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Camp Ripley

Camp Ripley from directly overhead

Camp Ripley is a historic site in Ohio, at a modelled elevation of 162 m. Durrell Mountain stands 389 m to the east, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Ohio Tobacco Museum, a museum 0.2 miles away. Ohio River Scenic Byway runs past it. 178 named places lie within 25 miles, 33 of them named summits.

The story

village in Union Township, Brown County, Ohio, United States

Dates from 1812.

Wikidata Q2666983, matched on coordinates and name (248 m apart).

What to expect

Operated by
Ohio Historical Society

How to reach it

Coordinates38.73731, -83.84010

178 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 51
  • Ripley Lions Club Community Park: 0.6 mi
  • Rankin House State Memorial: 0.9 mi
  • Cummins Nature Preserve: 4.7 mi
  • Aberdeen Community Park: 6.8 mi
  • Aberdeen Community Park: 7.1 mi
Historic sites: 47
  • Liberty Monument: 0.6 mi
  • Aberdeen: 7.2 mi
  • Armed Services Memorial: 7.3 mi
  • Russell Shaw Memorial Rock: 9.4 mi
  • 4-H Centennial Stone: 9.4 mi
Peaks: 33
Museums: 16
Artworks: 14
  • Mail Pouch: 8.6 mi
  • Mail Pouch: 8.6 mi
  • Augusta, Kentucky: 9.4 mi
  • Eastern Brown High School Farmers Mural: 9.4 mi
  • Stand Up For America: 9.4 mi
Nature reserves: 8
Picnic sites: 3
Gardens: 2
Waterfalls: 1
  • Georgetown Waterfall: 10.7 mi
Rest areas: 1
Cliffs: 1
Attractions: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Durrell MountainE 91°389 m22.2 mi
Mist MountainE 90°388 m22.0 mi
North Cedar KnobE 94°377 m22.3 mi
Buckeye KnobE 91°373 m22.3 mi
Big Brier KnobESE 107°371 m19.2 mi
South Cedar KnobE 95°368 m22.4 mi
Eskalapia MountainSE 132°365 m22.0 mi
Peach Orchard HillSE 133°363 m21.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4019:1219:47
June solstice06:1220:2421:04
September equinox07:2418:5919:34
December solstice07:5116:3617:18

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283240516170737265534233
Precip in3.43.24.14.55.34.94.93.63.03.83.33.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Ripley EXP Farm, 4 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/5521461523

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