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Childrens Garden Park

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Childrens Garden Park is a park in Indiana, at a recorded elevation of 243 m. Cooks Hill stands 292 m to the south-southwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Children's Garden Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Historic National Road - Indiana passes 11 miles off. 28 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
243 m

How to reach it

Coordinates39.61333, -86.10278

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Children's Garden Park: 0.0 mi
  • Surina Square Park: 0.1 mi
  • Old City Park: 0.3 mi
  • Craig Park: 0.3 mi
  • Pool Park: 0.5 mi
Artworks
Historic sites: 56
  • Statue of St. Francis: 2.8 mi
  • Decorative Cannon: 5.3 mi
  • Blackwell Cemetery: 7.2 mi
  • Allegheny Airlines Flight 853 Memorial: 9.5 mi
  • War Monument: 9.5 mi
Museums: 32
Peaks: 28
Picnic sites: 24
Gardens: 20
  • Garfield Park Sunken Gardens: 8.5 mi
  • White River Gardens: 11.2 mi
  • Cottage Home Community Garden: 11.3 mi
  • Watanabe Garden: 11.3 mi
  • Growing Places Indy: 11.5 mi
Nature reserves: 15
Attractions: 11
Cliffs: 3
Ghost towns: 2
Rest areas: 2
  • Plainfield Rest Area (Eastbound): 15.9 mi
  • Plainfield Rest Area (Wesbound): 16.1 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Cooks HillSSW 210°292 m22.6 mi
Mount NeboSW 222°291 m19.1 mi
Renner HillS 182°284 m21.2 mi
Keller HillW 268°283 m17.2 mi
Little Hurricane HillWSW 248°266 m24.0 mi
Kelly HillE 80°264 m1.0 mi
Jakes ButteWSW 242°264 m22.7 mi
Polk HillSSE 146°261 m0.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4919:2119:57
June solstice06:1820:3621:16
September equinox07:3319:0819:43
December solstice08:0216:4117:24

Local time (America/Indiana/Indianapolis).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F273040526271747366544232
Precip in3.12.33.74.55.05.43.93.63.23.23.43.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Indianapolis SE Side, 7 mi away.

  • Callery pear163 obs
  • American Robin44 obs
  • Eastern Fox Squirrel39 obs
  • Mallard36 obs
  • House Sparrow29 obs
  • Eastern Cottontail29 obs
  • Monarch24 obs
  • Canada Goose22 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/358684280

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