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Hanson Park

Hanson Park from directly overhead

Hanson Park is a park in Indiana, at a modelled elevation of 178 m. Carlisle Hill stands 280 m to the east, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Blue Chip Hotel, a attraction 0.2 miles away. The Indiana Lincoln Highway Byway passes 9.6 miles off. 47 named summits stand within 25 miles.

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Coordinates41.71871, -86.88784
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Winding Creek Cove Park: 0.4 mi
  • Charles R. Westcott Park: 0.5 mi
  • Canada Park: 0.6 mi
  • Cleveland Park: 0.6 mi
  • Waterfall Park: 0.7 mi
Nature reserves
  • Barker Woods Nature Preserve: 2.0 mi
  • NIPSCO and Shirley Heinze Land Trust: 2.8 mi
  • Shirley Heinze Land Trust: 2.9 mi
  • Trail Creek Fen Nature Preserve: 3.3 mi
  • Creek Ridge County Park: 3.9 mi
Peaks: 47
  • Bismarck Hill: 0.7 mi
  • Crescent Dune: 1.7 mi
  • Mount Baldy: 2.2 mi
  • Mount McCray: 2.8 mi
  • Mount Jensen: 3.1 mi
Attractions: 34
Historic sites: 31
Beaches: 25
  • Stop 2 Beach: 0.9 mi
  • Washington Park Beach: 1.0 mi
  • Stop 7 Beach: 1.1 mi
  • Crescent Dune Beach: 1.8 mi
  • Mount Baldy Beach: 2.6 mi
Museums: 18
Gardens: 16
Artworks: 10
  • Duet: 0.8 mi
  • Potawatomi Warrior: 11.3 mi
  • La Porte History Mural: 11.4 mi
  • Orville Redenbacher: 19.5 mi
  • Tuskegee Airmen: 20.2 mi
Picnic sites: 6
Lighthouses: 5
Rest areas: 3
  • Indiana Welcome Center: 5.1 mi
  • Michigan Welcome Center 707: 8.2 mi
  • Rest Area Trucks Only: 9.3 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • 1 Foot Falls: 7.4 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Carlisle HillE 100°280.4 m20.6 mi
Mount EdwardNE 47°242 m21.7 mi
Mount RandallNE 49°235 m20.1 mi
Tower HillNE 49°233 m19.7 mi
Pikes PeakNE 49°229 m19.5 mi
Mount FullerNE 49°227 m19.3 mi
Great Warren DuneNE 48°225 m21.0 mi
Mount LieberWSW 249°214 m19.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5218:2319:00
June solstice05:1419:4420:26
September equinox06:3618:1018:47
December solstice07:1215:3616:21

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, 11 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Ring-billed Gull35 obs
  • Sanderling30 obs
  • Mallard29 obs
  • Red-breasted Merganser23 obs
  • Monarch14 obs
  • purple pitcher plant12 obs
  • spotted horsemint12 obs
  • Sandhill Crane12 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/493582481

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