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The Umbrella Girl Fountain

The Umbrella Girl Fountain, a historic site in Ohio
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The Umbrella Girl Fountain, a historic site in Ohio
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The Umbrella Girl Fountain, a historic site in Ohio
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The Umbrella Girl Fountain, a historic site in Ohio
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The Umbrella Girl Fountain is a historic site in Ohio, at a modelled elevation of 231 m. Beavers Hill stands 383 m to the east-northeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Umbrella Girl Statue, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. Historic National Road - Ohio passes 1.0 miles off. 8 named summits stand within 25 miles.

About

The story

Umbrella Girl, or The Umbrella Girl Fountain, is a 1996 fountain and sculpture in Schiller Park's Grace Highfield Memorial Garden, in Columbus, Ohio's German Village neighborhood, in the United States. The copper fountain and sandstone pool were designed by Joan Wobst and Phil Kientz, respectively.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Dates from 1996.

Wikidata Q58220961, matched on coordinates and name (6 m apart).

The record

What the record says

Inscription
Umbrella Girl, or The Umbrella Girl Fountain, is a 1996 fountain and sculpture in Schiller Park's Grace Highfield Memorial Garden, in Columbus, Ohio's German Village neighborhood, in the United States.[1] The copper fountain and sandstone pool were design
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Coordinates39.94266, -82.99432

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Nature reserves: 59
Historic sites: 56
  • Statue of Friedrich Schiller: 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
Artworks: 52
Gardens: 45
Museums: 40
Attractions: 23
  • 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
Peaks: 8
Picnic sites: 8
  • Sandefur Wetland Pavilion: 5.5 mi
  • Brevoort Park: 6.5 mi
  • Ze Goat Picnic: 11.3 mi
  • White Oak Grove Group Picnic Area: 11.9 mi
  • Little Darby Picnic Area: 12.4 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Springs: 3
Waterfalls: 2
  • Milliken Falls: 6.4 mi
  • Indian Run Falls: 12.8 mi
Beaches: 2
Rest areas: 1
  • Lee M. Rizor Memorial Highway Rest Area: 19.9 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Beavers HillENE383 m18.6 mi
Allen KnobSE344 m24.9 mi
Becks KnobSE339 m24.5 mi
Sand HillSE332 m22.8 mi
Claypool KnobSE330 m24.5 mi
Spangler HillS243 m6.1 mi
Baker HillSSE241 m2.8 mi
Marlboro HillS190 m3.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3619:0819:44
June solstice06:0420:2421:05
September equinox07:2018:5519:31
December solstice07:5116:2817:11

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F293241526372757367554334
Precip in3.42.63.94.04.43.94.63.63.62.93.03.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Columbus-valley Crossing, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/12106825936

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