Garden · Ohio
French Cultural Garden
French Cultural Garden is a garden in Ohio, at a modelled elevation of 187 m. Summit County high point stands 404 m to the south, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Ethiopian Cultural Garden, a garden 0.1 miles away. Lake Erie Coastal Ohio Trail passes 1.6 miles off. 14 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Built
- 2024
What to expect
- Operated by
- Cleveland Cultural Gardens
- Access
- Yes
- Fee
- No
How to reach it
Coordinates41.51710, -81.61941
- 1.6 mi off the Lake Erie Coastal Ohio Trail, National
- 3.2 mi off the Ohio & Erie Canalway, National
- 18.5 mi off the North Ridge Scenic Byway
- 21.7 mi off the Heritage Corridors of Bath
Overlooks nearby
- Overlook · 2 mi
- Cleveland Script Sign - North Coast Harbor · 4 mi
- Sokolowski's Overlook · 4 mi
- Cleveland Script Sign - Tremont · 4 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Gardens
- Ethiopian Cultural Garden: 0.1 mi
- Columbia Cultural Garden: 0.2 mi
- Peace Garden of the Nations: 0.3 mi
- American Cultural Garden: 0.4 mi
- Irish Cultural Garden: 0.4 mi
Parks
- CircleNorth Plaza: 0.2 mi
- Thurgood Marshall Park: 0.6 mi
- Orr Park: 0.6 mi
- Nord Family Greenway: 0.7 mi
- Newton Avenue Park: 0.7 mi
Historic sites
- Jesse Owens Memorial: 0.3 mi
- Army: 0.3 mi
- Marine Corps: 0.3 mi
- Navy: 0.3 mi
- Air Force: 0.3 mi
Artworks
- Pachyderms: 0.5 mi
- Mayor Tom Johnson: 0.5 mi
- Steggie: 0.5 mi
- Medusa: 0.6 mi
- Rock Carvings: Passage of the Future: 0.6 mi
Nature reserves
- Morgana Bluffs Nature Preserve: 4.0 mi
- Euclid Creek Reservation: 5.7 mi
- Acacia Reservation: 6.6 mi
- Pete's Pond Preserve: 10.0 mi
- Astorhurst Park: 10.3 mi
Museums: 56
- Crawford Auto-Aviation Museum: 0.5 mi
- Cleveland History Center: 0.5 mi
- Hay-McKinney House: 0.6 mi
- Cleveland Museum of Art: 0.7 mi
- African American Museum of Cleveland: 0.7 mi
Picnic sites: 49
- Kelly Picnic Area: 5.2 mi
- Quarry Picnic Area: 5.3 mi
- Windy Ridge Picnic Area: 5.9 mi
- Trolley Turn Picnic Area: 6.1 mi
- Morgan's Hollow Reserved Picnic Area: 6.1 mi
Attractions: 45
- Cleveland Cultural Gardens: 0.9 mi
- League Park: 1.3 mi
- City of Cleveland Greenhouse at Rockefeller Park: 1.5 mi
- Playhouse Square Chandelier: 3.4 mi
- Torpedo: 3.8 mi
Waterfalls: 17
- Dugway Brook Falls: 2.4 mi
- Mill Creek Falls: 5.0 mi
- Buttermilk Falls: 10.1 mi
- Great Falls of Tinker's Creek: 10.3 mi
- Bridal Veil Falls: 10.6 mi
Beaches: 14
- Villa Beach: 4.8 mi
- Beulah Park Beach: 5.0 mi
- Euclid Beach: 5.3 mi
- Villa Angela Beach: 5.4 mi
- Edgewater Beach: 6.5 mi
Peaks: 14
- Orange Hill: 9.7 mi
- Gildersleeve Mountain: 14.4 mi
- Waite Hill: 14.6 mi
- Cuyahoga County high point: 15.4 mi
- Cedar Point: 15.9 mi
Lighthouses: 5
- Cleveland East Pierhead Light: 5.0 mi
- Cleveland Harbor Main Entrance Light: 5.1 mi
- Fog Signal House: 5.1 mi
- Fairport Harbor Marine Museum and Lighthouse: 24.2 mi
- West Breakwater Light: 24.6 mi
Cliffs: 4
- Whipps Ledges: 21.0 mi
- Princess Ledges: 21.0 mi
- Princess Ledges: 21.1 mi
- Wordens Ledges: 22.1 mi
Rest areas: 4
- Hinkley Rest Area: 21.3 mi
- Hinkley Rest Area: 21.5 mi
- Summit Interstate 77 Southbound: 22.2 mi
- Summit Interstate 77 Northbound: 22.3 mi
Ghost towns: 3
- Brandywine Village: 17.2 mi
- Newbury Center: 19.8 mi
- Cobbs Corners: 22.7 mi
Springs: 1
- White Oak Spring: 20.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of French Cultural Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Summit County high point | S 187° | 404 m | 18.6 mi |
| McConougheys Hill | ESE 115° | 399 m | 18.2 mi |
| Cuyahoga County high point | SSW 193° | 390 m | 15.4 mi |
| Sand Hill | E 89° | 381 m | 17.9 mi |
| The Knob | ENE 65° | 378 m | 20.3 mi |
| Little Mountain | ENE 66° | 374 m | 19.6 mi |
| Welsh Hill | ESE 112° | 369 m | 24.7 mi |
| Piersons Knob | ENE 69° | 365 m | 16.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:31 | 19:02 | 19:39 |
| June solstice | 05:53 | 20:23 | 21:05 |
| September equinox | 07:15 | 18:49 | 19:26 |
| 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, 3 mi away.
- Eastern Fox Squirrel414 obs
- Spotted Lanternfly283 obs
- American Robin250 obs
- Canada Goose149 obs
- American pokeweed136 obs
- Eastern Cottontail127 obs
- White-tailed Deer125 obs
- White-throated Sparrow97 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 node/12771369382
Day trips start here
- Cleveland/East Side · 1 mi
- Cleveland Heights · 3 mi
- Cuyahoga County · 3 mi
- Cleveland · 4 mi
- Cleveland/Downtown · 4 mi
- Greater Cleveland · 4 mi
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