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Three Legs Town

Three Legs Town from directly overhead

Three Legs Town is a ghost town in Ohio, at a modelled elevation of 256 m. Sponsellers Hill stands 385 m to the north, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Midvale Community Park, a park 0.7 miles away. Ohio & Erie Canalway passes 2.8 miles off. 12 named summits stand within 25 miles.

ghost town in Tuscarawas County, Ohio

How to reach it

Coordinates40.42720, -81.36890

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Midvale Community Park: 0.7 mi
  • Uhrichsville City Park: 2.1 mi
  • McCluskey Park: 2.6 mi
  • Tuscarawas Memorial Community Park: 2.7 mi
  • Tom Johnson Memorial Park: 3.1 mi
Historic sites: 18
Museums: 16
  • Uhrichsville Clay Museum: 2.7 mi
  • Schoenbrunn Village: 3.7 mi
  • Gnadenhutten Museum: 6.1 mi
  • Auman Museum of Radio & TV: 8.6 mi
  • Warther Museum: 9.2 mi
Peaks: 12
  • Indian Hill: 1.2 mi
  • Shulls Hill: 7.8 mi
  • Wills Mountain: 10.7 mi
  • Elephant Knob: 10.8 mi
  • Knob Hill: 11.1 mi
Beaches: 9
  • Atwood Lake Beach: 9.4 mi
  • Boater swim area: 10.0 mi
  • Boaters Beach (swim from boat): 10.5 mi
  • Boaters Beach - Leesville Lake: 11.1 mi
  • Camp Aldersgate Beach: 11.2 mi
Gardens: 9
  • Zoar Community Garden: 13.2 mi
  • Garden: 17.3 mi
  • Garden: 17.3 mi
  • 7881 Garden: 18.8 mi
  • Garden: 18.8 mi
Attractions: 5
Nature reserves: 2
Picnic sites: 1
  • Pavillion: 9.0 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sponsellers HillN 7°385 m22.4 mi
Elephant KnobSW 223°376 m10.8 mi
Knob HillWNW 298°376 m11.1 mi
Wills MountainSE 145°370 m10.7 mi
Backus KnobSSW 214°360 m12.5 mi
Prospect HillSE 146°355 m16.5 mi
Weimers HillNW 322°353 m21.0 mi
Colliers HillSSW 192°349 m14.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3019:0219:38
June solstice05:5620:1921:00
September equinox07:1418:4819:24
December solstice07:4616:1917:03

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283139506169737164534233
Precip in3.12.53.53.93.84.44.14.13.43.33.13.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Dennison WTR WKS, 2 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location confirmed against Wikidata.

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