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George Rogers Clark National Historical Park

George Rogers Clark National Historical Park from directly overhead

George Rogers Clark National Historical Park is a park in Indiana, at a recorded elevation of 130 m. Red Hill stands 193 m to the west-northwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is George Rogers Clark State Memorial, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Indiana's Historic Pathways passes 2.2 miles off. 86 named places lie within 25 miles, 14 of them named summits.

What the record says

Elevation
130 m

How to reach it

Coordinates38.67868, -87.53542

86 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 49
  • Memorial park: 0.1 mi
  • The memorial park: 0.2 mi
  • Gimble Corner park: 0.2 mi
  • German American Plaza: 0.3 mi
  • Vincennes urban Pocket Park: 0.3 mi
Peaks: 14
Historic sites: 7
Museums: 7
  • Indiana Military Museum: 0.4 mi
  • Harrison Mansion: 0.7 mi
  • Red Skelton Performing Arts Center: 1.2 mi
  • Edith Barrett Memorial History Center: 18.9 mi
  • Daviess County Museum: 19.6 mi
Cliffs: 3
Ghost towns: 2
Artworks: 1
Attractions: 1
  • Gibson County Visitors & Tourism: 22.4 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Red HillWNW 285°193 m16.8 mi
Sefert HillE 91°192 m21.0 mi
Barefoot Nation HillsNE 54°180 m11.3 mi
Bald HillS 184°176 m20.3 mi
Scudder HillNE 56°175 m18.1 mi
Harbstreit HillENE 75°168 m20.5 mi
Shawn HillN 357°165 m20.6 mi
Bristol HillN 354°164 m21.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:5519:2720:02
June solstice06:2620:3921:19
September equinox07:3919:1419:49
December solstice08:0516:5117:33

Local time (America/Indiana/Vincennes).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313444566675787669584535
Precip in3.02.53.64.95.54.84.63.33.63.64.03.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Vincennes 5 NE, 5 mi away.

  • Eastern Cicada-killer Wasp6 obs
  • American Robin5 obs
  • Tan Jumping Spider5 obs
  • Rock Pigeon4 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel4 obs
  • Freshwater Drum4 obs
  • Indiangrass4 obs
  • Grapevine Beetle3 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/1450422852

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