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Theodore Roosevelt Game Preserve

Theodore Roosevelt Game Preserve from directly overhead

Theodore Roosevelt Game Preserve is a historic site in Ohio, at a modelled elevation of 210 m. Durrell Mountain stands 389 m to the west, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Shawnee State Park Lookout, a attraction 0.4 miles away. Ohio River Scenic Byway passes 4.7 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Built
2022
Material
bronze
Inscription
Ohio’s first wildlife area, The Theodore Roosevelt Game Preserve, was established in 1922. Its aim was to reestablish wildlife by creating a game and reforestation preserve on 15,000 acres of land, purchased using funds from hunting license fees
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Ohio History Connection

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates38.72767, -83.17840

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Artworks
  • 2018 Girl's Little League World Series Softball Champions: 9.2 mi
  • Portsmouth Area Sports Figures: 9.2 mi
  • Tour of the Scioto River Valley: 9.2 mi
  • Portsmouth Area Labor Unions: 9.2 mi
  • Baseball Mural: 9.2 mi
Parks: 36
  • Shawnee State Forest: 2.0 mi
  • Nile Township Community Park: 4.7 mi
  • Earl Thomas Conley Park: 7.1 mi
  • Earl Thomas Conley Riverside Park: 7.2 mi
  • Pinnacle Park: 8.5 mi
Historic sites: 20
  • Spock Memorial: 9.8 mi
  • Civil War Memorial: 9.9 mi
  • Human Rights Diversity Walkway: 10.1 mi
  • The Kinney Spring: 10.3 mi
  • Rome (Stout Post Office): 11.4 mi
Nature reserves: 17
Attractions: 7
  • Shawnee State Park Lookout: 0.4 mi
  • Natural Bridge: 24.3 mi
  • Dogwood Pass: 24.7 mi
  • Old Homestead: 24.8 mi
  • Fern Bridge: 24.9 mi
Museums: 7
  • Candyland Children's Museum: 9.5 mi
  • Southern Ohio Museum and Cultural Center: 9.8 mi
  • Depot Museum: 11.5 mi
  • Lewis County Historical Society: 11.6 mi
  • Adams County Historical Society: 20.4 mi
Cliffs: 4
Waterfalls: 1
Gardens: 1
  • Peebles Community Garden: 19.7 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.8 miles of Theodore Roosevelt Game Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Durrell MountainW 272°389 m13.4 mi
Mist MountainW 272°388 m13.7 mi
Peach MountainNW 320°386 m15.2 mi
North Cedar KnobW 266°377 m13.4 mi
Pyramid MountainN 6°373 m2.5 mi
Buckeye KnobW 270°373 m13.4 mi
Big Brier KnobWSW 254°371 m18.1 mi
South Cedar KnobW 265°368 m13.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3719:1019:45
June solstice06:0920:2221:02
September equinox07:2118:5619:31
December solstice07:4816:3317:15

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313442536471757468564436

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lucasville, 15 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/13154436318

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