Lincoln State Park
Lincoln State Park is a park in Indiana, at a recorded elevation of 141 m. Plock Knob stands 246 m to the east-southeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Abraham Lincoln Bicentennal Plaza, a historic site 0.3 miles away. Ohio River Scenic Byway passes 10 miles off. 36 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 141 m
What to expect
How to reach it
- 10.2 mi off the Ohio River Scenic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Nancy Hanks Lincoln State Memorial: 0.7 mi
- Dale Park: 4.5 mi
- Mariah Hill Park: 5.6 mi
- Mill Park: 5.6 mi
- 5th Street Park: 10.7 mi
- Flint Hill: 4.1 mi
- Fisher Knobs: 9.1 mi
- Nix Hill: 9.8 mi
- Coal Knobs: 11.8 mi
- Sand Hill: 13.7 mi
- St. Paul's German Evangelical Church: 4.8 mi
- Santa Claus Museum: 4.8 mi
- Historic Santa Claus Post Office: 4.8 mi
- Warrick County Museum: 15.7 mi
- Lincoln Pioneer Village and Museum: 15.8 mi
- Abraham Lincoln Bicentennal Plaza: 0.3 mi
- Lincoln Cabin Site Memorial: 1.0 mi
- Town of Troy Veterans Memorial Wall: 13.3 mi
- Veterans Monument Park: 14.3 mi
- Jasper Flagpole: 19.2 mi
- Santa Claus: 4.2 mi
- Santa Claus: 5.3 mi
- Christ the Victor: 11.0 mi
- Christ of the Ohio: 13.3 mi
- Mary: 16.7 mi
- High Banks: 6.8 mi
- Shaw Bluff: 14.5 mi
- Bills Point: 21.8 mi
- Jeffreys Cliff: 23.2 mi
- Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial Visitor Center: 0.6 mi
- Colonel Jones Home: 2.6 mi
- Santa’s Candy Castle: 4.9 mi
- Lincoln State Park: 0.6 mi
- Scales Lake County Park: 14.1 mi
- Nancy Hanks Rest Area (Eastbound): 6.8 mi
- Nancy Hanks Rest Area (Westbound): 6.9 mi
- Lincoln Spring: 1.1 mi
- Scuffletown: 24.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Lincoln State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plock Knob | ESE 114° | 246 m | 24.1 mi |
| Greybill Hill | ESE 114° | 245 m | 24.7 mi |
| Knoblick Knob | ESE 112° | 238 m | 23.4 mi |
| Lutgring Hill | ESE 118° | 209 m | 20.6 mi |
| Indian Hill | SSE 154° | 205 m | 23.0 mi |
| Krausch Hill | ESE 110° | 198 m | 23.4 mi |
| Dyson Knob | WNW 296° | 197 m | 17.4 mi |
| Chilton Hill | ESE 117° | 195 m | 18.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:52 | 18:25 | 19:00 |
| June solstice | 05:26 | 19:36 | 20:15 |
| September equinox | 06:36 | 18:12 | 18:47 |
| December solstice | 07:01 | 15:51 | 16:32 |
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 | 34 | 39 | 47 | 58 | 66 | 74 | 77 | 76 | 70 | 59 | 47 | 38 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 3.5 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 5.4 | 4.8 | 4.5 | 2.9 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 4.2 | 4.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Saint Meinrad, 11 mi away.
- Fowler's Toad13 obs
- American tuliptree10 obs
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail10 obs
- Spicebush Swallowtail9 obs
- Christmas fern8 obs
- Golden Threads Lepidella8 obs
- lesser periwinkle7 obs
- Red-spotted Admiral7 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.
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