Howard Park
Howard Park is a park in Indiana, at a recorded elevation of 210 m. Mt. Pumpkin stands 287 m to the east, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Plaza Park, a park 0.1 miles away. The Indiana Lincoln Highway Byway runs past it. 9 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 210 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Plaza Park: 0.1 mi
- Seitz Park: 0.3 mi
- Island Park: 0.3 mi
- Governor Joe Kernan Park: 0.4 mi
- Pier Park: 0.4 mi
- Chamberlain Lake Nature Preserve: 6.7 mi
- Brandywine Creek Nature Park: 9.0 mi
- Potato Creek State Park: 10.4 mi
- Dayton Wet Prairie Preserve: 11.0 mi
- Bakertown Fen: 12.3 mi
- South Bend Museum of Art: 0.4 mi
- HealthWorks! Kids' Museum: 0.5 mi
- The Studebaker National Museum: 1.0 mi
- The Oliver Mansion: 1.0 mi
- The History Museum: 1.0 mi
- "Crossroads" sculpture: 1.3 mi
- Red Throne: 1.4 mi
- Tracery: 1.5 mi
- Maquette for Wing Generator: 1.5 mi
- Two Lines Oblique: 1.5 mi
- Greenhouse Community Garden: 1.4 mi
- Bird feeding area: 2.3 mi
- Courtyard: 7.0 mi
- Sensory Garden at Cobus Park: 9.9 mi
- Lakeville Unity Garden: 10.0 mi
- Clark Memorial Fountain: 2.0 mi
- Better Homes of South Bend: 2.7 mi
- Soldiers and Sailors Civil War Monument: 2.9 mi
- Indiana Territorial Line: 4.1 mi
- Heron Monument: 5.0 mi
- Orchard Shore Shelters Picnic Area: 10.3 mi
- Otahnagon Picnic Area: 13.2 mi
- Hardwoods: 13.4 mi
- Riverbend Picnic Area: 21.8 mi
- Meadows Picnic Area: 21.9 mi
- Birthday Chair: 1.3 mi
- St. Joseph County Fairgrounds: 3.8 mi
- Tree Sign: 12.8 mi
- Confluence of The Little Elkhart and St. Joseph Rivers: 13.9 mi
- South Vista: 14.3 mi
- Reeves Hill: 9.2 mi
- Vargo Hill: 9.3 mi
- Carlisle Hill: 13.0 mi
- Mt. Pumpkin: 23.9 mi
- Mount Randall: 24.3 mi
- Pleasant Lake East Beach: 12.0 mi
- Builders Association-Elkhart,: 15.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Howard Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mt. Pumpkin | E 99° | 287 m | 23.9 mi |
| Carlisle Hill | W 268° | 280.4 m | 13.0 mi |
| Vargo Hill | SW 214° | 270 m | 9.3 mi |
| Reeves Hill | SW 219° | 264 m | 9.2 mi |
| Mount Randall | NW 312° | 235 m | 24.3 mi |
| Tower Hill | NW 311° | 233 m | 24.4 mi |
| Pikes Peak | NW 311° | 229 m | 24.5 mi |
| Mount Fuller | NW 310° | 227 m | 24.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:49 | 19:21 | 19:57 |
| June solstice | 06:11 | 20:42 | 21:24 |
| September equinox | 07:33 | 19:07 | 19:44 |
| December solstice | 08:09 | 16:34 | 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, 2 mi away.
- Eastern Fox Squirrel50 obs
- Elegant Grass-veneer49 obs
- Green Cloverworm Moth49 obs
- Brown-belted Bumble Bee45 obs
- Eastern Cottontail40 obs
- Common Eastern Bumble Bee40 obs
- American Robin37 obs
- Asian Lady Beetle37 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 way/39222603
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