Orchard Hill Arboretum
Orchard Hill Arboretum is a garden in Ohio, at a modelled elevation of 283 m. Fairfield County HP stands 380 m to the southwest, 5.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Rising Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Ohio River Scenic Byway passes 55 miles off. 33 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Lancaster Parks and Recreation Department
- Access
- Yes
- Fee
- No
How to reach it
- 55.0 mi off the Ohio River Scenic Byway, National
- 10.7 mi off the Hocking Hills Scenic Byway, National
- 16.0 mi off the Historic National Road - Ohio, National
- 23.3 mi off the Jefferson Township Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Lower Falls Lookout · 20 mi
- Stag · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Rising Park: 0.2 mi
- Lanreco Park: 0.8 mi
- Deffenbaugh Park: 0.9 mi
- Zane Square: 1.1 mi
- Veterans Square: 1.1 mi
- Keller-Kirn Park: 0.9 mi
- Charles Alley Nature Park: 3.5 mi
- Colfax Lake: 4.0 mi
- Shallenberger State Nature Preserve: 4.1 mi
- Stone Canyon Preserve: 4.7 mi
- Mount Pleasant: 0.2 mi
- Waterworks Hill: 0.3 mi
- Main Hill: 1.0 mi
- Claypool Knob: 3.0 mi
- Buck Run Knob: 3.2 mi
- Georgian Museum: 1.0 mi
- Decorative Arts Center of Ohio: 1.0 mi
- Sherman House State Memorial: 1.0 mi
- Goslin Nature Center: 3.3 mi
- Historical Aircraft Squadron Museum: 4.3 mi
- William Tecumseh Sherman: 1.1 mi
- Fairfield County Veterans Memorial: 1.1 mi
- Stonewall Cemetery: 3.6 mi
- Washington County grindstone: 12.1 mi
- Washington County grindstone: 12.1 mi
- Christmas Lights Extravaganza: 10.0 mi
- Walker Farm: 12.6 mi
- Adventure Golf: 15.1 mi
- Rock House Cave: 15.9 mi
- National Trail Raceway: 16.3 mi
- Rock House Falls: 15.9 mi
- Lower Falls: 18.4 mi
- Rim Trail Falls (off-trail): 18.4 mi
- Upper Falls: 20.3 mi
- Devil's Bathtub: 20.3 mi
- Richard Outcault mural: 1.0 mi
- The Space Between Us: 1.1 mi
- Hawk Sculpture: 5.2 mi
- Pickerington Ponds Mural: 15.6 mi
- Chief Logan: 16.1 mi
- Cantwell Cliffs: 12.7 mi
- Hunters Rock: 18.1 mi
- Airplane Rock: 18.4 mi
- Hocking Cliffs: 20.4 mi
- Sphinx Head: 20.5 mi
- Pickerington Community Gardens: 12.9 mi
- Magnolias: 19.4 mi
- Flowering Shrubs: 19.4 mi
- Zen Garden: 19.7 mi
- Azalea Glen: 19.8 mi
- Moscow: 17.5 mi
- Hibernia: 20.8 mi
- Wonderland: 24.2 mi
- Hocking River ?: 10.6 mi
- Picnic table: 18.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Orchard Hill Arboretum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fairfield County HP | SW 232° | 380 m | 5.7 mi |
| Coffman Knob | NNE 29° | 375 m | 23.5 mi |
| Bald Knob | NNE 28° | 366 m | 24.2 mi |
| Jacobs Ladder | SSW 208° | 361 m | 5.8 mi |
| Bucks Knob | NNE 29° | 361 m | 24.9 mi |
| Buzzard Glory Knob | NE 47° | 356 m | 23.0 mi |
| Emmanuel Knob | SSW 206° | 354 m | 10.3 mi |
| Rock Hill | SSW 205° | 354 m | 24.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:35 | 19:07 | 19:43 |
| June solstice | 06:03 | 20:22 | 21:02 |
| September equinox | 07:19 | 18:54 | 19:29 |
| December solstice | 07:49 | 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 | 53 | 63 | 72 | 75 | 73 | 67 | 55 | 43 | 34 |
| Precip in | 2.9 | 2.3 | 3.4 | 3.9 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 3.4 | 3.2 | 3.1 | 2.7 | 2.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lancaster, 1 mi away.
- White-tailed Deer18 obs
- mayapple13 obs
- red deadnettle11 obs
- garlic mustard11 obs
- tree-of-heaven11 obs
- Asian Lady Beetle10 obs
- American pokeweed10 obs
- Ailanthus Webworm Moth10 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/1387056956
Day trips start here
- Southeast Ohio · 21 mi
- Heath · 23 mi
- Columbus/South · 25 mi
- Newark · 25 mi
- Columbus · 27 mi
- Columbus/University Area · 29 mi
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