Ghost town · Ohio
Venable
Venable is a ghost town in Ohio, at a modelled elevation of 286 m. Reeds Hill stands 296 m to the north-northeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Hoffman Reserve, a park 1.1 miles away. Accommodation Line Scenic Byway passes 3.2 miles off. 5 named summits stand within 25 miles.
ghost town in Ohio
How to reach it
Coordinates39.52778, -84.14611
- 3.2 mi off the Accommodation Line Scenic Byway
- 32.3 mi off the Ohio River Scenic Byway, National
- 23.9 mi off the Historic National Road - Ohio, National
- 24.0 mi off the Lower Valley Pike Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Hoffman Reserve: 1.1 mi
- Villages of Winding Creek Community Park: 3.4 mi
- Hisey Park: 3.6 mi
- Diane's Sycamore Reserve: 3.9 mi
- Kesling Park: 3.9 mi
Museums
- Wright “B” Flyer: 6.3 mi
- Caesar’s Creek Pioneer Village: 6.4 mi
- Asahel Wright Museum: 7.0 mi
- Harmon Museum: 7.4 mi
- Glendower Museum: 7.6 mi
Historic sites
- Memorial Bench: 1.2 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 1.4 mi
- Horse Memorial: 2.4 mi
- Firefighter Memorial: 6.2 mi
- Spring Valley Wildlife Area: 7.2 mi
Artworks: 37
- Fish Statue: 2.4 mi
- Dog Statue: 2.6 mi
- Staged Gates: 12.7 mi
- Saint Kateri: 13.7 mi
- Three O'Clock Prayer: 14.7 mi
Attractions: 34
- Caesar Creek Lake Fossil Collecting Area: 5.8 mi
- Irons Fruit Farm Corn Maze: 8.1 mi
- Kiddie Maze: 10.4 mi
- The Corn Maze Adventure: 10.4 mi
- Miami Valley Gaming & Racing: 11.1 mi
Gardens: 28
- Seed Nursery: 6.8 mi
- Olive Branch Fairy Garden: 8.1 mi
- Butterfly House: 9.7 mi
- Mount Zion Cemetery: 12.2 mi
- Shoup Cemetery: 12.2 mi
Nature reserves: 21
- Sweet Arrow Reserve: 10.1 mi
- Narrows Reserve: 12.1 mi
- Doctor Nathan Hale Riparian Reserve: 12.7 mi
- Anliot-Davidson Woods: 13.7 mi
- Frank Hosea Woods Park: 14.2 mi
Picnic sites: 8
- Oak Camp: 7.3 mi
- Twin Oak Shelter: 13.2 mi
- The Mercado: 14.2 mi
- Patio: 14.3 mi
- Picnic Grove: 14.5 mi
Waterfalls: 7
- Horseshoe Falls: 6.1 mi
- Crawdad Falls: 6.9 mi
- Buckeye Falls: 21.9 mi
- Lower Buckeye Falls: 21.9 mi
- Cedar Cliff Falls: 22.8 mi
Ghost towns: 5
- Manor: 4.3 mi
- New Burlington: 9.9 mi
- Butterworth: 16.6 mi
- Fishburg: 21.7 mi
- Simpkinsville: 24.6 mi
Peaks: 5
- Little Mount: 7.7 mi
- Chill Hill: 16.1 mi
- Stoddard Hill: 16.8 mi
- Cedar Mound: 18.7 mi
- Reeds Hill: 21.2 mi
Rest areas: 4
- Warren Interstate 71 Southbound Rest Area: 7.8 mi
- Warren Interstate 71 Northbound Rest Area: 7.9 mi
- Butler Interstate 75 Southbound: 13.1 mi
- Butler Interstate 75 Northbound: 13.2 mi
Springs: 3
- Ricciardi Spring: 23.2 mi
- Traveler's Spring: 23.4 mi
- Yellow spring: 23.7 mi
Beaches: 2
- Caesar Creek State Park Beach: 6.9 mi
- Cowan Lake Public Beach: 16.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Venable. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reeds Hill | NNE 23° | 296 m | 21.2 mi |
| Little Mount | WNW 295° | 286 m | 7.7 mi |
| Cedar Mound | WNW 299° | 257 m | 18.7 mi |
| Stoddard Hill | N 350° | 241 m | 16.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:41 | 19:13 | 19:49 |
| June solstice | 06:10 | 20:28 | 21:08 |
| September equinox | 07:25 | 19:00 | 19:35 |
| December solstice | 07:54 | 16:34 | 17:17 |
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 | 31 | 34 | 43 | 54 | 64 | 72 | 75 | 74 | 67 | 56 | 44 | 35 |
| Precip in | 2.9 | 2.3 | 3.5 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 4.9 | 3.6 | 2.8 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.1 | 3.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Dayton Wright Brothers AP, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Day trips start here
- Waynesville · 3 mi
- Springboro · 5 mi
- Warren County · 7 mi
- Lebanon · 8 mi
- Franklin · 9 mi
- Miamisburg · 10 mi
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