World's Shortest Airline
World's Shortest Airline is a historic site in Ohio, at a modelled elevation of 179 m. North Milan Hill stands 201 m to the southeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Liberty Aviation Museum, a museum 0.3 miles away. Lake Erie Coastal Ohio Trail passes 1.2 miles off. 3 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Material
- metal
How to reach it
- 1.2 mi off the Lake Erie Coastal Ohio Trail, National
Overlooks nearby
- Observation Tower · 18 mi
- Duck blind · 28 mi
- Observation tower · 28 mi
- Big Hill · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- West Harbor Landing - Ottawa NWR: 1.5 mi
- Nehls Memorial Nature Preserve: 2.2 mi
- Port Clinton Lakefront Preserve: 3.2 mi
- Willow Point Wildlife Area: 4.9 mi
- Islander Woods: 4.9 mi
- Lakeview Park: 2.8 mi
- Waterworks Park: 3.5 mi
- Friendship Park: 3.6 mi
- Veterans Park: 3.8 mi
- Portage Park: 4.3 mi
- Lagoon deer park: 5.4 mi
- Civilian Marksmanship Program HQ: 8.1 mi
- Steel Vengeance: 9.3 mi
- Maverick: 9.3 mi
- Thunder Canyon: 9.4 mi
- American Expedition 1813: 3.3 mi
- Ottawa County Veterans Memorial: 3.6 mi
- De Lery Portage: 3.6 mi
- The Keeper's House: 6.6 mi
- Home of Benajah Walcott: 6.6 mi
- Liberty Aviation Museum: 0.3 mi
- Ottawa County Historical Society: 3.7 mi
- The Keeper's House: 6.6 mi
- Lakeside Heritage Museum: 6.7 mi
- U.S. Lifesaving Station: 8.4 mi
- Port Clinton Public Swimming Beach: 2.9 mi
- North Swimming Beach: 4.8 mi
- Gem Beach: 4.9 mi
- Lakeside Beach: 6.7 mi
- Lime Kiln Beach: 8.5 mi
- Atlas: 8.7 mi
- Put-in-Bay Sign: 9.4 mi
- Inscription Rock: 10.2 mi
- Scheible-Downing Memorial: 10.3 mi
- Joseph DeRivera Statue: 10.3 mi
- Marblehead Lighthouse State Park: 8.3 mi
- The Keeper's House Museum: 8.4 mi
- Green Island Lighthouse: 9.4 mi
- Old Lighthouse Walkway: 9.4 mi
- Perry's Victory and International Peace Memorial: 10.4 mi
- George Baker Gundlach Memorial Garden: 6.6 mi
- Lakefront Daisy Garden3: 7.0 mi
- Memorial Garden: 7.0 mi
- School Garden: 10.8 mi
- Memorial Bricks: 12.3 mi
- Sugar Rock: 4.0 mi
- Taft Hill: 4.3 mi
- North Milan Hill: 19.4 mi
- Willow Point: 4.7 mi
- Canvasback Point: 6.3 mi
- Winous Point: 7.2 mi
- Kelleys Island State Park Picnic Area: 10.7 mi
- Henry T. Beatty Memorial Picnic Area: 11.3 mi
- westbound rest area: 7.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of World's Shortest Airline. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Milan Hill | SE 134° | 201 m | 19.4 mi |
| Sugar Rock | NNE 12° | 174 m | 4.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:36 | 19:07 | 19:44 |
| June solstice | 05:58 | 20:28 | 21:10 |
| September equinox | 07:20 | 18:54 | 19:31 |
| December solstice | 07:55 | 16:21 | 17:05 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 28 | 30 | 38 | 49 | 61 | 71 | 75 | 73 | 67 | 55 | 44 | 34 |
| Precip in | 1.9 | 1.8 | 2.6 | 3.8 | 3.2 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 3.0 | 3.1 | 2.7 | 2.6 | 2.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Sandusky, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/13531405118
Day trips start here
- Oak Harbor · 14 mi
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