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Nickel Plate 779

Nickel Plate 779 from directly overhead

Nickel Plate 779 is an attraction in Ohio, at a modelled elevation of 266 m. Anstine Hill stands 337 m to the southeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Lincoln Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Ohio Lincoln Highway Historic Byway passes 0.6 miles off. 2 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The story

preserved NKP S-3 class 2-8-4 locomotive

Wikidata Q7028260, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

How to reach it

Coordinates40.73850, -84.08921

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Lincoln Park: 0.0 mi
  • Schoonover Park: 0.8 mi
  • Cook Park: 1.0 mi
  • Industry Park: 1.5 mi
  • Hoover Park: 1.7 mi
Historic sites: 13
Artworks: 8
Museums: 6
Nature reserves: 5
Gardens: 4
Attractions: 2
  • Haunted Town Hall: 7.5 mi
  • Suter's Produce Corn Maze: 14.5 mi
Peaks: 2
Rest areas: 2
  • Auglaize Interstate 75 SB: 10.2 mi
  • Auglaize Interstate 75 NB: 10.3 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Beaches: 1
  • Fox Island Beach: 21.1 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Nickel Plate 779. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Anstine HillSE 128°337 m16.6 mi
Mount LookoutSSE 162°318 m10.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4119:1219:49
June solstice06:0620:3021:12
September equinox07:2518:5919:35
December solstice07:5816:2917:13

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F262938506170737266544232
Precip in2.82.53.04.04.44.34.43.83.22.93.12.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lima Wwtp, 2 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

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OpenStreetMap element node/3920235176

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