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Girt Gnacy Memorial Recreational Park

Girt Gnacy Memorial Recreational Park from directly overhead

Girt Gnacy Memorial Recreational Park is a park in Indiana, at a recorded elevation of 274 m. Sand Hill stands 328 m to the west, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Robb Hidden Canyon Preserve, a nature reserve 1.0 miles away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 124 miles off. 5 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
274 m

How to reach it

Coordinates41.53561, -84.91885

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Museums: 5
Peaks: 5
Ghost towns: 5
Historic sites: 4
Rest areas: 3
  • Pigeon Creek Welcome Center: 7.9 mi
  • Auburn Rest Area Northbound: 18.7 mi
  • Coldwater Welcome Center 716: 22.0 mi
Attractions: 3
Gardens: 1
  • Kids Garden: 16.4 mi
Beaches: 1
  • Wall Lake Beach: 19.9 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sand HillW 265°328 m15.9 mi
Hell's PointNNW 339°326 m13.3 mi
Knob HillWNW 290°316 m23.9 mi
Baby MountainWSW 254°309 m17.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4419:1519:52
June solstice06:0720:3621:18
September equinox07:2819:0219:39
December solstice08:0416:2917:13

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F232635475968727062513929
Precip in2.62.32.53.64.44.13.83.93.22.93.02.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Angola, 10 mi away.

  • wild geranium3 obs
  • Great Blue Heron2 obs
  • Polyphemus Moth2 obs
  • northern maidenhair fern2 obs
  • Jack-in-the-Pulpit2 obs
  • eastern white pine2 obs
  • Christmas fern2 obs
  • Bleeding Fairy Helmet2 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 node/358678916

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