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Ogden Gardens

Ogden Gardens from directly overhead

Ogden Gardens is a park in Indiana, at a recorded elevation of 247 m. Mount Lieber stands 214 m to the northwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Forest Park, a park 0.1 miles away. The Indiana Lincoln Highway Byway passes 0.7 miles off. 43 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
247 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.47893, -87.06642
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Forest Park: 0.1 mi
  • Forest Park: 0.2 mi
  • Tower Park: 0.4 mi
  • Jessee-Pifer Park: 0.5 mi
  • Jesse-Pilfer Park: 0.5 mi
Nature reserves
Historic sites: 49
  • Nike Missile Site C47: 6.5 mi
  • Verteran's Memorial: 8.8 mi
  • Nike Missile Silos: 10.5 mi
  • Vietnam Veterans Meorial: 11.7 mi
  • Tremont (New City West): 11.8 mi
Peaks: 43
  • Continental Divide Point: 4.2 mi
  • Mount Tuthill: 11.8 mi
  • Mount Bentley: 11.8 mi
  • Mount Leman: 11.9 mi
  • Ski Hill: 11.9 mi
Artworks: 37
  • Orville Redenbacher: 0.8 mi
  • Father Marquette Monument: 13.8 mi
  • Tuskegee Airmen: 13.8 mi
  • Octave Chanute: 13.9 mi
  • Mayor Richard G. Hatcher Monuument: 16.4 mi
Attractions: 34
  • Founders Rock: 1.3 mi
  • Jump: 2.0 mi
  • Jump: 2.0 mi
  • Jump: 2.0 mi
  • Jump: 2.0 mi
Beaches: 29
  • Big Bass Beach: 8.6 mi
  • Clubhouse Beach: 9.4 mi
  • Sandy Beach: 9.7 mi
  • Bailly Beach: 12.0 mi
  • Portage Lakefront: 12.0 mi
Gardens: 17
  • Welcome Garden: 5.1 mi
  • Hitz Family Rose Garden: 5.1 mi
  • Bapst Rose Garden: 5.1 mi
  • ArcelorMittal Adventure Garden: 5.1 mi
  • Native Plant Garden: 5.1 mi
Museums: 14
Picnic sites: 5
Lighthouses: 5
Rest areas: 4
  • Rest Area Trucks Only: 10.5 mi
  • Indiana Welcome Center: 22.7 mi
  • I-65 Rest Stop (northbound): 24.1 mi
  • I-65 Rest Stop (southbound): 24.1 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • 1 Foot Falls: 11.6 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount LieberNW 317°214 m13.0 mi
Chanute HillNW 313°195 m14.1 mi
Mount HoldenN 3°194 m12.8 mi
Mount TomN 2°193 m12.7 mi
Mount JacksonN 4°192 m12.7 mi
Mount BaldyNNE 24°185 m17.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5318:2419:01
June solstice05:1519:4420:26
September equinox06:3618:1118:47
December solstice07:1215:3816:22

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F252938506069737165544130
Precip in2.42.22.63.74.64.34.13.62.93.93.32.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Valparaiso WTR WKS, 3 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • American Robin18 obs
  • American Toad16 obs
  • White-tailed Deer11 obs
  • Monarch11 obs
  • Eastern Bluebird10 obs
  • ground-ivy10 obs
  • Northern Cardinal9 obs
  • Asian Lady Beetle9 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358680826

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