Imagination Station
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Imagination Station is a museum in Ohio, at a modelled elevation of 180 m. Nona France Sledding Hill stands 215 m to the southwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Trinity Plaza, a park 0.1 miles away. Lake Erie Coastal Ohio Trail runs past it. 5 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Imagination Station (formerly the Center of Science and Industry (COSI)) is a non-profit, hands-on science museum located adjacent to the Maumee River in Downtown Toledo, Ohio. It has more than 300 exhibits for "children of all ages". The museum opened in 1997 as COSI. It occupied the former Portside Marketplace, a festival marketplace-style shopping and restaurant complex developed by The Rouse Company and Enterprise Development Company (EDC) that operated from 1984–1990. After tax levies failed in 2006 and 2007, COSI closed its doors to the public on the last day of 2007 due to lack of funding. In 2008, voters approved an operating levy to reopen the facility as The Toledo Science Center. This interim name was replaced by "Imagination Station", which opened on October 10, 2009.
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Dates from 2009-10-10.
Wikidata Q6002603, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What to expect
How to reach it
- On the Lake Erie Coastal Ohio Trail, National
- 6.4 mi off the Maumee Valley Scenic Byway
- 16.4 mi off the Monroe Street (M125)
Overlooks nearby
- Western-most point on Lake Erie · 4 mi
- Big Hill · 8 mi
- Duck blind · 9 mi
- Observation tower · 9 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Trinity Plaza: 0.1 mi
- Promenade Park: 0.1 mi
- Chub deWolfe Park: 0.3 mi
- Boeschenstein Park: 0.4 mi
- Civic Center Mall: 0.4 mi
- Toledo Firefighters Memorial: 0.3 mi
- William Mc Kinley: 0.4 mi
- Pythian Castle: 0.4 mi
- Gen. James Steedman Statue: 1.8 mi
- Pope Saint John Paul II Statue: 2.1 mi
- City Candy: 0.1 mi
- Blubber: 1.4 mi
- Rings: 4.2 mi
- Balancing Act: 4.3 mi
- Paleozoic Landscape: 4.4 mi
- Native Praire Habitat: 3.4 mi
- Sawyer Quarry Nature Preserve: 7.8 mi
- Audubon Islands Nature Preserve: 8.0 mi
- Wheeler Preserve: 8.4 mi
- Cedar Point National Wildlife Refuge: 10.6 mi
- The Manos Community Garden: 0.7 mi
- Georgia and David K. Welles Sculpture Garden: 1.4 mi
- Scottwood Community Garden: 2.0 mi
- Ironwood Community Garden: 2.1 mi
- LaValley Family Rooftop Garden: 4.2 mi
- The Col. James M. Schoonmaker: 0.9 mi
- Tugboat Ohio: 0.9 mi
- National Museum of the Great Lakes: 0.9 mi
- Toledo Museum of Art: 1.5 mi
- Toledo Firefighters Museum: 3.3 mi
- Hollywood Casino Toledo: 2.3 mi
- Fort Miamis: 7.3 mi
- The 577 Foundation: 7.5 mi
- Fossil Park: 11.9 mi
- Fairgrounds: 16.9 mi
- Carland Beach: 6.7 mi
- Nugent Beach (Private): 7.1 mi
- Erie Beach: 8.4 mi
- Olander Lake Beach: 9.6 mi
- Lamb Beach: 11.1 mi
- Sand Hill: 5.5 mi
- Corn Cob Hill: 8.1 mi
- Indian Hill: 9.2 mi
- Turkeyfoot Rock: 11.6 mi
- Nona France Sledding Hill: 16.8 mi
- Dundee Welcome Center 822: 14.5 mi
- Monroe Welcome Center 823: 16.1 mi
- Horse Rest Area: 17.6 mi
- Wood Interstate 75 NB: 22.1 mi
- Wood Interstate 75 SB: 22.4 mi
- Marengo: 5.3 mi
- Java: 16.8 mi
- Providence: 23.9 mi
- Toledo Harbor Light: 12.9 mi
- West Sister Island Light: 22.5 mi
- Great Sulphur Spring: 8.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Imagination Station. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nona France Sledding Hill | SW 235° | 215 m | 16.8 mi |
| Indian Hill | SW 222° | 193 m | 9.2 mi |
| Sand Hill | NNW 339° | 189 m | 5.5 mi |
| Turkeyfoot Rock | SW 228° | 181 m | 11.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:38 | 19:10 | 19:46 |
| June solstice | 06:01 | 20:31 | 21:13 |
| September equinox | 07:22 | 18:57 | 19:33 |
| December solstice | 07:58 | 16:23 | 17:08 |
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 | 27 | 29 | 38 | 50 | 61 | 71 | 75 | 73 | 66 | 54 | 42 | 32 |
| Precip in | 1.8 | 1.7 | 2.3 | 3.3 | 3.5 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 3.5 | 3.1 | 2.4 | 2.3 | 2.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Toledo Metcalf FLD, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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Day trips start here
- Toledo · 2 mi
- Monroe County · 19 mi
- Bowling Green · 20 mi
- Monroe · 20 mi
- Oak Harbor · 22 mi
- Maybee · 24 mi
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