guthrie Woods: 8.3 mi
  • Pennywort Cliffs: 10.6 mi
  • Bradt Natural Area: 14.1 mi
  • Selmier State Forest: 15.1 mi
Waterfalls: 6
  • Little Clifty Falls: 10.2 mi
  • Clifty Falls: 10.3 mi
  • Tunnel Falls: 10.5 mi
  • Wallace Falls: 10.8 mi
  • Hoffman Falls: 10.9 mi
Peaks: 6
Cliffs: 4
Ghost towns: 3
Picnic sites: 3
Artworks: 3
  • Stellar Plaza archway: 15.4 mi
  • Metal Art at Stellar Plaza: 15.4 mi
  • Lions: 15.6 mi
Gardens: 2
Attractions: 2
Beaches: 1
  • Muscatatuck Swimming Hole: 13.8 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Hassmer HillNNE 27°293 m14.0 mi
Mulford HillNE 54°280 m18.9 mi
Round HillNE 41°279 m23.3 mi
Potato Bug HillSE 129°277 m17.8 mi
Mound HillSSE 152°260 m19.5 mi
Bunker HillSSE 164°206 m21.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4619:1819:54
June solstice06:1720:3121:11
September equinox07:3019:0519:40
December solstice07:5716:4117:23

Local time (America/Indiana/Indianapolis).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333645566573777670584638
Precip in3.53.24.55.55.45.04.84.23.53.63.64.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Madison Sewage PLT, 12 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Queensnake5 obs
  • Long-tailed Salamander4 obs
  • common selfheal3 obs
  • Eastern Red-backed Salamander2 obs
  • Common Watersnake2 obs
  • Steeplebush2 obs
  • multiflora rose2 obs
  • Eurasian Drone Fly2 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/358650597

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