Garden · Ohio
Ashurst Rain Garden
Ashurst Rain Garden is a garden in Ohio, at a modelled elevation of 310 m. Sugarloaf stands 423 m to the east-southeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Shaker Village Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Lake Erie Coastal Ohio Trail passes 5.3 miles off. 18 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Built
- 2010
What to expect
- Operated by
- University Heights
- Access
- Yes
- Fee
- No
How to reach it
Coordinates41.48868, -81.54619
- 5.3 mi off the Lake Erie Coastal Ohio Trail, National
- 5.0 mi off the Ohio & Erie Canalway, National
- 20.3 mi off the Heritage Corridors of Bath
- 22.0 mi off the North Ridge Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Mill Creek Falls Overlook · 5 mi
- Overlook · 6 mi
- Cleveland Script Sign - Euclid Beach · 7 mi
- Cuyahoga River Overlook · 7 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Shaker Village Park: 0.2 mi
- Chesterton Athletic Fields: 0.5 mi
- John Carroll University Entrance: 0.6 mi
- Silsby Road Pocket Park: 0.7 mi
- Walter Stinson Community Park: 0.7 mi
Historic sites
- Kate Smoker Memorial: 0.3 mi
- John Carroll Bust: 0.8 mi
- St. Ignatius Statue: 0.9 mi
- University Square Bell: 1.0 mi
- Mona Society: 2.0 mi
Artworks
- Beaudry Statue of Mary: 0.8 mi
- Van Aken District Murals: 1.6 mi
- Unstable Tables: 2.9 mi
- Your Silence Will Not Save You: 3.0 mi
- Anchor: 3.0 mi
Gardens
- Eastway Garden: 1.1 mi
- Warrendale Community Garden: 1.1 mi
- Hampstead Community Garden: 1.2 mi
- Howard Koverman Community Garden: 1.2 mi
- Bexley Park Community Garden: 2.1 mi
Nature reserves
- Acacia Reservation: 3.0 mi
- Morgana Bluffs Nature Preserve: 5.6 mi
- Euclid Creek Reservation: 5.7 mi
- Forest Ridge Preserve: 7.4 mi
- Astorhurst Park: 8.4 mi
Museums: 53
- Nature Center at Shaker Lakes: 1.5 mi
- Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage: 2.7 mi
- Museum of American Porcelain Art: 2.8 mi
- Centennial Dental Museum: 3.2 mi
- The Sculpture Center: 3.2 mi
Picnic sites: 49
- Quarry Picnic Area: 3.6 mi
- Kelly Picnic Area: 3.6 mi
- Windy Ridge Picnic Area: 5.1 mi
- Trolley Turn Picnic Area: 5.3 mi
- Picnic Area #2 (Pine Grove): 6.4 mi
Attractions: 49
- Cleveland Cultural Gardens: 5.1 mi
- League Park: 5.3 mi
- City of Cleveland Greenhouse at Rockefeller Park: 5.4 mi
- Playhouse Square Chandelier: 7.1 mi
- Museum of Illusions: 7.6 mi
Waterfalls: 19
- Dugway Brook Falls: 2.4 mi
- Mill Creek Falls: 5.1 mi
- Great Falls of Tinker's Creek: 7.3 mi
- Buttermilk Falls: 7.8 mi
- Bridal Veil Falls: 8.0 mi
Peaks: 18
- Orange Hill: 5.8 mi
- Gildersleeve Mountain: 12.1 mi
- Waite Hill: 12.8 mi
- McConougheys Hill: 13.9 mi
- Piersons Knob: 14.1 mi
Beaches: 14
- Villa Beach: 6.4 mi
- Beulah Park Beach: 6.5 mi
- Euclid Beach: 6.7 mi
- Villa Angela Beach: 6.8 mi
- Edgewater Beach: 10.0 mi
Lighthouses: 5
- Cleveland East Pierhead Light: 8.9 mi
- Cleveland Harbor Main Entrance Light: 9.0 mi
- Fog Signal House: 9.0 mi
- Fairport Harbor Marine Museum and Lighthouse: 23.2 mi
- West Breakwater Light: 23.7 mi
Rest areas: 4
- Hinkley Rest Area: 20.2 mi
- Hinkley Rest Area: 20.4 mi
- Summit Interstate 77 Southbound: 20.7 mi
- Summit Interstate 77 Northbound: 20.7 mi
Cliffs: 4
- Whipps Ledges: 20.3 mi
- Wordens Ledges: 21.5 mi
- Princess Ledges: 21.9 mi
- Princess Ledges: 22.0 mi
Ghost towns: 3
- Brandywine Village: 14.7 mi
- Newbury Center: 15.7 mi
- Cobbs Corners: 18.5 mi
Springs: 1
- White Oak Spring: 18.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Ashurst Rain Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sugarloaf | ESE 105° | 423 m | 23.7 mi |
| Derthick Hill | SE 125° | 409 m | 21.6 mi |
| Portage County high point | ESE 122° | 408 m | 23.5 mi |
| Summit County high point | SSW 200° | 404 m | 17.6 mi |
| McConougheys Hill | ESE 114° | 399 m | 13.9 mi |
| Cuyahoga County high point | SSW 209° | 390 m | 14.9 mi |
| Sand Hill | E 81° | 381 m | 14.3 mi |
| The Knob | NE 54° | 378 m | 18.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:30 | 19:02 | 19:38 |
| June solstice | 05:53 | 20:22 | 21:04 |
| September equinox | 07:14 | 18:49 | 19:25 |
| December solstice | 07:50 | 16:16 | 17:00 |
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 | 29 | 31 | 38 | 49 | 61 | 70 | 74 | 73 | 67 | 56 | 45 | 35 |
| Precip in | 1.8 | 1.5 | 2.3 | 3.1 | 3.5 | 2.8 | 3.7 | 3.4 | 2.9 | 3.2 | 2.9 | 2.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cleveland Burke Lakefront AP, 7 mi away.
- American Robin222 obs
- White-tailed Deer200 obs
- Eastern Fox Squirrel187 obs
- Great Spreadwing169 obs
- American Goldfinch147 obs
- Mallard140 obs
- Eastern Chipmunk136 obs
- Red-winged Blackbird131 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/1379328107
Day trips start here
- Shaker Heights · 1 mi
- University Heights · 1 mi
- Beachwood · 2 mi
- Cleveland Heights · 2 mi
- Cleveland/East Side · 5 mi
- Cleveland/Downtown · 7 mi
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