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Camp Walter S Fowler

Camp Walter S Fowler from directly overhead

Camp Walter S Fowler is a park in Indiana, at a recorded elevation of 248 m. The Mound stands 221 m to the west-northwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Circle Park, a park 2.5 miles away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 20 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
248 m

How to reach it

Coordinates40.32059, -86.55250

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Circle Park: 2.5 mi
  • Luther Howe Park: 2.5 mi
  • TPA Park: 3.3 mi
  • Prairie Creek Park: 3.5 mi
  • John Redmon Park: 3.8 mi
Artworks: 24
Museums: 12
  • Thorntown Heritage Museum: 13.5 mi
  • Five Points Fire Station Museum: 18.5 mi
  • The Haan Museum of Indiana Art: 18.6 mi
  • Tippecanoe County Historical Association: 18.8 mi
  • Art Museum of Lafayette: 18.8 mi
Historic sites: 11
Picnic sites: 9
  • Osco Shelter: 13.9 mi
  • Raisor Shelter: 13.9 mi
  • Moser Shelter: 13.9 mi
  • Warner Shelter: 14.0 mi
  • Newell Shelter: 14.0 mi
Nature reserves: 8
  • Mary I. Gerard Nature Reserve: 19.2 mi
  • Lye Creek Prairie Burn: 21.0 mi
  • Stewart Woods: 21.5 mi
  • Celery Bog Nature Area: 22.2 mi
  • Moyer-Gould Woods: 22.7 mi
Ghost towns: 6
Gardens: 4
  • Colfax Library Memorial Garden: 10.6 mi
  • Clegg Memorial Garden: 16.9 mi
  • Wallace Triangle: 18.5 mi
  • Children's Garden: 20.0 mi
Attractions: 4
  • Exploration Acres: 11.3 mi
  • Adams Mill: 11.3 mi
  • Monster Mini: 16.6 mi
  • Hobson Acres: 23.8 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Lebanon Rest Area - I65 SB: 10.2 mi
Peaks: 1
Cliffs: 1
  • Sunset Point: 18.8 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
The MoundWNW 296°221 m11.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:5119:2319:58
June solstice06:1720:3921:20
September equinox07:3419:0919:45
December solstice08:0616:4017:24

Local time (America/Indiana/Indianapolis).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F263040526271747266544231
Precip in3.02.53.14.14.45.34.83.43.13.33.52.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Frankfort Disposal, 3 mi away.

  • Virginia bluebells2 obs
  • dame's rocket1 obs
  • mayapple1 obs
  • Longear Sunfish1 obs
  • ivy-leaved morning-glory1 obs
  • Milkweed Tussock Moth1 obs
  • Striped Shiner1 obs
  • great waterleaf1 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/358650801

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