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Fox Memorial Park

Fox Memorial Park from directly overhead

Fox Memorial Park is a park in Indiana, at a recorded elevation of 248 m. Carlisle Hill stands 280 m to the east-northeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Charles W. Lindewald Park, a park 0.4 miles away. The Indiana Lincoln Highway Byway passes 0.6 miles off. 45 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
248 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.62076, -86.72187
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Charles W. Lindewald Park: 0.4 mi
  • Brighton Street Green Space: 0.5 mi
  • Warsaw Park: 0.6 mi
  • Scott Field: 0.6 mi
  • Rumely Park: 0.7 mi
Nature reserves
Peaks: 45
  • Bismarck Hill: 11.5 mi
  • Crescent Dune: 12.1 mi
  • Mount Baldy: 12.2 mi
  • Carlisle Hill: 12.2 mi
  • Mount McCray: 12.7 mi
Attractions: 34
  • MTB Skills Area: 1.7 mi
  • Notre Dame Elementary School: 10.3 mi
  • Friendship Botanic Gardens: 10.3 mi
  • Lake Clare: 10.5 mi
  • Blue Chip Hotel: 11.1 mi
Historic sites: 30
  • Scipio Township School: 4.0 mi
  • Greenwood Memorial Chapel: 10.1 mi
  • Civil War Monument: 10.2 mi
  • WW2 Monument "Victory Was Ours": 10.2 mi
  • Warren Nelson Plaque: 11.1 mi
Museums: 25
Beaches: 21
  • Stone Lake Beach: 1.1 mi
  • Stop 7 Beach: 11.5 mi
  • Stop 2 Beach: 11.7 mi
  • Washington Park Beach: 11.9 mi
  • Crescent Dune Beach: 12.2 mi
Gardens: 12
Picnic sites: 6
Artworks: 5
  • La Porte History Mural: 0.6 mi
  • Potawatomi Warrior: 0.6 mi
  • Duet: 11.7 mi
  • Orville Redenbacher: 20.5 mi
  • Labyrinth: 24.6 mi
Lighthouses: 5
Rest areas: 3
  • Indiana Welcome Center: 8.7 mi
  • Michigan Welcome Center 707: 10.1 mi
  • Rest Area Trucks Only: 10.7 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • 1 Foot Falls: 12.4 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Carlisle HillENE 74°280.4 m12.2 mi
Vargo HillESE 102°270 m19.9 mi
Reeves HillE 100°264 m19.4 mi
Mount EdwardNNE 18°242 m22.8 mi
Mount RandallNNE 18°235 m21.0 mi
Tower HillNNE 18°233 m20.6 mi
Pikes PeakNNE 17°229 m20.6 mi
Mount FullerNNE 17°227 m20.4 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, under a mile away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Canada Goose13 obs
  • Horned Grebe10 obs
  • Ring-billed Gull9 obs
  • Dryad's Saddle8 obs
  • Tan Jumping Spider7 obs
  • Mute Swan6 obs
  • Mallard6 obs
  • Red-winged Blackbird5 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/492923027

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