Memorial Garden
Memorial Garden is a historic site in Ohio, at a modelled elevation of 197 m. Buzzard Rocks stands 388 m to the southeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is The Dawes Family Home 1870-1921, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Covered Bridge Scenic Byway passes 0.8 miles off. 31 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Inscription
- The Presbyterian Church was built here in 1865. The new First Presbyterian Church, to the left, was built in 1897. In 2014, the original church was removed for the 2016 creation of the Memorial Garden. Elements of the original church include the foundatio
How to reach it
- 0.8 mi off the Covered Bridge Scenic Byway
- On the Ohio River Scenic Byway, National
- 11.9 mi off the Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike, National
- 16.5 mi off the Little Kanawha Parkway
Overlooks nearby
- Scenic overlook · 1 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- The Dawes Family Home 1870-1921: 0.0 mi
- Rufus Dawes House: 0.0 mi
- Shipman-Mills House: 0.1 mi
- Christ United Methodist Church: 0.1 mi
- The Castle: 0.1 mi
- Washington Neighborhood Park: 0.2 mi
- Quadranaou Park: 0.4 mi
- Cisler Terrace Park: 0.4 mi
- Muskingum Park: 0.4 mi
- Sacra Via Park: 0.4 mi
- Hunter Hill: 3.2 mi
- Sharktooth Mountain: 7.1 mi
- Daylight Hill: 8.5 mi
- Fox Point: 10.0 mi
- Red Hill: 12.1 mi
- Frontiersman Carving: 0.2 mi
- Pioneer Carving: 0.2 mi
- Wakefield Hotel Mural: 0.4 mi
- The Glass Press, Inc. Established 1994: 0.4 mi
- The Glass Press: 0.4 mi
- Kroger Wetlands: 1.8 mi
- Rudolph Farms: 2.5 mi
- Broughton Nature Park: 2.5 mi
- McDonough Wildlife Refuge: 7.6 mi
- Boord State Nature Preserve: 15.6 mi
- Rufus Putnam House: 0.2 mi
- Valley Gem Sternwheeler: 0.3 mi
- Hidden Marietta Tour Company: 0.7 mi
- C2473: 0.7 mi
- 3301: 0.7 mi
- Fort Street Pollinator Habitat: 0.6 mi
- Marietta Discovery Garden: 0.8 mi
- Harvest of Hope: 0.8 mi
- Marietta Community Garden: 0.9 mi
- Armstrong Gardens: 1.5 mi
- West Virginia Welcome Center: 2.3 mi
- Washington Interstate 77 NB: 2.3 mi
- Mineral Wells Rest Area Southbound: 20.6 mi
- Mineral Wells Rest Area Northbound: 20.6 mi
- Cedarville Bluff: 12.8 mi
- Rock Bluff: 18.0 mi
- Quincy Park: 11.8 mi
- Irish Run Natural Bridge: 16.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Memorial Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buzzard Rocks | SE 138° | 388 m | 14.8 mi |
| Coffee Knob | NNW 347° | 358 m | 21.5 mi |
| Browns Knob | NNW 336° | 351 m | 23.9 mi |
| Kinderhook Hill | E 92° | 338 m | 12.4 mi |
| Haystack Hill | ENE 66° | 334 m | 14.9 mi |
| Dodd Hill | ENE 57° | 334 m | 19.8 mi |
| Ferguson Hill | E 89° | 331 m | 12.8 mi |
| Daylight Hill | ENE 75° | 329 m | 8.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:30 | 19:03 | 19:38 |
| June solstice | 06:00 | 20:17 | 20:57 |
| September equinox | 07:14 | 18:49 | 19:25 |
| December solstice | 07:43 | 16:24 | 17:06 |
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 | 31 | 34 | 42 | 53 | 63 | 71 | 75 | 74 | 67 | 55 | 44 | 36 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 3.1 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.4 | 4.9 | 4.8 | 3.6 | 3.4 | 3.2 | 2.9 | 3.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Marietta Wwtp, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/7214634536
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