Giant Wheel
Giant Wheel is an attraction in Ohio, at a modelled elevation of 177 m. North Milan Hill stands 201 m to the south-southeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Tiki Twirl, a attraction less than a tenth of a mile away. Lake Erie Coastal Ohio Trail passes 1.9 miles off. 3 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Height
- 44.2 m
What to expect
How to reach it
- 1.9 mi off the Lake Erie Coastal Ohio Trail, National
- 29.3 mi off the North Ridge Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Observation Tower · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Tiki Twirl: 0.0 mi
- Troika: 0.0 mi
- Dodgem: 0.0 mi
- Wild Mouse: 0.0 mi
- Matterhorn: 0.0 mi
- Battery Park: 1.8 mi
- Shoreline Park: 2.0 mi
- Sandusky Kiwanis Park: 2.2 mi
- Facer Park: 2.2 mi
- Huron Park: 2.3 mi
- Pipe Creek Wildlife Area: 2.1 mi
- Lakeside Daisy State Nature Preserve: 4.0 mi
- Joseph Steinen Wildlife Area: 4.3 mi
- Sheldon Marsh Nature Preserve: 5.6 mi
- Sheldon Marsh: 6.5 mi
- Town Hall Museum: 0.6 mi
- Maritime Museum of Sandusky: 1.9 mi
- Follett House Museum: 2.4 mi
- Merry-Go-Round Museum: 2.6 mi
- The Keeper's House: 4.0 mi
- Erie County Firefighters' Memorial: 2.5 mi
- The Keeper's House: 3.9 mi
- Home of Benajah Walcott: 3.9 mi
- Lake Erie: 4.1 mi
- The Keepers of the Light: 4.2 mi
- Cedar Point Beach: 0.2 mi
- Lakeside Beach: 5.8 mi
- North Swimming Beach: 8.3 mi
- Main Street Beach: 8.8 mi
- North Pond Barrier Beach: 9.1 mi
- Inscription Rock: 7.8 mi
- Camp Patmos Lighthouse: 9.2 mi
- Shrine to the Virgin Mary: 9.3 mi
- Atlas: 13.2 mi
- Put-in-Bay Sign: 13.8 mi
- The Keeper's House Museum: 4.1 mi
- Marblehead Lighthouse State Park: 4.1 mi
- Huron Harbor Light: 8.8 mi
- Perry's Victory and International Peace Memorial: 13.7 mi
- Old Lighthouse Walkway: 14.9 mi
- Memorial Garden: 5.2 mi
- Lakefront Daisy Garden3: 5.6 mi
- George Baker Gundlach Memorial Garden: 5.8 mi
- School Garden: 8.7 mi
- Memorial Bricks: 15.4 mi
- Sugar Rock: 10.7 mi
- North Milan Hill: 12.3 mi
- Taft Hill: 14.1 mi
- Willow Point: 10.7 mi
- Canvasback Point: 15.3 mi
- Winous Point: 16.3 mi
- Kelleys Island State Park Picnic Area: 8.8 mi
- Henry T. Beatty Memorial Picnic Area: 9.4 mi
- westbound rest area: 17.7 mi
- Lorain Rest Area: 18.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Giant Wheel. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Milan Hill | SSE 161° | 201 m | 12.3 mi |
| Sugar Rock | WNW 303° | 174 m | 10.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:35 | 19:06 | 19:43 |
| June solstice | 05:58 | 20:27 | 21:09 |
| September equinox | 07:19 | 18:53 | 19:30 |
| December solstice | 07:55 | 16:20 | 17:05 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 28 | 30 | 38 | 49 | 61 | 71 | 75 | 73 | 67 | 55 | 44 | 34 |
| Precip in | 1.9 | 1.8 | 2.6 | 3.8 | 3.2 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 3.0 | 3.1 | 2.7 | 2.6 | 2.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Sandusky, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/841975100
Day trips start here
- Oak Harbor · 24 mi
- Amherst · 25 mi
- Lorain · 27 mi
- Oberlin · 27 mi
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