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Air Force

Air Force from directly overhead

Air Force is a historic site in Ohio, at a modelled elevation of 199 m. Nona France Sledding Hill stands 215 m to the southeast, 0.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Coast Guard, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Lake Erie Coastal Ohio Trail runs past it. 5 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Inscription
The U.S. Air Force became a separate military service on September 18, 1947 with the implementation of the National Security Act of 1947

How to reach it

Coordinates41.51865, -83.80376

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Parks
  • Veterans Memorial Park: 0.0 mi
  • Whitehouse Park: 0.1 mi
  • Keener Park: 3.5 mi
  • Stitt Park: 3.9 mi
  • Towpath Trail: 4.0 mi
Artworks: 44
Gardens: 26
Museums: 23
  • Spafford House Museum: 7.9 mi
  • Spafford House Museum: 7.9 mi
  • Fort Meigs Visitor Center: 8.1 mi
  • Toledo, Lake Erie & Western Railway and Museum Inc.: 8.2 mi
  • Toledo, Lake Erie & Western Railway and Museum Inc.: 8.6 mi
Attractions: 8
Peaks: 5
  • Nona France Sledding Hill: 0.6 mi
  • Turkeyfoot Rock: 5.6 mi
  • Indian Hill: 8.2 mi
  • Corn Cob Hill: 9.4 mi
  • Sand Hill: 18.8 mi
Beaches: 5
Rest areas: 4
  • Horse Rest Area: 1.8 mi
  • Wood Interstate 75 NB: 15.5 mi
  • Wood Interstate 75 SB: 15.6 mi
  • Dundee Welcome Center 822: 22.6 mi
Ghost towns: 4
Springs: 1
  • Great Sulphur Spring: 24.9 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Nona France Sledding HillSE 141°215 m0.6 mi
Indian HillENE 73°193 m8.2 mi
Sand HillNE 40°189 m18.8 mi
Turkeyfoot RockENE 76°181 m5.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3919:1119:47
June solstice06:0220:3121:13
September equinox07:2318:5819:34
December solstice07:5916:2417:09

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283039516272757466554333
Precip in2.42.32.63.53.83.53.33.22.92.62.72.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Toledo Express AP, 5 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/8773346051

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