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Power Tower

Power Tower from directly overhead

Power Tower is an attraction in Ohio, at a modelled elevation of 175 m. North Milan Hill stands 201 m to the south-southeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Top Thrill 2, a attraction less than a tenth of a mile away. Lake Erie Coastal Ohio Trail passes 1.8 miles off. 3 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates41.48282, -82.68458

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Attractions
Parks
  • Battery Park: 1.8 mi
  • Shoreline Park: 1.9 mi
  • Facer Park: 2.1 mi
  • Huron Park: 2.3 mi
  • Dauch Park: 2.3 mi
Museums: 22
Historic sites: 22
Beaches: 17
Artworks: 8
  • Inscription Rock: 7.7 mi
  • Camp Patmos Lighthouse: 9.1 mi
  • Shrine to the Virgin Mary: 9.2 mi
  • Atlas: 12.9 mi
  • Put-in-Bay Sign: 13.6 mi
Gardens: 5
  • Memorial Garden: 5.0 mi
  • Lakefront Daisy Garden3: 5.3 mi
  • George Baker Gundlach Memorial Garden: 5.6 mi
  • School Garden: 8.6 mi
  • Memorial Bricks: 15.3 mi
Peaks: 3
  • Sugar Rock: 10.5 mi
  • North Milan Hill: 12.4 mi
  • Taft Hill: 13.9 mi
Cliffs: 3
Picnic sites: 2
  • Kelleys Island State Park Picnic Area: 8.7 mi
  • Henry T. Beatty Memorial Picnic Area: 9.3 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • westbound rest area: 17.5 mi
  • Lorain Rest Area: 18.9 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
North Milan HillSSE 160°201 m12.4 mi
Sugar RockWNW 303°174 m10.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3519:0619:43
June solstice05:5820:2721:09
September equinox07:1918:5319:30
December solstice07:5516:2017:05

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283038496171757367554434
Precip in1.91.82.63.83.23.73.63.03.12.72.62.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Sandusky, 3 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

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OpenStreetMap element way/842636505

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