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Clarke Park

Clarke Park from directly overhead

Clarke Park is a park in Indiana, at a modelled elevation of 243 m. Carlisle Hill stands 280 m to the east-northeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Kesling Park, a park 0.5 miles away. The Indiana Lincoln Highway Byway passes 0.8 miles off. 43 named summits stand within 25 miles.

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Coordinates41.59564, -86.71717
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Kesling Park: 0.5 mi
  • Koomler Park: 0.6 mi
  • LaPark Playground: 0.9 mi
  • St. Petersburg Holy Plaza: 0.9 mi
  • La Porte Library Wi-Fi Garden: 0.9 mi
Nature reserves
Peaks: 43
  • Carlisle Hill: 12.6 mi
  • Bismarck Hill: 12.9 mi
  • Crescent Dune: 13.3 mi
  • Mount Baldy: 13.4 mi
  • Mount McCray: 13.8 mi
Attractions: 34
  • MTB Skills Area: 1.9 mi
  • Friendship Botanic Gardens: 11.8 mi
  • Notre Dame Elementary School: 11.9 mi
  • Lake Clare: 12.1 mi
  • Blue Chip Hotel: 12.4 mi
Historic sites: 30
  • Scipio Township School: 3.0 mi
  • Greenwood Memorial Chapel: 11.3 mi
  • Civil War Monument: 11.4 mi
  • WW2 Monument "Victory Was Ours": 11.5 mi
  • Warren Nelson Plaque: 12.4 mi
Museums: 25
Beaches: 21
  • Stone Lake Beach: 1.9 mi
  • Stop 7 Beach: 12.9 mi
  • Stop 2 Beach: 13.0 mi
  • Washington Park Beach: 13.2 mi
  • Crescent Dune Beach: 13.4 mi
Gardens: 18
Picnic sites: 6
Artworks: 5
  • Potawatomi Warrior: 1.1 mi
  • La Porte History Mural: 1.1 mi
  • Duet: 13.0 mi
  • Orville Redenbacher: 19.9 mi
  • Labyrinth: 24.9 mi
Lighthouses: 5
Rest areas: 3
  • Indiana Welcome Center: 10.4 mi
  • Rest Area Trucks Only: 10.7 mi
  • Michigan Welcome Center 707: 11.8 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • 1 Foot Falls: 12.8 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Carlisle HillENE 66°280.4 m12.6 mi
Vargo HillE 97°270 m19.4 mi
Reeves HillE 95°264 m18.9 mi
Mount EdwardNNE 17°242 m24.4 mi
Mount RandallNNE 16°235 m22.6 mi
Tower HillNNE 16°233 m22.2 mi
Pikes PeakNNE 15°229 m22.2 mi
Mount FullerNNE 15°227 m22.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5118:2318:59
June solstice05:1419:4320:25
September equinox06:3518:0918:46
December solstice07:1115:3616:20

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242837496069737265534030
Precip in3.02.52.73.84.34.44.04.23.44.13.22.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Laporte, 1 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Bold Jumping Spider11 obs
  • Dryad's Saddle9 obs
  • Canada Goose8 obs
  • ground-ivy7 obs
  • Blue Dasher7 obs
  • Eastern Cottontail6 obs
  • Triangulate Combfoot6 obs
  • Brown Marmorated Stink Bug6 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 way/734578026

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