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Carson Park

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Carson Park is a park in Indiana, at a modelled elevation of 225 m. Cooks Hill stands 292 m to the south, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is ball park, a park 0.6 miles away. Historic National Road - Indiana passes 4.0 miles off. 26 named summits stand within 25 miles.

How to reach it

Coordinates39.68566, -86.26648

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • ball park: 0.6 mi
  • Dollar Hide Creek Park: 1.0 mi
  • Manchester Village Park 1: 1.8 mi
  • Griffin Woods: 2.2 mi
  • Southwestway Park: 2.9 mi
Artworks
Historic sites: 59
  • Decorative Cannon: 5.4 mi
  • 50 years anniversery flower bed: 6.8 mi
  • Gun from Battle Ship: 6.9 mi
  • Fallen Officer Memorial tree: 6.9 mi
  • Fallen Officer Memorial tree: 6.9 mi
Museums: 32
Peaks: 26
Picnic sites: 24
  • Riverfront Pavilion: 7.4 mi
  • Picnic Site 1: 11.8 mi
  • Picnic Site 17: 11.9 mi
  • Picnic Site 3: 12.1 mi
  • Picnic Site 5: 12.4 mi
Gardens: 22
  • Enabling Garden: 7.1 mi
  • Garfield Park Sunken Gardens: 7.3 mi
  • White River Gardens: 7.4 mi
  • Watanabe Garden: 7.8 mi
  • St. Stephen's Community Garden: 8.3 mi
Nature reserves: 14
Attractions: 13
  • American Heart Association Learn CPR Station: 2.5 mi
  • Indy Logo: 2.6 mi
  • Dallara Factory: 6.9 mi
  • Skyline: 7.3 mi
  • International Chimpanzee Complex Community Hub: 7.3 mi
Rest areas: 4
Cliffs: 3
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Cooks HillS 186°292 m24.7 mi
Mount NeboSSW 192°291 m19.7 mi
Keller HillSW 236°283 m10.2 mi
Shumaker HillSW 230°268 m20.9 mi
Little Hurricane HillSW 224°266 m19.5 mi
Kelly HillESE 116°264 m10.8 mi
Jakes ButteSW 216°264 m19.3 mi
Polk HillESE 121°261 m10.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4919:2219:57
June solstice06:1820:3721:17
September equinox07:3319:0819:44
December solstice08:0316:4217:25

Local time (America/Indiana/Indianapolis).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283242546473767568554332
Precip in3.22.53.74.64.95.44.73.53.43.43.53.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Indianapolis Nwfo, 2 mi away.

  • Brown-belted Bumble Bee9 obs
  • Bold Jumping Spider7 obs
  • House Sparrow6 obs
  • Asian Lady Beetle6 obs
  • Amur honeysuckle6 obs
  • Downy Woodpecker6 obs
  • Northern Cardinal5 obs
  • Eastern Carpenter Bee5 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 way/662779276

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