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Ripley Museum

Ripley Museum from directly overhead

Ripley Museum is a museum in Ohio, at a recorded elevation of 159 m. Durrell Mountain stands 389 m to the east, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is John P. Parker House, a museum 0.1 miles away. Ohio River Scenic Byway runs past it. 180 named places lie within 25 miles, 31 of them named summits.

What the record says

Elevation
159 m

How to reach it

Coordinates38.74896, -83.84742

180 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 54
  • Rankin House State Memorial: 0.3 mi
  • Ripley Lions Club Community Park: 0.3 mi
  • Cummins Nature Preserve: 5.6 mi
  • Colonel Higgins Park: 7.0 mi
  • Aberdeen Community Park: 7.7 mi
Historic sites: 48
  • Liberty Monument: 0.3 mi
  • Camp Ripley: 0.9 mi
  • Aberdeen: 8.1 mi
  • Armed Services Memorial: 8.1 mi
  • 4-H Centennial Stone: 8.5 mi
Peaks: 31
Museums: 15
Artworks: 14
  • Mail Pouch: 7.8 mi
  • Mail Pouch: 7.8 mi
  • Eastern Brown High School Farmers Mural: 8.5 mi
  • Stand Up For America: 8.5 mi
  • Georgetown Via Dolorosa: 8.6 mi
Nature reserves: 8
Picnic sites: 3
Gardens: 2
Attractions: 2
Waterfalls: 1
  • Georgetown Waterfall: 9.8 mi
Rest areas: 1
Cliffs: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Durrell MountainE 93°389 m22.6 mi
Mist MountainE 93°388 m22.4 mi
North Cedar KnobE 96°377 m22.8 mi
Buckeye KnobE 93°373 m22.7 mi
Big Brier KnobESE 109°371 m19.8 mi
South Cedar KnobE 97°368 m22.8 mi
Eskalapia MountainSE 133°365 m22.8 mi
Peach Orchard HillSE 134°363 m22.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4019:1219:48
June solstice06:1120:2521:04
September equinox07:2418:5919:34
December solstice07:5116:3617:18

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283240516170737265534233
Precip in3.43.24.14.55.34.94.93.63.03.83.33.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Ripley EXP Farm, 4 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/368155597

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