Kelton House Museum
Kelton House Museum is a museum in Ohio, at a recorded elevation of 240 m. Beavers Hill stands 383 m to the east-northeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Heritage Museum of Kappa Kappa Gamma, a museum 0.1 miles away. Historic National Road - Ohio runs past it. 6 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
The Kelton House Museum and Garden is a Greek Revival and Italianate mansion in the Discovery District of Downtown Columbus, Ohio. The museum was established by the Junior League of Columbus to promote an understanding of daily life, customs, and decorative arts in 19th-century Columbus and to educate visitors about the Underground Railroad.
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Dates from 1976.
Wikidata Q6386599, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 240 m
How to reach it
- On the Historic National Road - Ohio, National
- 7.6 mi off the Jefferson Township Scenic Byway
- 10.8 mi off the Scenic Olentangy Heritage Corridor
- 14.6 mi off the Big Darby Plains Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Stag · 1 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Topiary Park: 0.2 mi
- Thurber Park: 0.3 mi
- Washington Gladden Social Justice Park: 0.3 mi
- Blackburn Park: 0.5 mi
- Hamilton & Spring Park: 0.5 mi
- Our Single Garment of Destiny,: 0.3 mi
- The Natures: 0.6 mi
- Southeast Cannon: 0.7 mi
- Northeast Cannon: 0.8 mi
- Lest We Forget: 0.8 mi
- CCAD's ART Sign: 0.4 mi
- The Underground Railroad: 0.7 mi
- Ohio Holocaust And Liberators Memorial: 0.8 mi
- The State House: 0.8 mi
- Honoring All Veterans Past Present and Future: 1.3 mi
- Audubon Society: 2.6 mi
- Tarpy's Woods: 4.1 mi
- Parkview Parkland: 4.2 mi
- Glen High Parkland: 4.2 mi
- Wilma H. Shiermeier Olentangy River Wetland Research Park: 4.4 mi
- George F. Schmidt Blumengarten: 1.1 mi
- Garden Railway: 1.6 mi
- Zen Terrace: 1.7 mi
- Franklin Park Conservatory: 1.7 mi
- Celebration Garden: 1.7 mi
- Heritage Museum of Kappa Kappa Gamma: 0.1 mi
- Columbus Museum of Art: 0.3 mi
- Central Ohio Fire Museum: 0.8 mi
- COSI: 1.2 mi
- National Veterans Memorial and Museum: 1.3 mi
- Palm House: 1.6 mi
- Pacific Island Water Garden: 1.7 mi
- Dorothy M. Davis Showhouse: 1.7 mi
- Desert: 1.7 mi
- Tropical Rainforest: 1.7 mi
- Sandefur Wetland Pavilion: 4.5 mi
- Brevoort Park: 5.3 mi
- Picnic Area: 6.1 mi
- Ze Goat Picnic: 10.0 mi
- River Bluffs: 12.3 mi
- Baker Hill: 3.8 mi
- Marlboro Hill: 4.6 mi
- Spangler Hill: 7.4 mi
- Beavers Hill: 17.5 mi
- Sand Hill: 23.6 mi
- Milliken Falls: 6.1 mi
- Indian Run Falls: 12.0 mi
- Indian Run Falls: 12.1 mi
- Wonderland: 6.7 mi
- Hibernia: 7.2 mi
- Carpenter's Mill: 19.1 mi
- Dublin Spring: 11.7 mi
- Hocking River ?: 16.8 mi
- Sulphur Spring: 23.6 mi
- Prairie Oaks Dog Beach: 14.6 mi
- Alum Creek Beach: 15.9 mi
- Lee M. Rizor Memorial Highway Rest Area: 18.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Kelton House Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beavers Hill | ENE 61° | 383 m | 17.5 mi |
| Sand Hill | SSE 147° | 332 m | 23.6 mi |
| Claypool Knob | SE 133° | 330 m | 24.9 mi |
| Spangler Hill | S 187° | 243 m | 7.4 mi |
| Baker Hill | SSE 168° | 241 m | 3.8 mi |
| Marlboro Hill | S 189° | 190 m | 4.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:36 | 19:08 | 19:44 |
| June solstice | 06:04 | 20:24 | 21:05 |
| September equinox | 07:20 | 18:55 | 19:31 |
| December solstice | 07:51 | 16:28 | 17:11 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 29 | 31 | 41 | 53 | 63 | 72 | 75 | 73 | 66 | 55 | 43 | 34 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 2.6 | 3.9 | 4.0 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 4.3 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 3.2 | 3.0 | 3.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Columbus Wcmh, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/231234816
Day trips start here
- Columbus · 1 mi
- Columbus/South · 2 mi
- Columbus/University Area · 3 mi
- London · 25 mi
- Heath · 29 mi
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