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Aurora Historical Society

Aurora Historical Society from directly overhead

Aurora Historical Society is a museum in Ohio, at a modelled elevation of 346 m. Sugarloaf stands 423 m to the east-northeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Aurora Memorial Gun, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Ohio & Erie Canalway passes 12 miles off. 23 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

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Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.31297, -81.34410

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
  • Aurora Memorial Gun: 0.0 mi
  • Veteran's Memorial: 0.4 mi
  • Al Schneider Memorial: 3.6 mi
  • Veteran's Memorial: 5.1 mi
  • Police & Firefighter Memorial: 5.6 mi
Parks
  • Bicentennial Park: 0.0 mi
  • Aurora Pioneer Park: 0.0 mi
  • Kiwanis Moore Park: 0.2 mi
  • Veterans Memorial Park: 0.4 mi
  • Trail's End Park: 1.0 mi
Artworks
  • Bunny Statue: 0.7 mi
  • Pepsi Logo: 5.6 mi
  • Mary Statue: 6.8 mi
  • Lightscape XXIII Community Sculpture: 7.0 mi
  • Clock Tower Illusion: 7.4 mi
Nature reserves
Museums
Gardens
Attractions: 52
  • Haskins Road Christmas Lights Display: 4.0 mi
  • Birth Place of Lorenzo Snow: 5.3 mi
  • Chagrin River High Falls: 8.5 mi
  • Falls: 8.6 mi
  • Johnson Home: 9.2 mi
Picnic sites: 33
  • Picnic Gazebo: 6.5 mi
  • Quarry Rock Picnic Area: 7.7 mi
  • Henry Church Rock Picnic Area: 8.0 mi
  • Shadow Lake Picnic Area: 8.6 mi
  • Hawthorn Ridge Picnic Area: 8.7 mi
Peaks: 23
  • McConougheys Hill: 6.7 mi
  • Derthick Hill: 7.2 mi
  • Portage County high point: 9.6 mi
  • Welsh Hill: 9.8 mi
  • Blanket Hill: 11.3 mi
Waterfalls: 19
Beaches: 11
  • Lake Lucerne Beach: 6.0 mi
  • Punderson Lake Beach: 12.1 mi
  • Dog Beach: 15.2 mi
  • Villa Beach: 21.9 mi
  • Beulah Park Beach: 22.0 mi
Rest areas: 4
Ghost towns: 3
Cliffs: 3
Lighthouses: 3
Springs: 2
  • White Oak Spring: 12.2 mi
  • Indian Spring: 13.5 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
SugarloafENE 64°423 m13.8 mi
Derthick HillE 92°409 m7.2 mi
Portage County high pointE 92°408 m9.6 mi
Summit County high pointWSW 255°404 m17.0 mi
McConougheys HillNNE 19°399 m6.7 mi
Cuyahoga County high pointW 267°390 m17.7 mi
Sand HillNNE 14°381 m14.8 mi
The KnobN 10°378 m23.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3019:0119:38
June solstice05:5320:2121:03
September equinox07:1318:4819:24
December solstice07:4916:1517:00

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242634475866706962514030
Precip in3.32.73.44.04.14.24.33.74.03.83.23.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hiram, 10 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/9813086825

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