Fort Laurens Museum
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Fort Laurens Museum is a museum in Ohio, at a modelled elevation of 280 m. Stark County High Point stands 413 m to the northeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Lawrence Township Park (TC United Ball Fields), a park 0.4 miles away. Ohio & Erie Canalway runs past it. 10 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Fort Laurens was the only fortification built within the current boundaries of Ohio during the American Revolutionary War. It was constructed in the fall of 1778 on the Tuscarawas River near what is now Bolivar, Ohio. Fort Laurens was besieged by Indigenous and British forces for several weeks in the winter of 1779. The fort was ordered abandoned in August 1779. The site is now owned by the Ohio History Connection. None of the original fort remains above ground.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dates from 1778.
Wikidata Q5471486, matched on coordinates and name (118 m apart).
What to expect
- Operated by
- Ohio History Connection & Zoar Community Association
How to reach it
- On the Ohio & Erie Canalway, National
- 10.3 mi off the Amish Country Byway, National
- 10.5 mi off the Ohio Lincoln Highway Historic Byway
- 21.1 mi off the Tappan-Moravian Trail Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Pioneer Point · 6 mi
- Buzzards Roost · 6 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Lawrence Township Park (TC United Ball Fields): 0.4 mi
- River Community Park: 0.5 mi
- Bolivar Waterworks Park: 1.0 mi
- Zoar Wildlife Area: 2.6 mi
- Franklin Park: 4.8 mi
- Ohio & Erie Canal - Lock 7: 0.8 mi
- Ohio & Erie Canal - Lock 8: 1.0 mi
- Ohio & Erie Canal - Lock 9: 1.2 mi
- Ohio & Erie Canal - Lock 10: 2.3 mi
- Russel Jones Dedication for Baseball Field: 8.1 mi
- Warther Museum: 8.1 mi
- Auman Museum of Radio & TV: 8.4 mi
- Mobile Gas of the Past Museum: 10.9 mi
- Massillon Museum: 11.4 mi
- Canton Classic Car Museum: 11.5 mi
- Zoar Community Garden: 2.4 mi
- Garden: 9.8 mi
- Garden: 9.9 mi
- 7881 Garden: 10.7 mi
- 7901 Garden: 10.7 mi
- Tuscarawas County Fairgrounds: 8.6 mi
- Norma Johnson Center: 10.0 mi
- Downtown Canton Arts District: 11.6 mi
- Canton Garden Center: 12.5 mi
- Pro Football Hall of Fame: 12.9 mi
- Weimers Hill: 8.7 mi
- Sponsellers Hill: 10.5 mi
- Knob Hill: 10.9 mi
- Serpentine Hill: 12.2 mi
- Shulls Hill: 12.5 mi
- Atwood Lake Beach: 12.2 mi
- Boater swim area: 12.6 mi
- Boaters Beach (swim from boat): 12.6 mi
- Main Beach: 14.1 mi
- Camp NEOSA Beach: 17.8 mi
- Goal Post Electricity Tower West: 12.6 mi
- Goal Post Electricity Tower East: 12.7 mi
- Marion Motley Memorial Statue: 12.9 mi
- Jesus with the Samaritan Woman: 14.8 mi
- Mosaic Obelisks with Children's Handprints: 16.9 mi
- American Landfill Certified Wildlife Habitat: 11.6 mi
- Restricted Area Eagle Nest: 11.7 mi
- Leesville Wildlife Area: 18.3 mi
- Singer Lake Bog: 19.1 mi
- Restricted Area Eagle Nest: 21.5 mi
- Pavillion: 11.8 mi
- Three Legs Town: 15.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Fort Laurens Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stark County High Point | NE 54° | 413 m | 19.7 mi |
| Sponsellers Hill | NE 44° | 385 m | 10.5 mi |
| Knob Hill | SSW 209° | 376 m | 10.9 mi |
| Elephant Knob | S 187° | 376 m | 22.8 mi |
| Sterrett Knob | W 276° | 375 m | 24.2 mi |
| Sand Run Hill | WSW 250° | 360 m | 24.7 mi |
| Weimers Hill | WNW 282° | 353 m | 8.7 mi |
| Shulls Hill | SSW 193° | 322 m | 12.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:30 | 19:02 | 19:38 |
| June solstice | 05:56 | 20:20 | 21:01 |
| September equinox | 07:14 | 18:49 | 19:25 |
| December solstice | 07:47 | 16:19 | 17:02 |
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 | 50 | 60 | 69 | 73 | 71 | 64 | 53 | 42 | 33 |
| Precip in | 3.2 | 2.5 | 3.3 | 3.7 | 4.2 | 4.8 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 3.4 | 3.2 | 2.8 | 3.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NEW Philadelphia, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/730232347
Day trips start here
- East Sparta · 6 mi
- Magnolia · 8 mi
- Massillon · 11 mi
- Waynesburg · 11 mi
- Canton · 12 mi
- Canton-Massillion Metropolitan Area · 13 mi
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