Cincinnati Water Works
Cincinnati Water Works is a historic site in Ohio, at a modelled elevation of 145 m. Rumpke Mountain stands 319 m to the north-northwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Bicentennial Commons, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Riverboat Row Scenic Byway passes 0.3 miles off. 30 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Access
- permit
How to reach it
- 0.3 mi off the Riverboat Row Scenic Byway
- On the Ohio River Scenic Byway, National
- 13.9 mi off the Presidential Pathways Ohio Scenic Byway
- 16.7 mi off the Big Bone Lick Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Bird Watching Shelter · 18 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Bicentennial Commons: 0.0 mi
- Sawyer Point Park: 0.1 mi
- Riverview Park: 0.2 mi
- Great American Broadcasting Pavillion: 0.3 mi
- Yeatmans Cove Park: 0.4 mi
- Kay’s Garden: 0.8 mi
- Over-The-Rhine People’s Garden: 1.4 mi
- Pleasant Street North Community Garden: 1.4 mi
- Druffel Gardens: 1.5 mi
- Medicinal Herb Garden: 2.5 mi
- Elephant: 0.1 mi
- Cincinnati Gateway: 0.2 mi
- Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus: 0.2 mi
- Fifth & Pike Street Gateway: 0.4 mi
- Fort Washington Powder Magazine: 0.6 mi
- Newport on the Levee: 0.5 mi
- Hard Rock Casino Cincinnati: 0.7 mi
- BB Riverboats: 0.7 mi
- Mirror Lake: 0.7 mi
- Main Street Fountain: 0.8 mi
- Abraham Lincoln: 0.5 mi
- Mister Redlegs: 0.7 mi
- Ted Kluszewski: 0.7 mi
- Joe Nuxhall: 0.7 mi
- Frank Robinson: 0.8 mi
- Taft Museum of Art: 0.4 mi
- Newport History Museum: 0.6 mi
- Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame and Museum: 0.8 mi
- Greater Cincinnati Police Museum: 0.8 mi
- National Underground Railroad Freedom Center: 0.9 mi
- Scarborough Woods: 2.4 mi
- Bettman Preserve: 3.1 mi
- Rawson Woods: 3.7 mi
- Theresa Street Reserve: 3.7 mi
- Edgewood Grove: 3.9 mi
- Mount Adams: 0.4 mi
- Goat Hill: 1.0 mi
- Brighton Hill: 1.8 mi
- Bald Knob: 3.1 mi
- Mount Tusculum: 3.6 mi
- Lower Picnic Area: 3.8 mi
- Area 23: 5.6 mi
- Area 22, Furnas Hill: 5.7 mi
- Area 19, Stone Steps: 5.8 mi
- Area 26: 5.9 mi
- Lower Buckeye Falls: 13.2 mi
- Buckeye Falls: 13.3 mi
- Butterworth: 18.9 mi
- Simpkinsville: 19.0 mi
- Hidden Valley Lake Beach: 18.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Cincinnati Water Works. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rumpke Mountain | NNW 336° | 319 m | 13.2 mi |
| Harrison Hill | WNW 299° | 279 m | 21.5 mi |
| Heitsmanns Hill | NNW 342° | 274 m | 22.0 mi |
| Whites Hill | WNW 298° | 273 m | 23.7 mi |
| Orchard Hill | SSW 205° | 268 m | 4.7 mi |
| Pleasant Hill | SSE 156° | 267 m | 24.9 mi |
| Galley Hill | ENE 78° | 265 m | 16.3 mi |
| Jackson Ridge | WNW 288° | 259 m | 20.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:42 | 19:15 | 19:50 |
| June solstice | 06:13 | 20:28 | 21:08 |
| September equinox | 07:26 | 19:02 | 19:37 |
| December solstice | 07:54 | 16:37 | 17:19 |
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 | 32 | 35 | 44 | 55 | 64 | 72 | 76 | 75 | 68 | 56 | 45 | 36 |
| Precip in | 2.9 | 2.8 | 3.9 | 4.4 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 3.4 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 2.9 | 3.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cincinnati Muni AP Lunken FLD, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/46145618
Day trips start here
- Cincinnati · 1 mi
- Cincinnati/Downtown · 1 mi
- Cincinnati/Over-the-Rhine · 1 mi
- Newport · 1 mi
- Cincinnati/Clifton and Northside · 3 mi
- Covington · 3 mi
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