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Monument Circle

Monument Circle from directly overhead

Monument Circle is a park in Indiana, at a modelled elevation of 220 m. Keller Hill stands 283 m to the southwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Soldiers and Sailors Monument, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Historic National Road - Indiana runs past it. 14 named summits stand within 25 miles.

How to reach it

Coordinates39.76857, -86.15804

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
Parks
Picnic sites: 24
  • Riverfront Pavilion: 0.9 mi
  • Picnic Site 17: 9.4 mi
  • Picnic Site 1: 9.6 mi
  • Picnic Site 22: 9.7 mi
  • Picnic Site 18: 9.7 mi
Gardens: 23
Attractions: 14
Peaks: 14
Nature reserves: 13
Rest areas: 6
Cliffs: 3
Beaches: 2
  • Geist Beach: 17.9 mi
  • Morse Beach: 22.1 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Keller HillSW 231°283 m18.3 mi
Kelly HillSSE 160°264 m11.3 mi
Polk HillSSE 164°261 m11.6 mi
Donalds KnollS 172°258 m18.4 mi
Hog BackESE 107°258 m24.1 mi
Turkey HillS 184°253 m19.7 mi
Clark HillSW 214°250 m24.0 mi
Sally Doty HillS 189°249 m13.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4919:2119:57
June solstice06:1720:3621:17
September equinox07:3319:0819:43
December solstice08:0316:4117:24

Local time (America/Indiana/Indianapolis).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F273040526271747366544232
Precip in3.12.33.74.55.05.43.93.63.23.23.43.3

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

  • Eastern Fox Squirrel336 obs
  • Mallard262 obs
  • Canada Goose222 obs
  • American Robin183 obs
  • House Sparrow148 obs
  • Mourning Dove130 obs
  • Western Honey Bee130 obs
  • Monarch95 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/339439360

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