Desoto Park
Desoto Park is a park in Indiana, at a recorded elevation of 264 m. Sand Hill stands 328 m to the northwest, 14 miles off. River Road Scenic Byway passes 112 miles off. 7 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 264 m
How to reach it
- 111.9 mi off the River Road Scenic Byway, National
- 16.9 mi off the The Indiana Lincoln Highway Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Swamp Bridge · 18 mi
- Silver Spoon · 19 mi
- Soap Box Derby Hill · 19 mi
- Dave's Corner · 19 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Desoto Park: 0.0 mi
- Dekalb County Fairgrounds: 0.4 mi
- Courtyard Park: 0.5 mi
- Smith Acres Park: 0.5 mi
- Courthouse Green: 0.5 mi
- Armed Services Memorial: 13.4 mi
- Irene Byron Tuberculosis Sanatorium: 13.4 mi
- Fort Cooper: 15.6 mi
- Chief Little Turtle: 17.0 mi
- Johnny Appleseed Gravesite: 18.1 mi
- Komodo Dragon Statue: 18.8 mi
- Orangutan Statue: 18.8 mi
- Sera: 19.6 mi
- Lawton: 19.7 mi
- Alice Hamilton: 20.0 mi
- Greenhurst Commons: 0.8 mi
- Robert C. and Rosella C. Johnson Nature Preserve: 9.0 mi
- Bicentennial Woods: 9.6 mi
- Lonidaw Preserve: 11.6 mi
- Payton Park: 11.9 mi
- Amazing Fall Fun: 4.6 mi
- Corn Maze: 4.7 mi
- DeBrands Chocolate: 13.7 mi
- Piere's: 16.5 mi
- Colobus Monkey: 18.7 mi
- National Auto & Truck Museum: 1.0 mi
- Auburn Cord Duesenberg Automobile Museum: 1.0 mi
- Mid-America Windmill Museum: 10.9 mi
- Pleasant Lake History Museum: 14.5 mi
- Churubusco History Center: 17.1 mi
- Baby Mountain: 12.4 mi
- Parkview Hill: 12.9 mi
- Sand Hill: 13.8 mi
- Sand Hill: 15.0 mi
- Rocket Hill: 16.5 mi
- Clarksville: 14.6 mi
- Cicero: 17.5 mi
- Arrowsmiths: 19.5 mi
- Nebo: 20.7 mi
- West Buffalo: 20.8 mi
- Discovery Garden: 18.8 mi
- Lakeside Rose Garden: 19.5 mi
- Japanese Garden: 20.3 mi
- Betsy Chapman Family Gardens: 20.3 mi
- Miss Virginia's Garden: 20.7 mi
- Blue Lake Public Access Site: 18.6 mi
- Dallas Lake Beach: 23.3 mi
- Fitzgeald Beach: 24.9 mi
- Auburn Rest Area Northbound: 5.3 mi
- Pigeon Creek Welcome Center: 14.8 mi
- Blue Cast Spring: 17.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Desoto Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sand Hill | NW 318° | 328 m | 13.8 mi |
| Hell's Point | N 4° | 326 m | 24.1 mi |
| Baby Mountain | WNW 302° | 309 m | 12.4 mi |
| Parkview Hill | SSW 192° | 257 m | 12.9 mi |
| Buckner Hill | SSW 206° | 250 m | 21.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:44 | 19:16 | 19:52 |
| June solstice | 06:08 | 20:36 | 21:18 |
| September equinox | 07:28 | 19:03 | 19:39 |
| December solstice | 08:04 | 16:30 | 17:14 |
Local time (America/Detroit).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 23 | 26 | 36 | 48 | 59 | 67 | 71 | 69 | 62 | 51 | 39 | 28 |
| Precip in | 2.5 | 2.3 | 2.7 | 4.0 | 4.7 | 3.9 | 3.5 | 3.9 | 3.2 | 3.0 | 3.1 | 2.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Garrett 1 S, 4 mi away.
- Eastern Bluebird28 obs
- American Robin26 obs
- Red-winged Blackbird23 obs
- dame's rocket17 obs
- Blue Jay15 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel14 obs
- Amur honeysuckle14 obs
- American pokeweed13 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358652694
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