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Coles Mills

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Coles Mills is a ghost town in Ohio, at a modelled elevation of 278 m. Hulse Hill stands 433 m to the east, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Delaware Reservoir Wildlife Area, a nature reserve 2.4 miles away. Scenic Olentangy Heritage Corridor passes 7.8 miles off. 3 named summits stand within 25 miles.

human settlement in Ohio, United States of America

How to reach it

Coordinates40.36833, -83.05694

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Oakhurst Park: 3.0 mi
  • Gallant Woods Farm: 3.3 mi
  • Shelbourne Forest Park: 3.4 mi
  • Gallant Woods Preserve: 3.5 mi
  • Smith Park: 3.7 mi
Historic sites: 36
  • Veterans Memorial Plaza: 6.3 mi
  • 9/11 Memorial: 6.7 mi
  • Ohio Fallen Heroes Memorial: 13.4 mi
  • Harding Tomb: 14.6 mi
  • Cole Earthworks: 15.8 mi
Nature reserves: 26
Gardens: 26
  • Kensington Rain Garden: 4.9 mi
  • Kensington Rain Garden: 4.9 mi
  • Veteran's Garden: 16.5 mi
  • Children's Memorial Garden: 16.5 mi
  • Cremation & Scattering Garden: 16.5 mi
Artworks: 21
  • Imagination Garden: 12.4 mi
  • The North Star: 16.1 mi
  • Out of Bounds (6 of 7): 17.4 mi
  • Jack Nicklas Statue: 17.5 mi
  • Out of Bounds (5 of 7): 17.5 mi
Museums: 20
  • Nash House Museum: 4.8 mi
  • Myers Inn Museum\ Big Walnut Area Historical Society: 13.6 mi
  • Powell Liberty Historical Society: 14.6 mi
  • Warren G. Harding Home: 15.5 mi
  • Hueber Steam Shovel Mueseum: 16.7 mi
Attractions: 9
Picnic sites: 7
  • Big Meadows Picnic Area: 14.8 mi
  • River Bluffs: 16.2 mi
  • Equestrian Day Use: 22.0 mi
  • Picnic Area: 22.6 mi
  • Brevoort Park: 23.1 mi
Ghost towns: 4
Rest areas: 3
  • Marion County Rest Area: 11.0 mi
  • Marion County Rest Area: 11.1 mi
  • Lee M. Rizor Memorial Highway Rest Area: 11.9 mi
Peaks: 3
  • Graveyard Hill: 16.1 mi
  • Rich Hill: 17.8 mi
  • Hulse Hill: 18.4 mi
Springs: 2
Waterfalls: 2
  • Indian Run Falls: 18.7 mi
  • Indian Run Falls: 18.8 mi
Beaches: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Hulse HillE 86°433 m18.4 mi
Rich HillE 100°414 m17.8 mi
Graveyard HillNNE 12°302 m16.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3719:0919:44
June solstice06:0320:2521:06
September equinox07:2018:5519:31
December solstice07:5216:2617:10

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283140526371757366544233
Precip in2.72.33.03.94.54.84.13.43.22.72.92.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Marysville, 16 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location confirmed against Wikidata.

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