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Southwestway Park

Southwestway Park from directly overhead

Southwestway Park is a park in Indiana, at a recorded elevation of 209 m. Cooks Hill stands 292 m to the south, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Mann Hill, a peak 0.4 miles away. Historic National Road - Indiana passes 6.9 miles off. 30 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
209 m

What to expect

Operated by
Indy Parks and Recreation

How to reach it

Coordinates39.64737, -86.24271

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Dollar Hide Creek Park: 2.1 mi
  • Griffin Woods: 2.3 mi
  • ball park: 2.4 mi
  • Glenns Valley Nature Park: 2.6 mi
  • Carson Park: 2.9 mi
Artworks
Historic sites: 59
  • Decorative Cannon: 2.6 mi
  • Statue of St. Francis: 8.6 mi
  • Celebrating the American Familiy: 9.0 mi
  • WWII Monument: 9.0 mi
  • Celebration of Service: 9.1 mi
Museums: 32
Peaks: 30
Picnic sites: 24
  • Riverfront Pavilion: 9.0 mi
  • Picnic Site 1: 14.6 mi
  • Picnic Site 17: 14.7 mi
  • Picnic Site 3: 15.0 mi
  • Picnic Site 5: 15.2 mi
Gardens: 21
  • Garfield Park Sunken Gardens: 7.9 mi
  • White River Gardens: 8.9 mi
  • Enabling Garden: 9.0 mi
  • Watanabe Garden: 9.3 mi
  • St. Stephen's Community Garden: 10.1 mi
Nature reserves: 13
Attractions: 11
  • American Heart Association Learn CPR Station: 5.4 mi
  • Indy Logo: 5.5 mi
  • International Chimpanzee Complex Community Hub: 8.9 mi
  • Skyline: 9.0 mi
  • Dallara Factory: 9.4 mi
Rest areas: 4
Cliffs: 3
Ghost towns: 2

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Cooks HillS 190°292 m22.3 mi
Mount NeboSSW 198°291 m17.5 mi
Renner HillSSE 164°284 m24.5 mi
Keller HillWSW 253°283 m10.2 mi
Shumaker HillWSW 238°268 m20.4 mi
Little Hurricane HillSW 233°266 m18.7 mi
Kelly HillESE 104°264 m8.7 mi
Jakes ButteSW 225°264 m18.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4919:2219:57
June solstice06:1820:3621:17
September equinox07:3319:0819:44
December solstice08:0316:4217:25

Local time (America/Indiana/Indianapolis).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283242546473767568554332
Precip in3.22.53.74.64.95.44.73.53.43.43.53.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Indianapolis Nwfo, 5 mi away.

  • Japanese Beetle42 obs
  • Red Milkweed Beetle36 obs
  • Jack-in-the-Pulpit32 obs
  • Virginia bluebells21 obs
  • false rue anemone20 obs
  • Brown-belted Bumble Bee20 obs
  • pale jewelweed19 obs
  • Dryad's Saddle19 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/156568432

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