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Nature Center at Shaker Lakes

Nature Center at Shaker Lakes from directly overhead

Nature Center at Shaker Lakes is a museum in Ohio, at a modelled elevation of 280 m. Derthick Hill stands 409 m to the east-southeast, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Southerly Park, a park 0.4 miles away. Ohio & Erie Canalway passes 3.7 miles off. 17 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The story

Education centre in Cleveland, Ohio, US

Wikidata Q14716744, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What to expect

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates41.48506, -81.57422

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Southerly Park: 0.4 mi
  • Horseshoe Lake Park: 0.8 mi
  • Helen Simpson Park: 0.9 mi
  • Amos Norwood Park: 1.0 mi
  • Ashby Play Lot: 1.4 mi
Historic sites
  • Kate Smoker Memorial: 1.3 mi
  • Lake View Mausoleum: 1.8 mi
  • Stone Family Plot: 2.0 mi
  • Rockefeller Monument: 2.0 mi
  • Wade Family Plot: 2.1 mi
Artworks
  • Your Silence Will Not Save You: 1.5 mi
  • Unstable Tables: 1.7 mi
  • Anchor: 1.9 mi
  • Rocky Colavito: 2.0 mi
  • Acrobats: 2.1 mi
Nature reserves
Museums: 54
Picnic sites: 49
  • Windy Ridge Picnic Area: 4.1 mi
  • Trolley Turn Picnic Area: 4.3 mi
  • Quarry Picnic Area: 4.5 mi
  • Kelly Picnic Area: 4.6 mi
  • Morgan's Hollow Reserved Picnic Area: 5.6 mi
Attractions: 48
Waterfalls: 19
Peaks: 17
  • Orange Hill: 7.2 mi
  • Gildersleeve Mountain: 13.4 mi
  • Cuyahoga County high point: 14.0 mi
  • Waite Hill: 14.0 mi
  • McConougheys Hill: 15.2 mi
Beaches: 14
  • Villa Beach: 6.5 mi
  • Beulah Park Beach: 6.6 mi
  • Euclid Beach: 6.8 mi
  • Villa Angela Beach: 7.0 mi
  • Edgewater Beach: 8.5 mi
Cliffs: 4
Rest areas: 4
Ghost towns: 3
Springs: 1
  • White Oak Spring: 18.2 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Nature Center at Shaker Lakes. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Derthick HillESE 122°409 m22.6 mi
Portage County high pointESE 119°408 m24.7 mi
Summit County high pointSSW 195°404 m16.9 mi
McConougheys HillESE 111°399 m15.2 mi
Cuyahoga County high pointSSW 204°390 m14.0 mi
Sand HillE 81°381 m15.7 mi
The KnobNE 56°378 m19.4 mi
Ballards HillENE 72°377 m23.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3119:0219:39
June solstice05:5320:2221:04
September equinox07:1418:4919:25
December solstice07:5016:1617:00

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F293138496170747367564535
Precip in1.81.52.33.13.52.83.73.42.93.22.92.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cleveland Burke Lakefront AP, 6 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/1854653907

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