Elsinore Arch
Elsinore Arch is a historic site in Ohio, at a recorded elevation of 192 m. Rumpke Mountain stands 319 m to the north-northwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Deer Creek Common, a park 0.1 miles away. Ohio River Scenic Byway passes 0.5 miles off. 30 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Valve house in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States.
Dates from 1883.
Wikidata Q5367663, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 192 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- Cincinnati Water Works
How to reach it
- 0.5 mi off the Ohio River Scenic Byway, National
- 1.0 mi off the Riverboat Row Scenic Byway
- 13.5 mi off the Presidential Pathways Ohio Scenic Byway
- 16.8 mi off the Big Bone Lick Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Bird Watching Shelter · 18 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Deer Creek Common: 0.1 mi
- Mount Adams Playground: 0.2 mi
- Liberty Street Greenspace: 0.3 mi
- Tom Jones Commons: 0.4 mi
- Carmalt Recreation Area: 0.4 mi
- Kay’s Garden: 0.3 mi
- Druffel Gardens: 0.9 mi
- Over-The-Rhine People’s Garden: 0.9 mi
- Pleasant Street North Community Garden: 1.0 mi
- Medicinal Herb Garden: 1.8 mi
- Mirror Lake: 0.3 mi
- Hard Rock Casino Cincinnati: 0.5 mi
- Aronoff Center for the Arts: 0.9 mi
- Tyler Davidson Fountain: 1.0 mi
- Wilson-Gibson House: 1.2 mi
- Presidential Grove: 0.5 mi
- Eighth Street: 0.7 mi
- Elephant: 0.7 mi
- Cincinnati Water Works: 0.8 mi
- Fifth & Pike Street Gateway: 0.8 mi
- Pinocchio: 0.2 mi
- Skybound: 0.2 mi
- Pendleton Mapped: 0.4 mi
- It's Your Thing: 0.6 mi
- Dreaming Blues: 0.6 mi
- Greater Cincinnati Police Museum: 0.6 mi
- Taft House: 0.6 mi
- Taft Museum of Art: 0.8 mi
- Over-the-Rhine Museum: 1.0 mi
- Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame and Museum: 1.2 mi
- Scarborough Woods: 2.1 mi
- Bettman Preserve: 2.7 mi
- Rawson Woods: 3.0 mi
- Edgewood Grove: 3.2 mi
- Theresa Street Reserve: 3.4 mi
- Goat Hill: 0.3 mi
- Mount Adams: 0.4 mi
- Brighton Hill: 1.2 mi
- Bald Knob: 2.6 mi
- Mount Storm: 3.4 mi
- Lower Picnic Area: 3.9 mi
- Area 23: 4.9 mi
- Area 22, Furnas Hill: 5.0 mi
- Area 19, Stone Steps: 5.1 mi
- Area 26: 5.2 mi
- Lower Buckeye Falls: 12.7 mi
- Buckeye Falls: 12.7 mi
- Butterworth: 18.5 mi
- Simpkinsville: 19.1 mi
- Hidden Valley Lake Beach: 18.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Elsinore Arch. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rumpke Mountain | NNW 335° | 319 m | 12.4 mi |
| Harrison Hill | WNW 298° | 279 m | 21.0 mi |
| Heitsmanns Hill | NNW 342° | 274 m | 21.2 mi |
| Snow Hill | NW 308° | 274 m | 24.6 mi |
| Whites Hill | WNW 296° | 273 m | 23.2 mi |
| Orchard Hill | SSW 200° | 268 m | 5.3 mi |
| Galley Hill | E 81° | 265 m | 16.3 mi |
| Jackson Ridge | WNW 286° | 259 m | 20.3 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, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/46695911
Day trips start here
- Cincinnati · 1 mi
- Cincinnati/Downtown · 1 mi
- Cincinnati/Over-the-Rhine · 1 mi
- Cincinnati/Clifton and Northside · 2 mi
- Newport · 2 mi
- Covington · 3 mi
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