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Pickerington Community Gardens

Pickerington Community Gardens from directly overhead

Pickerington Community Gardens is a garden in Ohio, at a modelled elevation of 257 m. Beavers Hill stands 383 m to the north, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Shawnee Crossing Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Historic National Road - Ohio passes 5.4 miles off. 29 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
City Of Pickerington Park And Recreation Department
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates39.87895, -82.73121

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Shawnee Crossing Park: 0.0 mi
  • Simsbury Disc Golf Course: 0.4 mi
  • Simsbury Park: 0.6 mi
  • Sycamore Creek Park: 0.8 mi
  • Sycamore Creek Park Arboretum: 0.8 mi
Historic sites
  • Carnegie Library: 1.2 mi
  • Veterans Memorial: 1.9 mi
  • Canal Winchester Veterans Memorial: 4.9 mi
  • Ohio & Erie Canal Lock #26: 12.9 mi
  • Ohio & Erie Canal Lock #27: 13.2 mi
Nature reserves
Artworks
Gardens: 56
  • Orchard Hill Arboretum: 12.9 mi
  • Bonsai Courtyard: 13.2 mi
  • North Courtyard: 13.2 mi
  • Zen Terrace: 13.2 mi
  • The Grove: 13.2 mi
Museums: 49
  • Pickerington-Violet Township Historical Society: 1.2 mi
  • Motorcycle Hall of Fame Museum: 4.7 mi
  • National Barber Museum and Hall of Fame: 4.7 mi
  • Otherworld: 6.3 mi
  • Baltimore Community Museum: 7.4 mi
Peaks: 29
Attractions: 24
  • Magic Mountain Fun Center East: 6.6 mi
  • Haunted Hootchie: 7.8 mi
  • National Trail Raceway: 11.3 mi
  • GLOW PUTT LLC: 13.0 mi
  • Pacific Island Water Garden: 13.2 mi
Picnic sites: 6
  • Ze Goat Picnic: 13.9 mi
  • Equestrian Day Use: 17.1 mi
  • Brevoort Park: 18.0 mi
  • Sandefur Wetland Pavilion: 18.1 mi
  • Picnic Area: 19.4 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Springs: 1
  • Hocking River ?: 7.6 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Milliken Falls: 20.7 mi
Cliffs: 1
Beaches: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Beavers HillN 8°383 m14.2 mi
Fairfield County HPSSE 168°380 m14.4 mi
Coffman KnobENE 62°375 m21.4 mi
Bald KnobENE 60°366 m21.8 mi
Jacobs LadderSSE 163°361 m16.4 mi
Bucks KnobENE 60°361 m22.5 mi
Buzzard Glory KnobENE 78°356 m24.9 mi
Emmanuel KnobS 172°354 m20.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3519:0719:43
June solstice06:0320:2321:04
September equinox07:1918:5419:30
December solstice07:5016:2717:10

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F293241526270737265534234
Precip in2.92.33.63.93.84.44.43.13.22.93.02.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lancaster Fairfield CO AP, 9 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Eastern Forktail55 obs
  • Blue Dasher51 obs
  • Eastern Pondhawk36 obs
  • Widow Skimmer32 obs
  • Fragile Forktail29 obs
  • Eastern Amberwing26 obs
  • Spotted Salamander23 obs
  • Yellow-collared Scape Moth23 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 node/10860775216

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