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Richard Lieber State Recreation Area

Richard Lieber State Recreation Area from directly overhead

Richard Lieber State Recreation Area is a park in Indiana, at a recorded elevation of 244 m. Moser Hill stands 284 m to the northeast, 8.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Hulman Beach, a beach 3.1 miles away. Historic National Road - Indiana passes 5.8 miles off. 157 named places lie within 25 miles, 36 of them named summits.

What the record says

Elevation
244 m

How to reach it

Coordinates39.47636, -86.88791

157 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 60
Peaks: 36
Historic sites: 15
Artworks: 11
  • Depth of Field: 23.2 mi
  • Golden Key Honor Society Certificate: 23.3 mi
  • Chemistry Honor Society Certificate: 23.3 mi
  • Pictures of Past Rose-Hulman Presidents: 23.3 mi
  • Elephant made out of Plastic Tubes: 23.3 mi
Attractions: 6
Gardens: 6
Museums: 5
  • Putnam County Train Museum: 12.1 mi
  • Putnam County Museum: 12.2 mi
  • Ten O' Clock Line Treaty Museum: 14.8 mi
  • Owen County Heritage and Culture Center: 14.9 mi
  • Indiana Track & Field & Cross Country Hall of Fame Museum: 24.1 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • Lower Cataract Falls: 4.3 mi
  • Upper Cataract Falls: 4.9 mi
  • McCormick's Creek Waterfall: 15.6 mi
Beaches: 2
Picnic sites: 1
  • Public Picnic Area: 6.4 mi
Cliffs: 1
Rest areas: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Richard Lieber State Recreation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Moser HillNE 52°284 m8.2 mi
Hadden HillNE 40°279 m8.0 mi
McCoy HillNE 48°275 m6.2 mi
Hale HillSSE 154°269 m7.3 mi
Shumaker HillE 86°268 m17.0 mi
Snyder HillNNE 31°267 m5.8 mi
Gaston HillSSE 155°266 m9.4 mi
Little Hurricane HillE 89°266 m19.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:5219:2420:00
June solstice06:2120:3821:19
September equinox07:3619:1119:46
December solstice08:0516:4517:28

Local time (America/Indiana/Indianapolis).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F263040506169727164534131
Precip in3.22.63.54.64.95.44.73.43.73.63.63.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Greencastle 1 W, 12 mi away.

  • Christmas fern9 obs
  • mayapple8 obs
  • American beech6 obs
  • American tuliptree6 obs
  • chicken of the woods6 obs
  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail6 obs
  • crown-tipped coral fungus6 obs
  • Spicebush Swallowtail5 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/156279476

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