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Lock Number 14

Lock Number 14 from directly overhead

Lock Number 14 is a historic site in Ohio, at a recorded elevation of 256 m. Mount Lookout stands 318 m to the east, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Dr. Elizabeth Yahl Kuffner Nature Preserve, a nature reserve 2.3 miles away. Miami & Erie Canal Scenic Byway passes 0.6 miles off.

The story

dam in Auglaize County, Ohio, United States of America

Wikidata Q35708307, matched on coordinates and name (21 m apart).

What the record says

Elevation
256 m

How to reach it

Coordinates40.60066, -84.36962

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Rolling Hills Park: 3.6 mi
  • Armstrong Park: 3.6 mi
  • Kuck's Kiwanis Cove Park: 3.7 mi
  • Mill Park: 4.0 mi
  • Heritage Park: 4.0 mi
Historic sites: 10
Museums: 10
Nature reserves: 6
Artworks: 4
Gardens: 3
Attractions: 3
  • Nickel Plate 779: 17.5 mi
  • Van Wert County Fairgrounds: 20.9 mi
  • Haunted Town Hall: 24.6 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • Auglaize Interstate 75 SB: 11.1 mi
  • Auglaize Interstate 75 NB: 11.2 mi
Peaks: 1
  • Mount Lookout: 17.9 mi
Cliffs: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Lock Number 14. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount LookoutE 91°318 m17.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4219:1419:50
June solstice06:0820:3121:12
September equinox07:2619:0019:36
December solstice07:5816:3117:14

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F263039516271737266544231
Precip in2.82.32.93.94.14.44.63.62.72.93.22.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Celina 3 NE, 9 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/357474764

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