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Jaycee Park

Jaycee Park from directly overhead

Jaycee Park is a park in Indiana, at a modelled elevation of 152 m. Mount Airie stands 266 m to the northeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Parklands of Jasper, a park 0.3 miles away. Ohio River Scenic Byway passes 28 miles off. 21 named summits stand within 25 miles.

How to reach it

Coordinates38.39925, -86.93973

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Parklands of Jasper: 0.3 mi
  • Central Green: 0.6 mi
  • State Police Park: 0.6 mi
  • Centennial Park: 0.6 mi
  • Robert E. Parker Park: 0.7 mi
Peaks: 21
Museums: 8
  • Dubois County Museum: 1.0 mi
  • Edith Barrett Memorial History Center: 19.4 mi
  • St. Paul's German Evangelical Church: 19.7 mi
  • Historic Santa Claus Post Office: 19.7 mi
  • Santa Claus Museum: 19.7 mi
Historic sites: 8
Attractions: 7
  • Hindostan Falls: 16.2 mi
  • Santa’s Candy Castle: 19.9 mi
  • Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial Visitor Center: 20.0 mi
  • French Lick Resort Casino: 20.4 mi
  • Colonel Jones Home: 20.5 mi
Cliffs: 5
Artworks: 5
Rest areas: 2
  • Nancy Hanks Rest Area (Westbound): 14.0 mi
  • Nancy Hanks Rest Area (Eastbound): 14.1 mi
Springs: 2
  • Lincoln Spring: 19.5 mi
  • Pluto Spring: 20.3 mi
Beaches: 1
  • Patoka Lake Swimming Beach: 14.8 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Hindostan Falls: 16.2 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount AirieNE 54°266 m20.4 mi
Tunnel HillE 100°251 m23.9 mi
Sampson HillNNE 26°247 m18.5 mi
Luke KnobNE 45°243 m25.0 mi
Goss HillNE 52°223 m12.5 mi
Buck KnobNNE 14°221 m23.9 mi
Schoolhouse HillNNE 28°213 m17.0 mi
Knob HillN 351°198 m12.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:5219:2520:00
June solstice06:2520:3621:16
September equinox07:3619:1219:46
December solstice08:0216:5017:31

Local time (America/Indiana/Vincennes).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333645566775807771604738

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Patoka Lake, 13 mi away.

  • common pawpaw6 obs
  • Philadelphia fleabane6 obs
  • Virginia Springbeauty6 obs
  • Six-spotted Tiger Beetle5 obs
  • grey-headed coneflower5 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel4 obs
  • Butterweed4 obs
  • tall goldenrod4 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/445068732

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