Waterfall · Indiana

Charley Creek Falls

Charley Creek Falls, seen from above at true elevation

The record

What the record says

Height: 4 m
Width: 10 m

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates40.80288, -85.83191

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks

Charley Creek Gardens: 0.5 mi
Master Trooper David Rich Memorial Park: 0.6 mi
Honeywell Park and Pool: 0.6 mi
John Drook Memorial Bike and Skate Park: 0.7 mi
First Electrical City Waterfountain Park: 0.7 mi

Historic sites14

Wabash Bicentennial: 0.4 mi
Old Wabash Jr. High Site: 0.5 mi
Sailor: 0.6 mi
Sentry Soilder: 0.6 mi
Vetran's Memorial: 0.6 mi

Nature reserves13

Mary Thornton Nature Preserve: 5.7 mi
Asherwood: 6.5 mi
Eel River Wildlife Management Area: 9.5 mi
Seven Pillars Nature Preserve: 10.4 mi
Walter H. and E. Marie Myers Nature Preserve on Flowers Creek: 10.8 mi

Ghost towns12

Paw Paw: 8.7 mi
Brownell: 10.9 mi
Niconza: 11.9 mi
Snow Hill: 12.4 mi
Anson: 12.5 mi

Museums11

Wabash County Historical Museum: 0.7 mi
International Circus Hall of Fame: 10.4 mi
Miami County Museum: 12.9 mi
Circus City Festival Museum: 12.9 mi
North Manchester Center of History: 14.0 mi

Attractions8

Gardens5

Butterfly Garden: 1.0 mi
Garden of Valor: 1.9 mi
Peru Garden Club: 14.7 mi
The Gladdys Muir Peace Garden: 14.8 mi
Friends of the Gardens: 17.3 mi

Artworks4

Key Way: 0.6 mi
Turtle Sundae: 12.1 mi
Yellow Chair: 17.2 mi
Firefighter Garfield Statue: 24.6 mi

Waterfalls1

Charley Creek Falls: 0.0 mi

Cliffs1

Cliffs of the Seven Double Pillars: 9.9 mi

Beaches1

Lake Claire: 20.6 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:48	19:19	19:56
June solstice	06:13	20:38	21:19
September equinox	07:32	19:06	19:42
December solstice	08:05	16:36	17:19

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	26	29	39	51	62	71	74	72	66	54	42	31
Precip in	2.4	2.2	2.6	3.5	4.4	4.9	4.6	4.2	3.2	3.1	2.9	2.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Wabash, under a mile away.

Streamflow

Months at or above the year’s average flow: Dec–May — fullest in Mar, leanest in Sep.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Mean cfs	2,342	2,491	3,164	2,643	1,806	1,572	999	571	514	732	1,077	1,814

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Wabash River AT Wabash, IN, 1 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/9583100569

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