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Cooke Castle

Cooke Castle from directly overhead

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

Coordinates41.65856, -82.82042

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • 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
Attractions
  • 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
Historic sites: 19
  • 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
Beaches: 17
  • 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
Museums: 13
  • 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
Artworks: 7
  • 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
Gardens: 5
  • 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
Cliffs: 3
Picnic sites: 2
  • Henry T. Beatty Memorial Picnic Area: 6.6 mi
  • Kelleys Island State Park Picnic Area: 6.8 mi
Peaks: 2
  • Sugar Rock: 6.6 mi
  • Taft Hill: 12.9 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • 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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sugar RockSSW 195°174 m6.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3619:0719:44
June solstice05:5820:2821:10
September equinox07:1918:5419:30
December solstice07:5616:2017:05

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283038496171757367554434
Precip in1.91.82.63.83.23.73.63.03.12.72.62.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Sandusky, 15 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipedia

OpenStreetMap element way/345762258

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