Alum Creek Beach
Alum Creek Beach is a beach in Ohio, at a modelled elevation of 271 m. Hulse Hill stands 433 m to the northeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is McCammon Creek Park, a park 1.1 miles away. Scenic Olentangy Heritage Corridor passes 4.1 miles off. 6 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
- 4.1 mi off the Scenic Olentangy Heritage Corridor
- 12.4 mi off the Big Darby Plains Scenic Byway
- 12.0 mi off the Jefferson Township Scenic Byway
- 15.7 mi off the Historic National Road - Ohio, National
Overlooks nearby
- Stag · 16 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- McCammon Creek Park: 1.1 mi
- RO Park: 1.6 mi
- McCammon Creek Park: 1.8 mi
- Orange Township Hall Park: 1.8 mi
- Walker Wood Park: 1.9 mi
- Imagination Garden: 3.0 mi
- The North Star: 3.2 mi
- The Family: 4.9 mi
- The Innis Sisters: 7.1 mi
- Quincy: 7.1 mi
- Community Center Statue: 4.0 mi
- Venus Redux: 4.0 mi
- Veterans' Memorial: 4.1 mi
- Hobbie's Dilemma: 4.1 mi
- Memorial Wall: 4.6 mi
- Veteran's Garden: 4.5 mi
- Children's Memorial Garden: 4.5 mi
- Cremation & Scattering Garden: 4.5 mi
- Medetation Garden: 4.6 mi
- Secret Garden: 7.1 mi
- Shale Hollow Park: 3.8 mi
- Alum Creek State Park: 4.2 mi
- Edward F. Hutchins Nature Preserve: 5.0 mi
- Edward S. Thomas Nature Preserve: 5.1 mi
- Olentangy River State Wildlife Access Area: 6.4 mi
- Hanby House: 4.8 mi
- Frank Museum of Art: 5.0 mi
- Powell Liberty Historical Society: 5.8 mi
- Myers Inn Museum\ Big Walnut Area Historical Society: 6.8 mi
- Orange Johnson House Museum: 7.1 mi
- Olentangy Caverns: 4.9 mi
- 13th Floor Haunted House: 7.6 mi
- Asian Elephant: 8.1 mi
- Dragon with Toothbrush: 8.5 mi
- Animal Swings: 8.7 mi
- Big Meadows Picnic Area: 4.4 mi
- River Bluffs: 5.1 mi
- Equestrian Day Use: 10.5 mi
- Picnic Area: 10.7 mi
- Brevoort Park: 10.8 mi
- Carpenter's Mill: 5.6 mi
- Coles Mills: 13.1 mi
- Wonderland: 14.0 mi
- Edinburgh: 14.2 mi
- Cones Mills: 16.4 mi
- Rich Hill: 16.0 mi
- Beavers Hill: 16.4 mi
- Hulse Hill: 19.4 mi
- Baker Hill: 19.6 mi
- Marlboro Hill: 20.5 mi
- Lee M. Rizor Memorial Highway Rest Area: 3.3 mi
- Marion County Rest Area: 23.9 mi
- Marion County Rest Area: 24.0 mi
- Indian Run Falls: 10.0 mi
- Indian Run Falls: 10.0 mi
- Milliken Falls: 14.7 mi
- Sulphur Spring: 8.9 mi
- Dublin Spring: 9.8 mi
- Prairie Oaks Dog Beach: 19.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Alum Creek Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hulse Hill | NE 45° | 433 m | 19.4 mi |
| Rich Hill | NE 54° | 414 m | 16.0 mi |
| Beavers Hill | ESE 117° | 383 m | 16.4 mi |
| Spangler Hill | S 184° | 243 m | 23.3 mi |
| Baker Hill | S 180° | 241 m | 19.6 mi |
| Marlboro Hill | S 184° | 190 m | 20.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:36 | 19:08 | 19:44 |
| June solstice | 06:03 | 20:25 | 21:05 |
| September equinox | 07:20 | 18:55 | 19:31 |
| December solstice | 07:52 | 16:27 | 17:10 |
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 | 35 |
| Precip in | 2.9 | 2.4 | 3.4 | 3.9 | 4.2 | 5.0 | 4.6 | 3.6 | 3.3 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 3.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Westerville, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/221673130
Day trips start here
- Columbus/University Area · 13 mi
- Columbus · 16 mi
- Columbus/South · 17 mi
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