Cooke Castle
Cooke Castle is a historic site in Ohio, at a modelled elevation of 185 m. Sugar Rock stands 174 m to the south-southwest, 6.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Jay Cooke Mansion, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Lake Erie Coastal Ohio Trail passes 5.0 miles off. 2 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Gibraltar Island, OH, listed on the NRHP in Ohio
Wikidata Q6166507, linked from the OpenStreetMap record's article tag.
How to reach it
- 5.0 mi off the Lake Erie Coastal Ohio Trail, National
Overlooks nearby
- Observation Tower · 19 mi
- Observation tower · 28 mi
- Duck blind · 28 mi
- Big Hill · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Oak Point State Park: 0.3 mi
- DeRivera Park: 0.4 mi
- McCann Field: 0.6 mi
- Captain Alfred Parker Park: 1.1 mi
- Lonz Boat House Ruins: 1.1 mi
- Duff Homestead & Bayfront Preserve: 0.4 mi
- Cooper's Woods Preserve: 0.7 mi
- Duff Woods Preserve: 0.7 mi
- Benjamin Woods Preserve: 0.9 mi
- Dodge Woods Preserve: 1.0 mi
- Perry's Cave Family Fun Center: 0.9 mi
- Butterfly House: 0.9 mi
- Benson Ford Shiphouse: 1.1 mi
- Civilian Marksmanship Program HQ: 12.9 mi
- Steel Vengeance: 13.6 mi
- Jay Cooke Mansion: 0.0 mi
- Battle of Lake Erie Memorial: 0.0 mi
- Hotel Victory: 1.3 mi
- Hotel Victory Ruins: 1.3 mi
- Hotel Victory Pool Ruins: 1.4 mi
- Swimming Beach: 0.1 mi
- Deleware Avenue Beach: 0.6 mi
- Stone Beach: 1.4 mi
- St. Hazards Beach: 1.6 mi
- Burgundy Beach: 2.0 mi
- Lake Erie Island Historical Museum: 0.5 mi
- Skip's Antique Car Barn: 0.9 mi
- Lake Erie Islands Nature & Wildlife Center: 1.3 mi
- Historical Association Museum: 7.1 mi
- Lakeside Heritage Museum: 8.7 mi
- Scheible-Downing Memorial: 0.4 mi
- Joseph DeRivera Statue: 0.4 mi
- Put-in-Bay Sign: 1.4 mi
- Atlas: 1.9 mi
- Shrine to the Virgin Mary: 6.2 mi
- Perry's Victory and International Peace Memorial: 0.6 mi
- Old Lighthouse Walkway: 2.5 mi
- Green Island Lighthouse: 2.6 mi
- Marblehead Lighthouse State Park: 10.1 mi
- The Keeper's House Museum: 10.1 mi
- Memorial Bricks: 1.7 mi
- School Garden: 6.9 mi
- George Baker Gundlach Memorial Garden: 8.5 mi
- Lakefront Daisy Garden3: 8.7 mi
- Memorial Garden: 9.1 mi
- Willow Point: 15.2 mi
- Canvasback Point: 15.6 mi
- Winous Point: 16.4 mi
- Henry T. Beatty Memorial Picnic Area: 6.6 mi
- Kelleys Island State Park Picnic Area: 6.8 mi
- Sugar Rock: 6.6 mi
- Taft Hill: 12.9 mi
- westbound rest area: 13.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Cooke Castle. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sugar Rock | SSW 195° | 174 m | 6.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:36 | 19:07 | 19:44 |
| June solstice | 05:58 | 20:28 | 21:10 |
| September equinox | 07:19 | 18:54 | 19:30 |
| December solstice | 07:56 | 16:20 | 17:05 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 28 | 30 | 38 | 49 | 61 | 71 | 75 | 73 | 67 | 55 | 44 | 34 |
| Precip in | 1.9 | 1.8 | 2.6 | 3.8 | 3.2 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 3.0 | 3.1 | 2.7 | 2.6 | 2.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Sandusky, 15 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaOpenStreetMap element way/345762258
Day trips start here
- Oak Harbor · 20 mi
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