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Wolf Park

Wolf Park from directly overhead

Wolf Park is a park in Indiana, at a modelled elevation of 196 m. The Mound stands 221 m to the south-southeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Harrisonville, a ghost town 1.6 miles away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 3.5 miles off.

What to expect

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates40.53681, -86.82882

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Artworks: 23
Nature reserves: 21
Museums: 11
Ghost towns: 10
Picnic sites: 9
  • Blazingstar: 2.1 mi
  • Bergamot: 2.1 mi
  • Coneflower Recreation Bldg.: 2.1 mi
  • Bobolink: 2.2 mi
  • Newell Shelter: 8.2 mi
Historic sites: 8
Gardens: 3
  • Clegg Memorial Garden: 6.5 mi
  • Children's Garden: 7.8 mi
  • Wallace Triangle: 9.2 mi
Attractions: 3
  • Monster Mini: 11.9 mi
  • Exploration Acres: 14.6 mi
  • Adams Mill: 17.2 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • Wolcott Rest Area - I-65 NB: 16.6 mi
  • Wolcott Rest Area - I-65 SB: 16.7 mi
Beaches: 2
  • Indiana Beach: 17.8 mi
  • France Park Beach: 24.6 mi
Cliffs: 1
  • Sunset Point: 7.8 mi
Peaks: 1
Waterfalls: 1
  • France Park Waterfalls: 24.6 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
The MoundSSE 156°221 m11.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:5219:2420:00
June solstice06:1820:4121:22
September equinox07:3619:1019:46
December solstice08:0816:4117:24

Local time (America/Indiana/Indianapolis).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242838506271737165534130
Precip in2.21.92.64.04.74.84.23.73.13.03.02.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — W Lafayette 6 NW, 10 mi away.

  • swamp lousewort19 obs
  • swamp thistle15 obs
  • purple false foxglove15 obs
  • Red-winged Blackbird10 obs
  • Monarch9 obs
  • Virginia bluebells9 obs
  • Carolina horsenettle8 obs
  • great mullein8 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/132211438

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