Explorer Park
Explorer Park is a park in Indiana, at a recorded elevation of 261 m. Kelly Hill stands 264 m to the south, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Eugene Burns Park, a park 0.9 miles away. Historic National Road - Indiana passes 5.2 miles off. 8 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 261 m
How to reach it
- 5.2 mi off the Historic National Road - Indiana, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Eugene Burns Park: 0.9 mi
- Fort Benjamin Harrison State Park and Nature Preserve: 1.5 mi
- Harrison Community Park: 1.6 mi
- Dubarry Park: 2.2 mi
- Eva C. Talley Park: 2.3 mi
- Firecrafter Plaza: 1.1 mi
- Forest Manor Interurban Station: 3.3 mi
- ISP Memorial: 3.6 mi
- Trolleybus Loop: 5.1 mi
- School 15 Arch: 6.8 mi
- Immaculate Heart of Mary: 2.3 mi
- Mary: 2.4 mi
- Mpozi: 5.9 mi
- Washington Irving: 6.0 mi
- totems: 6.0 mi
- Indiana Military Veterans Hall of Fame: 1.0 mi
- Indiana State Police Museum: 3.7 mi
- Hook's Drug Store: 5.6 mi
- Indy's Teeny Statue Of Liberty Museum: 6.3 mi
- Childrens Museum: 7.0 mi
- Picnic Area: 6.1 mi
- Riverfront Pavilion: 9.3 mi
- Site A: 11.8 mi
- Site C: 11.9 mi
- Site B: 12.0 mi
- Sharp Community Garden: 6.6 mi
- Growing Places Indy: 7.0 mi
- Cottage Home Community Garden: 7.4 mi
- Garden Alley: 7.5 mi
- Chatham Arch Community Garden: 7.5 mi
- Memorial and External Flame: 3.5 mi
- Benjamin Harrison Presidential Site: 7.7 mi
- Depew Memorial Fountain: 8.3 mi
- International Chimpanzee Complex Community Hub: 9.4 mi
- Skyline: 9.5 mi
- Blue Heron Nature Preserve: 2.4 mi
- Sargent Road Nature Park: 3.8 mi
- Marott Park and Nature Preserve: 6.1 mi
- Ritchey Woods Nature Preserve: 6.3 mi
- Nonie Werbe Krauss Nature Preserve: 7.4 mi
- Mars Hill: 13.5 mi
- Kelly Hill: 16.3 mi
- Polk Hill: 17.0 mi
- Mann Hill: 17.3 mi
- Hog Back: 20.8 mi
- Greenfield Rest Area (Eastbound): 17.7 mi
- Greenfield Rest Area (Westbound): 17.7 mi
- Plainfield Rest Area (Eastbound): 23.5 mi
- Plainfield Rest Area (Wesbound): 23.6 mi
- Geist Beach: 9.4 mi
- Morse Beach: 15.7 mi
- The Bluffs: 22.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Explorer Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kelly Hill | S 189° | 264 m | 16.3 mi |
| Polk Hill | S 191° | 261 m | 17.0 mi |
| Hog Back | SE 127° | 258 m | 20.8 mi |
| Donalds Knoll | S 189° | 258 m | 24.1 mi |
| Sally Doty Hill | SSW 204° | 249 m | 21.0 mi |
| Mann Hill | SW 219° | 241 m | 17.3 mi |
| Travis Hill | SSW 209° | 238 m | 21.8 mi |
| Mars Hill | SW 230° | 213 m | 13.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:48 | 19:21 | 19:56 |
| June solstice | 06:17 | 20:36 | 21:17 |
| September equinox | 07:32 | 19:07 | 19:43 |
| December solstice | 08:03 | 16:40 | 17:23 |
Local time (America/Indiana/Indianapolis).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 28 | 32 | 42 | 53 | 63 | 72 | 75 | 73 | 66 | 55 | 43 | 33 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 2.7 | 3.9 | 4.6 | 4.9 | 5.6 | 4.7 | 3.9 | 3.6 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 3.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Castleton 2 S, 2 mi away.
- mayapple76 obs
- prairie trillium48 obs
- bloodroot44 obs
- Virginia Springbeauty44 obs
- Eastern Red-backed Salamander40 obs
- Celandine Poppy37 obs
- Six-spotted Tiger Beetle36 obs
- Amur honeysuckle36 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/358684556
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