Gibhard Playground
Gibhard Playground is a park in Indiana, at a recorded elevation of 218 m. Buzzard Hill stands 300 m to the east-southeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Mary Gibbard Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. The Indiana Lincoln Highway Byway passes 0.4 miles off. 5 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 218 m
How to reach it
- 0.4 mi off the The Indiana Lincoln Highway Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Mary Gibbard Park: 0.0 mi
- Randolph Park: 0.7 mi
- Twyckenham Hills Community Club: 0.9 mi
- Lincoln Park: 0.9 mi
- Veteran's Memorial Park: 1.0 mi
- Mishawaka Sports Museum: 1.6 mi
- Children's Museum of South Bend: 2.2 mi
- South Bend Museum of Art: 2.7 mi
- HealthWorks! Kids' Museum: 2.8 mi
- Raclin Murphy Museum of Art: 3.2 mi
- Educators: 0.8 mi
- "Crossroads" sculpture: 1.1 mi
- Founder's Circle: 1.6 mi
- Maquette for Wing Generator: 3.1 mi
- Little Seed: 3.1 mi
- Greenhouse Community Garden: 1.1 mi
- Bird feeding area: 3.3 mi
- Courtyard: 5.5 mi
- Sensory Garden at Cobus Park: 8.7 mi
- Lakeville Unity Garden: 9.1 mi
- Chamberlain Lake Nature Preserve: 8.3 mi
- Potato Creek State Park: 10.6 mi
- Brandywine Creek Nature Park: 10.7 mi
- Boot Lake Nature Preserve: 12.1 mi
- Dayton Wet Prairie Preserve: 13.3 mi
- Soldiers and Sailors Civil War Monument: 1.4 mi
- Indiana Territorial Line: 3.4 mi
- Clark Memorial Fountain: 3.8 mi
- Better Homes of South Bend: 5.0 mi
- Heron Monument: 5.4 mi
- Orchard Shore Shelters Picnic Area: 10.4 mi
- Otahnagon Picnic Area: 15.0 mi
- Hardwoods: 15.2 mi
- Riverbend Picnic Area: 19.7 mi
- Meadows Picnic Area: 19.7 mi
- St. Joseph County Fairgrounds: 2.3 mi
- Birthday Chair: 3.6 mi
- Confluence of The Little Elkhart and St. Joseph Rivers: 12.4 mi
- Tree Sign: 14.6 mi
- South Vista: 16.3 mi
- Vargo Hill: 9.4 mi
- Reeves Hill: 9.4 mi
- Carlisle Hill: 14.8 mi
- Mt. Pumpkin: 21.9 mi
- Buzzard Hill: 23.9 mi
- Pleasant Lake East Beach: 12.1 mi
- Builders Association-Elkhart,: 13.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Gibhard Playground. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buzzard Hill | ESE 123° | 300 m | 23.9 mi |
| Mt. Pumpkin | E 96° | 287 m | 21.9 mi |
| Carlisle Hill | W 274° | 280.4 m | 14.8 mi |
| Vargo Hill | SW 228° | 270 m | 9.4 mi |
| Reeves Hill | SW 233° | 264 m | 9.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:49 | 19:20 | 19:57 |
| June solstice | 06:11 | 20:41 | 21:23 |
| September equinox | 07:33 | 19:07 | 19:44 |
| December solstice | 08:09 | 16:33 | 17:18 |
Local time (America/Indiana/Indianapolis).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 25 | 27 | 37 | 49 | 60 | 70 | 73 | 71 | 65 | 52 | 40 | 30 |
| Precip in | 2.7 | 2.3 | 2.4 | 3.6 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 3.7 | 4.0 | 2.9 | 2.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — S Bend, 4 mi away.
- Great Blue Heron53 obs
- Mallard33 obs
- Canada Goose31 obs
- Monarch25 obs
- Eastern Fox Squirrel24 obs
- Asian Clam22 obs
- common milkweed19 obs
- Northern Map Turtle18 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/358679543
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