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Clarks Grant Park

Clarks Grant Park from directly overhead

Clarks Grant Park is a park in Indiana, at a recorded elevation of 174 m. Round Knob stands 304 m to the southwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Pigeon Roost Memorial, a park 4.6 miles away. Ohio River Scenic Byway passes 9.1 miles off. 21 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
174 m
Getting there

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Coordinates38.63839, -85.69330

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Pigeon Roost Memorial: 4.6 mi
  • Morgan Trail Park: 4.7 mi
  • Beechwood Park: 5.2 mi
  • Lake Iola Park: 6.0 mi
  • Tunnel Mill Camp: 11.1 mi
Historic sites: 25
  • Volunteer Fireman's Memorial: 5.2 mi
  • Charters of Freedom: 13.7 mi
  • Soldiers and Sailors Monument: 18.4 mi
  • War Memorial: 21.2 mi
  • The Kentucky Soldiers Home: 21.7 mi
Peaks: 21
Museums: 14
  • Scott County Heritage Center and Museum: 4.8 mi
  • Eleutherian College: 16.4 mi
  • Jefferson County Historical Society: 17.8 mi
  • Judge Jeremiah Sullivan House: 18.1 mi
  • Dr. W.D. Hutchings' Office and Museum: 18.2 mi
Nature reserves: 9
Waterfalls: 6
  • Crowe Falls: 13.2 mi
  • Wallace Falls: 16.2 mi
  • Clifty Falls: 16.4 mi
  • Little Clifty Falls: 16.5 mi
  • Hoffman Falls: 16.6 mi
Cliffs: 6
Artworks: 4
  • William H. English: 5.3 mi
  • BPW Hoosiers Field of Memories: 22.0 mi
  • The Spring and Statue: 23.7 mi
  • Gallapalooza Horse Statue: 24.8 mi
Ghost towns: 4
Picnic sites: 4
Beaches: 2
Gardens: 2
Attractions: 2
  • Vinegar Mill: 24.5 mi
  • Old Clarksville Site: 24.7 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Oldham County (Crestwood) Northbound Rest Area: 22.9 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Round KnobSW 228°304 m12.2 mi
Rock KnobWSW 244°291 m6.5 mi
Spickert KnobSSW 202°289 m22.3 mi
PinnacleNW 316°289 m23.1 mi
Oak KnobWSW 245°288 m7.1 mi
Williams KnobSW 233°282 m14.9 mi
Daisy HillSW 233°282 m16.0 mi
Bowers KnobWSW 237°274 m15.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4719:2019:55
June solstice06:1920:3221:11
September equinox07:3119:0719:42
December solstice07:5816:4417:25

Local time (America/Indiana/Indianapolis).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323544556573777568564536

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Scottsburg, 6 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Fowler's Toad5 obs
  • Ruby-throated Hummingbird2 obs
  • Yellow Garden Spider2 obs
  • Wild Turkey1 obs
  • Bald Eagle1 obs
  • Cave Salamander1 obs
  • Eastern Red-backed Salamander1 obs
  • White-tailed Deer1 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 node/358651561

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