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Star-Crossed

Star-Crossed from directly overhead

Star-Crossed is an artwork in Ohio, at a modelled elevation of 254 m. Rumpke Mountain stands 319 m to the south-southeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is A Tribe Named Miami, A Surveyor's Stake, A Town Named Oxford, a artwork 0.1 miles away. Presidential Pathways Ohio Scenic Byway passes 0.8 miles off. 28 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Built
1979

How to reach it

Coordinates39.50040, -84.72827

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Nature reserves: 29
  • Western Woods: 0.2 mi
  • Silvoor Biological Sanctuary: 0.3 mi
  • Peffer Woods: 0.3 mi
  • Becks Preserve: 0.6 mi
  • College Woods: 0.6 mi
Peaks: 28
Historic sites: 24
Picnic sites: 19
  • Dry Fork Meadow: 17.0 mi
  • Kingfisher Shelter: 19.8 mi
  • Elm Ridge Overlook Shelter: 19.9 mi
  • Area 1: 23.8 mi
  • Area 2: 23.9 mi
Attractions: 18
Gardens: 15
  • BEEPS Edible Demonstration Garden: 0.6 mi
  • The Children’s Garden at OCAC: 1.2 mi
  • Wildflower Seed Library: 1.2 mi
  • Kase Garden: 23.5 mi
  • Daisy Jones Perennial Garden: 23.5 mi
Rest areas: 6
Waterfalls: 2
  • Lower Buckeye Falls: 23.1 mi
  • Buckeye Falls: 23.2 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Beaches: 1
  • Hidden Valley Lake Beach: 24.3 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Rumpke MountainSSE 156°319 m17.0 mi
Elkhorn HillSW 220°308 m13.2 mi
Boundary HillWSW 257°305 m16.9 mi
English HillSW 227°304 m13.9 mi
The MoundsW 266°301 m13.9 mi
Gobblers Knob HillSW 227°301 m15.6 mi
Cobbs HillSW 228°299 m12.5 mi
Wewe HillSW 233°299 m18.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4319:1619:51
June solstice06:1320:3021:10
September equinox07:2719:0219:38
December solstice07:5716:3617:19

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303342536472767568554334
Precip in3.43.03.94.94.94.43.93.43.33.33.23.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Fairfield, 13 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/9975681120

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