Guardians of the City
Guardians of the City is an artwork in Ohio, at a modelled elevation of 154 m. Rumpke Mountain stands 319 m to the north-northwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Queensgate Playfield, a park 0.3 miles away. Ohio River Scenic Byway runs past it. 32 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Built
- 2013
What to expect
How to reach it
- On the Ohio River Scenic Byway, National
- 1.8 mi off the Riverboat Row Scenic Byway
- 12.0 mi off the Presidential Pathways Ohio Scenic Byway
- 14.9 mi off the Big Bone Lick Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Bird Watching Shelter · 17 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Queensgate Playfield: 0.3 mi
- Lincoln Playground: 0.4 mi
- Ezzard Charles Park: 0.6 mi
- Caple Park: 0.7 mi
- Greater Cincinnati Firefighters Memorial Park: 0.7 mi
- Cincinnati Museum Center at Union Terminal: 0.5 mi
- Cincinnati Union Terminal: 0.5 mi
- American Legacy Tours: 1.1 mi
- Tyler Davidson Fountain: 1.1 mi
- Aronoff Center for the Arts: 1.2 mi
- Laurel–Lincoln World War II Memorial: 0.6 mi
- Peter H. Clark: 0.6 mi
- George Washington Williams: 0.7 mi
- Chestnut Street Cemetery: 0.7 mi
- The Genius of Water: 1.1 mi
- Cincinnati: 0.8 mi
- Black Lives Matter: 0.8 mi
- William Henry Harrison: 0.9 mi
- I Have a Dream of Peace: 0.9 mi
- Miami and Erie Canal: 1.0 mi
- Pleasant Street North Community Garden: 1.0 mi
- Over-The-Rhine People’s Garden: 1.3 mi
- Kay’s Garden: 1.6 mi
- Druffel Gardens: 2.5 mi
- Medicinal Herb Garden: 2.9 mi
- Cincinnati History Museum: 0.5 mi
- Duke Energy Children’s Museum: 0.5 mi
- Cincinnati Museum Center at Union Terminal: 0.5 mi
- Museum of Natural History and Science: 0.5 mi
- The Betts House: 0.7 mi
- Theresa Street Reserve: 1.8 mi
- Imago: 2.1 mi
- Glenway Woods: 2.1 mi
- Rawson Woods: 3.4 mi
- Edgewood Grove: 3.4 mi
- Bald Knob: 1.5 mi
- Brighton Hill: 1.5 mi
- Mount Adams: 1.9 mi
- Mount Echo: 1.9 mi
- Goat Hill: 1.9 mi
- Area 23: 4.4 mi
- Area 22, Furnas Hill: 4.5 mi
- Area 26: 4.6 mi
- Area 19, Stone Steps: 4.7 mi
- Area 30, McFarlan Woods: 4.7 mi
- Lower Buckeye Falls: 14.1 mi
- Buckeye Falls: 14.1 mi
- Butterworth: 20.3 mi
- Simpkinsville: 21.0 mi
- Hidden Valley Lake Beach: 16.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Guardians of the City. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rumpke Mountain | NNW 344° | 319 m | 12.4 mi |
| New Trenton Hill | NW 307° | 287 m | 23.9 mi |
| Harrison Hill | WNW 300° | 284 m | 19.8 mi |
| Harrison Hill | WNW 302° | 279 m | 19.7 mi |
| Heitsmanns Hill | NNW 347° | 274 m | 21.4 mi |
| Snow Hill | NW 312° | 274 m | 23.6 mi |
| Whites Hill | WNW 300° | 273 m | 21.9 mi |
| Orchard Hill | S 180° | 268 m | 4.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:43 | 19:15 | 19:50 |
| June solstice | 06:13 | 20:28 | 21:08 |
| September equinox | 07:26 | 19:02 | 19:37 |
| December solstice | 07:55 | 16:37 | 17:19 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 30 | 33 | 42 | 54 | 64 | 72 | 75 | 74 | 68 | 56 | 44 | 34 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 3.2 | 4.5 | 4.9 | 5.2 | 4.9 | 4.3 | 3.5 | 3.3 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 4.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cheviot, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/12174899158
Day trips start here
- Cincinnati · 1 mi
- Cincinnati/Downtown · 1 mi
- Cincinnati/Over-the-Rhine · 1 mi
- Cincinnati/Clifton and Northside · 3 mi
- Cincinnati/Western · 3 mi
- Covington · 3 mi
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