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Jordan Park

Jordan Park from directly overhead

Jordan Park is a park in Indiana, at a recorded elevation of 146 m. Dyson Knob stands 197 m to the south-southwest, 3.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Patoka State Fish and Wildlife Area, a park 2.8 miles away. Ohio River Scenic Byway passes 23 miles off. 21 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
146 m

How to reach it

Coordinates38.25810, -87.26112

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Patoka State Fish and Wildlife Area: 2.8 mi
  • Lynnville Park: 5.6 mi
  • Hemmer Woods: 6.3 mi
  • Bethel Camp: 6.4 mi
  • Wirth Park: 7.5 mi
Peaks: 21
Historic sites: 10
Museums: 9
  • Warrick County Museum: 14.5 mi
  • Edith Barrett Memorial History Center: 16.3 mi
  • Dubois County Museum: 20.6 mi
  • St. Paul's German Evangelical Church: 21.5 mi
  • Santa Claus Museum: 21.5 mi
Artworks: 5
Attractions: 4
  • Colonel Jones Home: 15.5 mi
  • Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial Visitor Center: 17.5 mi
  • Gibson County Visitors & Tourism: 18.3 mi
  • Santa’s Candy Castle: 21.7 mi
Cliffs: 4
Nature reserves: 3
Gardens: 3
Rest areas: 2
  • Nancy Hanks Rest Area (Westbound): 17.5 mi
  • Nancy Hanks Rest Area (Eastbound): 17.5 mi
Springs: 1
  • Lincoln Spring: 17.1 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Dyson KnobSSW 203°197 m3.3 mi
Big Ditney HillSSW 213°193 m10.4 mi
Wilson HillWNW 282°190 m5.3 mi
Kennedy HillWNW 291°189 m6.9 mi
Ringham HillSW 224°186 m4.1 mi
Coal KnobsSSE 154°183 m24.1 mi
Moore HillWNW 288°178 m6.2 mi
Fisher KnobsSSE 153°178 m20.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:5319:2620:01
June solstice06:2720:3721:16
September equinox07:3719:1319:48
December solstice08:0316:5117:33

Local time (America/Indiana/Petersburg).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313545566573767568574536
Precip in3.63.44.85.55.94.64.74.13.53.64.34.4

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

  • Blanchard's Cricket Frog4 obs
  • Common Box Turtle2 obs
  • common milkweed2 obs
  • purple passionflower2 obs
  • northern spicebush2 obs
  • Viceroy2 obs
  • coralberry2 obs
  • Japanese Chaff Flower2 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/358657593

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