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Kay’s Garden

Kay’s Garden from directly overhead

Kay’s Garden is a garden in Ohio, at a modelled elevation of 193 m. Rumpke Mountain stands 319 m to the north-northwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Liberty Street Greenspace, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Ohio River Scenic Byway passes 0.7 miles off. 32 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Built
1999
Visiting

What to expect

Access
Yes
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates39.11175, -84.50542

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Liberty Street Greenspace: 0.0 mi
  • Spring Street Plaza: 0.2 mi
  • Boal/Milton Tot Lot: 0.2 mi
  • Filson Recreation Area: 0.3 mi
  • Deer Creek Common: 0.3 mi
Artworks
  • Pendleton Mapped: 0.1 mi
  • It's Your Thing: 0.3 mi
  • Dreaming Blues: 0.3 mi
  • Mr. Dynamite: 0.4 mi
  • Skybound: 0.5 mi
Attractions
Historic sites
  • Elsinore Arch: 0.3 mi
  • Eighth Street: 0.4 mi
  • Fifth & Pike Street Gateway: 0.6 mi
  • Proctor & Gamble: 0.7 mi
  • Mr. Redlegs Bench: 0.8 mi
Gardens: 59
Museums: 53
Nature reserves: 45
Peaks: 32
Picnic sites: 29
  • Lower Picnic Area: 4.2 mi
  • Area 23: 4.8 mi
  • Area 22, Furnas Hill: 4.9 mi
  • Area 19, Stone Steps: 5.0 mi
  • Area 26: 5.1 mi
Rest areas: 3
Waterfalls: 2
  • Lower Buckeye Falls: 12.9 mi
  • Buckeye Falls: 12.9 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Beaches: 1
  • Hidden Valley Lake Beach: 18.1 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Rumpke MountainNNW 337°319 m12.4 mi
New Trenton HillNW 304°287 m24.8 mi
Harrison HillWNW 296°284 m20.9 mi
Harrison HillWNW 298°279 m20.7 mi
Heitsmanns HillNNW 343°274 m21.2 mi
Snow HillNW 308°274 m24.4 mi
Whites HillWNW 297°273 m22.9 mi
Orchard HillSSW 197°268 m5.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4219:1519:50
June solstice06:1320:2821:08
September equinox07:2619:0219:37
December solstice07:5416:3717:19

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323544556472767568564536
Precip in2.92.83.94.44.74.64.43.43.13.12.93.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cincinnati Muni AP Lunken FLD, 5 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Common Wall Lizard190 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly180 obs
  • Canada Goose156 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel120 obs
  • American Robin116 obs
  • Amur honeysuckle104 obs
  • House Sparrow103 obs
  • Northern Cardinal92 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/303320258

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