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Butterworth

Butterworth from directly overhead

Butterworth is a ghost town in Ohio, at a modelled elevation of 180 m. Rumpke Mountain stands 319 m to the west, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Butterworth Station, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Ohio River Scenic Byway passes 16 miles off. 16 named summits stand within 25 miles.

ghost town in Ohio

How to reach it

Coordinates39.30278, -84.25583

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Parks
Artworks
Attractions
  • Loveland Canoe & Kayak: 2.5 mi
  • Orion: 2.8 mi
  • Castle Skateland: 3.0 mi
  • Drop Tower: Scream Zone: 3.0 mi
  • Great Wolf Lodge: 3.4 mi
Gardens: 52
Nature reserves: 38
Picnic sites: 27
  • Vortex: 2.7 mi
  • Firehawk: 2.8 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 2.8 mi
  • Patio: 2.8 mi
  • The Mercado: 2.9 mi
Peaks: 16
  • Chill Hill: 7.1 mi
  • Galley Hill: 11.0 mi
  • Mount Lookout: 14.4 mi
  • Mount Tusculum: 16.1 mi
  • Mount Storm: 17.9 mi
Waterfalls: 4
  • Buckeye Falls: 7.9 mi
  • Lower Buckeye Falls: 8.0 mi
  • Horseshoe Falls: 16.4 mi
  • Crawdad Falls: 18.1 mi
Rest areas: 4
Ghost towns: 4
Beaches: 2
  • Caesar Creek State Park Beach: 19.3 mi
  • Cowan Lake Public Beach: 19.8 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Rumpke MountainW 264°319 m18.4 mi
Little MountN 356°286 m18.8 mi
Heitsmanns HillWNW 290°274 m20.8 mi
Orchard HillSW 219°268 m23.4 mi
Galley HillSSE 164°265 m11.0 mi
Brighton HillSW 228°257 m18.8 mi
Mount EchoSW 229°254 m22.0 mi
Goat HillSW 226°250 m18.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4119:1419:49
June solstice06:1120:2821:08
September equinox07:2519:0019:36
December solstice07:5416:3517:18

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303342536472757567554435

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Milford, 9 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location confirmed against Wikidata.

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