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Max Bahr Park

Max Bahr Park from directly overhead

Max Bahr Park is a park in Indiana, at a recorded elevation of 216 m. Keller Hill stands 283 m to the southwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Indiana Medical History Museum, a museum 0.3 miles away. Historic National Road - Indiana passes 0.5 miles off. 13 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
216 m

How to reach it

Coordinates39.77180, -86.20780

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Artworks
Historic sites: 60
Museums: 34
Picnic sites: 24
  • Riverfront Pavilion: 1.8 mi
  • Picnic Site 17: 7.4 mi
  • Picnic Site 1: 7.5 mi
  • Picnic Site 3: 7.8 mi
  • Picnic Site 5: 7.8 mi
Gardens: 23
Attractions: 14
Peaks: 13
Nature reserves: 13
Rest areas: 4
Cliffs: 3
Beaches: 2
  • Geist Beach: 19.7 mi
  • Morse Beach: 22.7 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Keller HillSW 225°283 m16.5 mi
Kelly HillSSE 149°264 m12.6 mi
Polk HillSSE 153°261 m12.8 mi
Donalds KnollSSE 164°258 m19.2 mi
Turkey HillS 177°253 m19.9 mi
Clark HillSSW 208°250 m22.8 mi
Sally Doty HillS 178°249 m13.9 mi
Barnard HillSSW 209°249 m21.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4919:2119:57
June solstice06:1820:3621:17
September equinox07:3319:0819:44
December solstice08:0316:4117:24

Local time (America/Indiana/Indianapolis).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F293342546473767568564333
Precip in3.12.43.74.34.84.94.43.23.13.23.52.9

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

  • Eastern Fox Squirrel134 obs
  • American Robin106 obs
  • Canada Goose98 obs
  • Mourning Dove59 obs
  • Western Honey Bee56 obs
  • Mallard54 obs
  • Monarch50 obs
  • Northern Cardinal49 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/352359780

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