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St. Ambrose Grotto and Stations of the Cross

St. Ambrose Grotto and Stations of the Cross from directly overhead

St. Ambrose Grotto and Stations of the Cross is a garden in Ohio, at a modelled elevation of 349 m. Summit County high point stands 404 m to the east, 9.1 miles off. The nearest named place is St. Ambrose Ten Commandments Garden, a garden 0.2 miles away. Heritage Corridors of Bath passes 8.8 miles off. 8 named summits stand within 25 miles.

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Getting there

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Coordinates41.25012, -81.83638

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Gardens
Parks
  • Shenandoah Park: 0.4 mi
  • Rolling Hills Park: 0.4 mi
  • Brunswick Clock Tower: 0.9 mi
  • Pepperwood Park: 0.9 mi
  • James Park: 1.1 mi
Museums
Historic sites
Artworks
  • Dansa: 17.0 mi
  • Indigenous American Statue: 17.0 mi
  • Dendrite: 17.8 mi
  • Hart Crane Memorial: 17.9 mi
  • Guardians of Traffic: 18.0 mi
Picnic sites: 45
Attractions: 40
  • Mapleside Farms: 1.4 mi
  • Rinky Dink: 8.5 mi
  • Victory Gallop Horse Barn: 10.0 mi
  • I-X Center: 10.2 mi
  • Pony Carts: 13.8 mi
Nature reserves: 30
Waterfalls: 18
  • Quarry Lane Horseshoe Falls: 7.9 mi
  • Berea Falls: 8.9 mi
  • Olmsted Falls: 9.4 mi
  • Blue Hen Falls: 13.7 mi
  • Buttermilk Falls: 14.0 mi
Peaks: 8
  • Cuyahoga County high point: 8.6 mi
  • Reeds Hill: 9.0 mi
  • Summit County high point: 9.1 mi
  • Cedar Point: 11.0 mi
  • Oak Hill: 14.1 mi
Beaches: 7
Cliffs: 4
Rest areas: 4
Lighthouses: 3
Springs: 2
  • White Oak Spring: 15.2 mi
  • Indian Spring: 23.0 mi
Ghost towns: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of St. Ambrose Grotto and Stations of the Cross. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Summit County high pointE 90°404 m9.1 mi
Cuyahoga County high pointENE 66°390 m8.6 mi
Acme HillS 173°369 m15.6 mi
Coal HillESE 119°366 m21.6 mi
Sherbondy HillSE 131°348 m19.4 mi
Reeds HillSE 131°347 m9.0 mi
Oak HillE 99°294 m14.1 mi
Cedar PointNNW 346°232 m11.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3219:0319:40
June solstice05:5520:2321:05
September equinox07:1518:5019:26
December solstice07:5016:1817:02

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F293139506170757366554434
Precip in3.02.53.13.73.83.83.73.63.93.63.43.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cleveland, 11 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Mallard23 obs
  • White-tailed Deer23 obs
  • bloodroot19 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel16 obs
  • mayapple16 obs
  • American Toad16 obs
  • cardinal flower15 obs
  • Monarch15 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/767710157

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