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Hefner Museum

Hefner Museum from directly overhead

Hefner Museum is a museum in Ohio, at a recorded elevation of 280 m. Rumpke Mountain stands 319 m to the south-southeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is The Seal, a historic site 0.1 miles away. Presidential Pathways Ohio Scenic Byway passes 0.5 miles off. 29 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
280 m

What to expect

Fee
No

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates39.50902, -84.73309

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Artworks: 40
Peaks: 29
Nature reserves: 27
  • Bachelor Preserve - Marcum: 0.6 mi
  • Helen S. Ruder Preserve: 0.7 mi
  • Western Woods: 0.7 mi
  • Silvoor Biological Sanctuary: 0.7 mi
  • Peffer Woods: 0.8 mi
Historic sites: 23
Attractions: 17
Gardens: 14
Picnic sites: 9
  • Dry Fork Meadow: 17.5 mi
  • Kingfisher Shelter: 20.4 mi
  • Elm Ridge Overlook Shelter: 20.6 mi
  • Area 1: 24.5 mi
  • Area 2: 24.5 mi
Rest areas: 6
Waterfalls: 3
  • Lower Buckeye Falls: 23.7 mi
  • Buckeye Falls: 23.8 mi
  • Thistlethwaite Falls: 25.0 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Beaches: 1
  • Hidden Valley Lake Beach: 24.8 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Rumpke MountainSSE 156°319 m17.7 mi
Elkhorn HillSW 218°308 m13.5 mi
Boundary HillWSW 254°305 m16.8 mi
English HillSW 225°304 m14.2 mi
The MoundsW 264°301 m13.7 mi
Gobblers Knob HillSW 224°301 m15.9 mi
Cobbs HillSW 225°299 m12.7 mi
Wewe HillSW 231°299 m18.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4319:1619:51
June solstice06:1320:3021:10
September equinox07:2719:0219:38
December solstice07:5716:3617:19

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303342536472767568554334
Precip in3.43.03.94.94.94.43.93.43.33.33.23.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Fairfield, 14 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/368155558

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