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Hindostan Falls Public Fishing Area

Hindostan Falls Public Fishing Area from directly overhead

Hindostan Falls Public Fishing Area is a park in Indiana, at a recorded elevation of 264 m. Gobblers Knob stands 276 m to the east-northeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Hindostan Falls, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Indiana's Historic Pathways passes 4.0 miles off. 27 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
264 m

How to reach it

Coordinates38.62321, -86.84868

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Hindostan Falls: 0.0 mi
  • Loogootee city park: 5.0 mi
  • Swamp & Water Park: 5.5 mi
  • Martin County State Forest: 8.4 mi
  • West Boggs Lake & Park: 8.4 mi
Peaks: 27
Attractions: 10
Historic sites: 10
Museums: 6
Cliffs: 4
Springs: 3
  • Pluto Spring: 13.2 mi
  • Spring Cave: 22.2 mi
  • Hoyt Spring: 22.7 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Waterfalls: 1
  • Hindostan Falls: 0.1 mi
Beaches: 1
  • Patoka Lake Swimming Beach: 17.5 mi
Artworks: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Hindostan Falls Public Fishing Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Gobblers KnobENE 69°276 m15.0 mi
Rariden HillENE 63°274 m20.3 mi
Sally HillENE 60°270 m16.9 mi
Mount AirieESE 107°266 m12.0 mi
Maul HillNE 36°263 m22.6 mi
Tunnel HillNNE 15°260 m21.8 mi
Sampson HillENE 71°247 m3.4 mi
Luke KnobE 80°243 m12.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:5219:2520:00
June solstice06:2420:3621:16
September equinox07:3619:1119:46
December solstice08:0216:4817:30

Local time (America/Indiana/Vincennes).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323645566574777669574636
Precip in3.73.14.55.26.14.94.33.03.73.54.03.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Shoals 8 S, 6 mi away.

  • bladder sedge3 obs
  • American Royal Fern3 obs
  • sallow sedge2 obs
  • blackjack oak2 obs
  • strawberry bush2 obs
  • southern blue flag2 obs
  • halberd-leaved tearthumb2 obs
  • Mucket2 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/358678694

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