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Camp Wakinda

Camp Wakinda from directly overhead

Camp Wakinda is a park in Indiana, at a recorded elevation of 257 m. Carlisle Hill stands 280 m to the west-northwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Beverly D. Crone Restoration Area, a park 1.7 miles away. The Indiana Lincoln Highway Byway passes 5.3 miles off. 4 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
257 m

How to reach it

Coordinates41.59533, -86.28501

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Beverly D. Crone Restoration Area: 1.7 mi
  • Forest Park: 2.5 mi
  • O'Brien Park: 3.2 mi
  • Walker Field Park: 3.9 mi
  • Kaiser Park: 4.0 mi
Museums: 37
Artworks: 31
  • "Crossroads" sculpture: 5.8 mi
  • Educators: 6.4 mi
  • Founder's Circle: 7.2 mi
  • Red Throne: 7.2 mi
  • Tracery: 7.3 mi
Nature reserves: 28
Gardens: 25
  • Bird feeding area: 3.7 mi
  • Lakeville Unity Garden: 4.5 mi
  • Greenhouse Community Garden: 6.1 mi
  • Courtyard: 10.8 mi
  • Sensory Garden at Cobus Park: 14.1 mi
Historic sites: 18
  • Indiana Territorial Line: 2.2 mi
  • Soldiers and Sailors Civil War Monument: 7.0 mi
  • Better Homes of South Bend: 7.1 mi
  • Clark Memorial Fountain: 7.8 mi
  • Heron Monument: 10.7 mi
Attractions: 13
  • St. Joseph County Fairgrounds: 3.7 mi
  • Birthday Chair: 6.4 mi
  • Tree Sign: 11.7 mi
  • Amish Acres: 17.2 mi
  • Confluence of The Little Elkhart and St. Joseph Rivers: 17.4 mi
Picnic sites: 13
Peaks: 4
Beaches: 2
  • Pleasant Lake East Beach: 17.6 mi
  • Stone Lake Beach: 23.6 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Builders Association-Elkhart,: 17.5 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Carlisle HillWNW 295°280.4 m11.9 mi
Navin HillSSW 199°277.4 m21.1 mi
Vargo HillSW 233°270 m3.8 mi
Reeves HillWSW 243°264 m3.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4919:2119:57
June solstice06:1220:4121:24
September equinox07:3319:0819:44
December solstice08:0916:3417:19

Local time (America/Indiana/Indianapolis).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F232636485968716963513929
Precip in2.62.52.53.74.54.44.74.33.53.53.02.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lakeville, 5 mi away.

  • Eastern Meadowlark16 obs
  • Dickcissel10 obs
  • Henslow's Sparrow10 obs
  • Red-winged Blackbird9 obs
  • white campion9 obs
  • hairy vetch8 obs
  • purple crownvetch8 obs
  • Sedge Wren8 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/358679459

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