Rain Garden
Rain Garden is a garden in Ohio, at a modelled elevation of 240 m. Beavers Hill stands 383 m to the east-northeast, 20 miles off. Historic National Road - Ohio passes 1.9 miles off. 5 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Blueprint Columbus
- Access
- Yes
- Fee
- No
How to reach it
- 1.9 mi off the Historic National Road - Ohio, National
- 8.8 mi off the Scenic Olentangy Heritage Corridor
- 9.7 mi off the Jefferson Township Scenic Byway
- 11.3 mi off the Big Darby Plains Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Stag · 3 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Virginia Avenue Park: 0.3 mi
- Memorial Park: 0.4 mi
- Parkway Park: 0.4 mi
- Parkway Mini Park: 0.5 mi
- Wyman Woods Park: 0.5 mi
- Grandview Heights Memorial: 0.4 mi
- First Modern Streamflow Measurement in Ohio: 1.1 mi
- Alpha Zeta Rock: 1.7 mi
- Bucket & Dipper Rock: 1.7 mi
- Vietnam War Memorial: 1.7 mi
- Dr. Samuel Mitchel Smith and Sons Memorial Fountain: 1.4 mi
- Pluto: 1.6 mi
- Dr. Willoughby Dayton Miller: 1.6 mi
- Peach District Mural: 1.6 mi
- Neptune: 1.6 mi
- Tarpy's Woods: 1.0 mi
- Wilma H. Shiermeier Olentangy River Wetland Research Park: 2.7 mi
- Glen High Parkland: 2.9 mi
- Parkview Parkland: 3.1 mi
- Audubon Society: 3.1 mi
- Rain Garden: 0.2 mi
- Rain Garden: 0.4 mi
- Native Pollinator Garden: 0.4 mi
- Rain Garden: 0.5 mi
- Rain Garden: 0.5 mi
- Ohio Craft Museum: 0.5 mi
- University Museum: 1.8 mi
- Orton Geological Museum: 1.8 mi
- Museum of Classical Archaeology: 1.8 mi
- Nicklaus Museum: 2.0 mi
- Geologic Walkway Park: 2.9 mi
- Armintrout Fire Tower: 2.9 mi
- Ohio History Connection: 3.2 mi
- Ohio Village: 3.3 mi
- Buckeye Raceway Electric Indoor Karting: 4.1 mi
- Sandefur Wetland Pavilion: 2.7 mi
- Picnic Area: 4.0 mi
- Brevoort Park: 4.1 mi
- River Bluffs: 10.4 mi
- White Oak Grove Group Picnic Area: 10.9 mi
- Baker Hill: 6.7 mi
- Marlboro Hill: 6.7 mi
- Spangler Hill: 9.3 mi
- Beavers Hill: 19.6 mi
- Tradersville Hill: 24.6 mi
- Wonderland: 9.1 mi
- Hibernia: 10.5 mi
- Carpenter's Mill: 17.0 mi
- Edinburgh: 22.2 mi
- Homer: 23.9 mi
- Milliken Falls: 2.7 mi
- Indian Run Falls: 9.0 mi
- Indian Run Falls: 9.0 mi
- Dublin Spring: 8.7 mi
- Hocking River ?: 20.1 mi
- Sulphur Spring: 21.6 mi
- Prairie Oaks Dog Beach: 11.4 mi
- Alum Creek Beach: 14.7 mi
- Lee M. Rizor Memorial Highway Rest Area: 17.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Rain Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beavers Hill | ENE 70° | 383 m | 19.6 mi |
| Tradersville Hill | W 272° | 352 m | 24.6 mi |
| Spangler Hill | SSE 166° | 243 m | 9.3 mi |
| Baker Hill | SE 145° | 241 m | 6.7 mi |
| Marlboro Hill | SSE 160° | 190 m | 6.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:37 | 19:09 | 19:44 |
| June solstice | 06:04 | 20:24 | 21:05 |
| September equinox | 07:20 | 18:55 | 19:31 |
| December solstice | 07:51 | 16:28 | 17:11 |
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 | 29 | 31 | 41 | 53 | 63 | 72 | 75 | 73 | 66 | 55 | 43 | 34 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 2.6 | 3.9 | 4.0 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 4.3 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 3.2 | 3.0 | 3.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Columbus Wcmh, 3 mi away.
- Spotted Lanternfly209 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel184 obs
- Canada Goose144 obs
- American Robin126 obs
- Eastern Cottontail123 obs
- Eastern Carpenter Bee113 obs
- Mallard108 obs
- Common Eastern Bumble Bee89 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/1390239433
Day trips start here
- Columbus/University Area · 2 mi
- Columbus · 3 mi
- Columbus/South · 5 mi
- London · 22 mi
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