Oscar Charleston Park
Oscar Charleston Park is a park in Indiana, at a recorded elevation of 232 m. Keller Hill stands 283 m to the southwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Trolleybus Loop, a historic site 0.3 miles away. Historic National Road - Indiana passes 2.8 miles off. 11 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 232 m
How to reach it
- 2.8 mi off the Historic National Road - Indiana, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Trolleybus Loop: 0.3 mi
- Forest Manor Interurban Station: 1.8 mi
- Landmark for Peace Memorial: 2.1 mi
- School 15 Arch: 2.4 mi
- Sylvia Likens Memorial: 3.0 mi
- Beckwith Park: 0.5 mi
- Brightwood Park: 0.7 mi
- Douglass Park: 1.0 mi
- Colorado and 29th Park: 1.1 mi
- Unity Park: 1.1 mi
- Interdependence Sculpture: 1.7 mi
- Silver Fall: 2.0 mi
- Child Dinosaur Skeletons: 2.3 mi
- Adult Dinosaur Skeleton: 2.3 mi
- Care/Don’t Care: 2.6 mi
- Hook's Drug Store: 1.7 mi
- Indy's Teeny Statue Of Liberty Museum: 1.9 mi
- Childrens Museum: 2.3 mi
- Indianapolis Fire Fighters Museum: 2.7 mi
- Crown Hill Waiting Station: 2.7 mi
- Riverfront Pavilion: 4.3 mi
- Picnic Area: 7.5 mi
- Picnic Site 22: 10.0 mi
- Picnic Site 17: 10.0 mi
- Picnic Site 21: 10.0 mi
- Growing Places Indy: 2.2 mi
- Garden Alley: 2.6 mi
- Cottage Home Community Garden: 2.6 mi
- Chatham Arch Community Garden: 2.6 mi
- Sharp Community Garden: 3.2 mi
- Marott Park and Nature Preserve: 5.4 mi
- Blue Heron Nature Preserve: 7.1 mi
- Daubenspeck Nature Reserve: 8.4 mi
- Sargent Road Nature Park: 8.4 mi
- Ritchey Woods Nature Preserve: 9.9 mi
- Benjamin Harrison Presidential Site: 2.7 mi
- Depew Memorial Fountain: 3.4 mi
- International Chimpanzee Complex Community Hub: 4.4 mi
- Skyline: 4.4 mi
- Memorial and External Flame: 5.2 mi
- Mars Hill: 8.5 mi
- Mann Hill: 12.6 mi
- Kelly Hill: 13.4 mi
- Polk Hill: 13.9 mi
- Sally Doty Hill: 17.0 mi
- Plainfield Rest Area (Eastbound): 18.5 mi
- Plainfield Rest Area (Wesbound): 18.5 mi
- Greenfield Rest Area (Eastbound): 21.8 mi
- Greenfield Rest Area (Westbound): 21.9 mi
- Lizton Rest Area Eastbound: 24.2 mi
- Geist Beach: 14.3 mi
- Morse Beach: 18.9 mi
- The Bluffs: 17.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Oscar Charleston Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Keller Hill | SW 229° | 283 m | 21.8 mi |
| Kelly Hill | S 173° | 264 m | 13.4 mi |
| Polk Hill | S 176° | 261 m | 13.9 mi |
| Donalds Knoll | S 179° | 258 m | 21.0 mi |
| Hog Back | ESE 115° | 258 m | 23.0 mi |
| Turkey Hill | S 190° | 253 m | 22.7 mi |
| Sally Doty Hill | SSW 195° | 249 m | 17.0 mi |
| Moore Hill | SSW 194° | 247 m | 23.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:49 | 19:21 | 19:57 |
| June solstice | 06:17 | 20:36 | 21:17 |
| September equinox | 07:33 | 19:08 | 19:43 |
| December solstice | 08:03 | 16:41 | 17:24 |
Local time (America/Indiana/Indianapolis).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 28 | 32 | 42 | 53 | 63 | 72 | 75 | 73 | 66 | 55 | 43 | 33 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 2.7 | 3.9 | 4.6 | 4.9 | 5.6 | 4.7 | 3.9 | 3.6 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 3.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Castleton 2 S, 6 mi away.
- Black Swallowtail42 obs
- Amur honeysuckle23 obs
- American pokeweed22 obs
- Monarch19 obs
- American Robin17 obs
- fortune's spindle17 obs
- Eastern Fox Squirrel16 obs
- ground-ivy16 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/881288316
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