Statue of Friedrich Schiller
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Statue of Friedrich Schiller is a historic site in Ohio, at a modelled elevation of 232 m. Beavers Hill stands 383 m to the east-northeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is The Umbrella Girl Fountain, a historic site 0.1 miles away. Historic National Road - Ohio passes 1.1 miles off. 9 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
A statue of Friedrich Schiller by Max von Widnmann stands in Schiller Park, in Columbus, Ohio's German Village, in the United States.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dates from 1891.
Wikidata Q60752776, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Material
- bronze
- Inscription
- The bronze sculpture is a second cast of the original designed by Widnmann, completed in 1863 and installed in Maximiliansplatz, Munich. The Columbus sculpture was completed in Germany in 1891, transported across the Atlantic Ocean, and erected by the Ger
How to reach it
- 1.1 mi off the Historic National Road - Ohio, National
- 8.8 mi off the Jefferson Township Scenic Byway
- 12.0 mi off the Scenic Olentangy Heritage Corridor
- 15.2 mi off the Big Darby Plains Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Stag · 1 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- The Umbrella Girl Fountain: 0.1 mi
- The Ten Commandments and Beatitudes: 0.7 mi
- Ohio Holocaust And Liberators Memorial: 1.3 mi
- The State House: 1.3 mi
- The Underground Railroad: 1.4 mi
- Umbrella Girl Statue: 0.1 mi
- Miranova Place: 1.1 mi
- Columbus Art Memorial Company: 1.2 mi
- Hammer of Justice: 1.3 mi
- Southeast Cannon: 1.3 mi
- Schiller Park: 0.1 mi
- Keller Park: 0.3 mi
- Moeller Park: 0.5 mi
- Frank Fetch Memorial Park: 0.6 mi
- Kobacher Park: 0.7 mi
- Audubon Society: 1.7 mi
- Willow Creek Preserve: 3.6 mi
- Tarpy's Woods: 4.3 mi
- Rocky Creek Parkland: 5.1 mi
- Three Creeks Metro Park: 5.2 mi
- George F. Schmidt Blumengarten: 0.3 mi
- Garden Railway: 2.6 mi
- Zen Terrace: 2.7 mi
- Bonsai Courtyard: 2.7 mi
- Franklin Park Conservatory: 2.7 mi
- Heritage Museum of Kappa Kappa Gamma: 1.4 mi
- Kelton House Museum: 1.4 mi
- COSI: 1.4 mi
- Columbus Museum of Art: 1.6 mi
- National Veterans Memorial and Museum: 1.6 mi
- Palm House: 2.7 mi
- Pacific Island Water Garden: 2.7 mi
- Dorothy M. Davis Showhouse: 2.7 mi
- Desert: 2.7 mi
- Tropical Rainforest: 2.7 mi
- Baker Hill: 2.8 mi
- Marlboro Hill: 3.3 mi
- Spangler Hill: 6.0 mi
- Beavers Hill: 18.5 mi
- Sand Hill: 22.8 mi
- Sandefur Wetland Pavilion: 5.6 mi
- Brevoort Park: 6.5 mi
- Picnic Area: 7.2 mi
- Ze Goat Picnic: 11.3 mi
- White Oak Grove Group Picnic Area: 12.0 mi
- Milliken Falls: 6.4 mi
- Indian Run Falls: 12.9 mi
- Indian Run Falls: 12.9 mi
- Hibernia: 7.7 mi
- Wonderland: 7.7 mi
- Carpenter's Mill: 20.3 mi
- Dublin Spring: 12.5 mi
- Hocking River ?: 16.1 mi
- Sulphur Spring: 24.8 mi
- Prairie Oaks Dog Beach: 14.5 mi
- Alum Creek Beach: 17.2 mi
- Lee M. Rizor Memorial Highway Rest Area: 19.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Statue of Friedrich Schiller. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beavers Hill | ENE 58° | 383 m | 18.5 mi |
| Fairfield County HP | SE 137° | 380 m | 25.0 mi |
| Allen Knob | SE 134° | 344 m | 24.9 mi |
| Becks Knob | SE 133° | 339 m | 24.4 mi |
| Sand Hill | SE 144° | 332 m | 22.8 mi |
| Claypool Knob | SE 130° | 330 m | 24.4 mi |
| Spangler Hill | S 183° | 243 m | 6.0 mi |
| Baker Hill | SSE 152° | 241 m | 2.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:36 | 19:08 | 19:44 |
| June solstice | 06:04 | 20:24 | 21:05 |
| September equinox | 07:20 | 18:55 | 19:31 |
| December solstice | 07:51 | 16:28 | 17:11 |
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 | 29 | 32 | 41 | 52 | 63 | 72 | 75 | 73 | 67 | 55 | 43 | 34 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 2.6 | 3.9 | 4.0 | 4.4 | 3.9 | 4.6 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 2.9 | 3.0 | 3.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Columbus-valley Crossing, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/553514645
Day trips start here
- Columbus · 1 mi
- Columbus/South · 1 mi
- Columbus/University Area · 4 mi
- London · 24 mi
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