Lafayette Park
Lafayette Park is a park in Indiana, at a modelled elevation of 148 m. Dyson Knob stands 197 m to the east-southeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Public Pool, a park 0.1 miles away. Ohio River Scenic Byway passes 26 miles off. 89 named places lie within 25 miles, 13 of them named summits.
How to reach it
- 26.5 mi off the Ohio River Scenic Byway, National
- 22.3 mi off the Indiana's Historic Pathways, National
- 143.3 mi off the River Road Scenic Byway, National
89 named places within 25 miles
- Public Pool: 0.1 mi
- Pocket Park: 0.5 mi
- South Side Park: 1.3 mi
- Camp Carson: 2.6 mi
- Wirth Park: 11.6 mi
- Bald Hill: 1.8 mi
- Sand Hill: 4.4 mi
- Kennedy Hill: 11.5 mi
- Moore Hill: 12.3 mi
- Wilson Hill: 13.2 mi
- Fifty-Eighth Indiana Regiment Monument: 0.5 mi
- Gibson County Soldiers and Sailors Monument: 0.6 mi
- Peter Britton Cabin: 16.9 mi
- USS Indianapolis (SSN-697): 21.6 mi
- Soldiers and Sailors Monument: 21.9 mi
- Lyles Station Historic School & Museum: 4.7 mi
- Wabash County Museum District: 10.6 mi
- Edith Barrett Memorial History Center: 18.5 mi
- Indiana Military Museum: 21.6 mi
- Harrison Mansion: 22.5 mi
- Hanging Rock: 11.4 mi
- Shelter Bluff: 13.7 mi
- McCleary Bluff: 17.2 mi
- The Bluffs: 18.5 mi
- Lucky Point: 22.5 mi
- Beall Woods Nature Preserve: 13.5 mi
- Beall Woods State Park: 13.7 mi
- Beall Woods State Park: 13.8 mi
- Robeson Hills Nature Preserve: 24.1 mi
- Company F. 42nd Indiana Monument: 12.6 mi
- Fish: 13.7 mi
- Shalev: Angel of Compassion: 25.0 mi
- Lexington: 21.4 mi
- Mills Prairie: 23.6 mi
- Skeeter Mountain Rest Area (Westbound): 24.2 mi
- Skeeter Rest Area: 24.3 mi
- Gibson County Visitors & Tourism: 0.4 mi
- Toyota Butterfly Garden: 22.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Lafayette Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dyson Knob | ESE 123° | 197 m | 18.7 mi |
| Big Ditney Hill | SE 144° | 193 m | 19.4 mi |
| Wilson Hill | ESE 117° | 190 m | 13.2 mi |
| Kennedy Hill | ESE 114° | 189 m | 11.5 mi |
| Ringham Hill | SE 125° | 186 m | 17.4 mi |
| Moore Hill | ESE 115° | 178 m | 12.3 mi |
| Bald Hill | NNE 18° | 176 m | 1.8 mi |
| Turkey Hill | E 90° | 172 m | 15.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:55 | 18:28 | 19:02 |
| June solstice | 05:28 | 19:38 | 20:18 |
| September equinox | 06:39 | 18:14 | 18:49 |
| December solstice | 07:05 | 15:52 | 16:34 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 30 | 34 | 44 | 55 | 65 | 74 | 77 | 76 | 69 | 57 | 44 | 35 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 3.2 | 4.5 | 5.3 | 5.7 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 3.3 | 4.2 | 3.4 | 4.1 | 3.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Princeton 1 W, under a mile away.
- North American Wheel Bug3 obs
- Red-shouldered Hawk2 obs
- Northern Cardinal2 obs
- Pandorus Sphinx2 obs
- American pokeweed2 obs
- Monarch2 obs
- Eastern Carpenter Bee2 obs
- purple passionflower2 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/241565437
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