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Highland Park

Highland Park from directly overhead

Highland Park is a park in Indiana, at a modelled elevation of 225 m. Keller Hill stands 283 m to the southwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Pogues Place Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Historic National Road - Indiana passes 0.3 miles off. 14 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

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How to reach it

Coordinates39.77088, -86.13837

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Pogues Place Park: 0.2 mi
  • Cottage Home Community Park: 0.4 mi
  • Willard Pocket Park: 0.6 mi
  • Willard Park: 0.6 mi
  • Chatham Commons: 0.7 mi
Artworks
Historic sites
Museums: 34
Picnic sites: 24
Gardens: 23
  • Cottage Home Community Garden: 0.3 mi
  • Growing Places Indy: 0.6 mi
  • Chatham Arch Community Garden: 0.7 mi
  • Garden Alley: 0.7 mi
  • Watanabe Garden: 1.6 mi
Attractions: 14
Peaks: 14
Nature reserves: 13
Rest areas: 6
  • Plainfield Rest Area (Eastbound): 16.0 mi
  • Plainfield Rest Area (Wesbound): 16.1 mi
  • Greenfield Rest Area (Eastbound): 23.3 mi
  • Greenfield Rest Area (Westbound): 23.4 mi
  • Lizton Rest Area Eastbound: 23.8 mi
Cliffs: 3
Beaches: 2
  • Geist Beach: 17.0 mi
  • Morse Beach: 21.6 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Keller HillSW 233°283 m19.2 mi
Kelly HillSSE 165°264 m11.1 mi
Polk HillS 169°261 m11.5 mi
Donalds KnollS 175°258 m18.5 mi
Hog BackESE 108°258 m23.2 mi
Turkey HillS 187°253 m20.0 mi
Clark HillSW 216°250 m24.7 mi
Sally Doty HillSSW 193°249 m14.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4919:2119:57
June solstice06:1720:3621:17
September equinox07:3319:0819:43
December solstice08:0316:4117:24

Local time (America/Indiana/Indianapolis).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F273040526271747366544232
Precip in3.12.33.74.55.05.43.93.63.23.23.43.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Indianapolis SE Side, 5 mi away.

  • Eastern Fox Squirrel219 obs
  • Mallard211 obs
  • Canada Goose122 obs
  • House Sparrow103 obs
  • American Robin89 obs
  • Western Honey Bee88 obs
  • Ovenbird75 obs
  • Mourning Dove74 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/234911897

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