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Bath Nature Preserve

Bath Nature Preserve from directly overhead

Bath Nature Preserve is a nature reserve in Ohio, at a modelled elevation of 314 m. Derthick Hill stands 409 m to the east-northeast, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Bath Community Park, a park 0.8 miles away. Heritage Corridors of Bath passes 0.5 miles off. 13 named summits stand within 25 miles.

411 acre parcel of land consists of wetlands, woodlands, riparian, and old fields. Parking for twenty cars and six vehicles with horse trailers, a one-stall handicapped accessible restroom, hitching post, bike rack, information kiosk and picnic area.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Bath Township Parks Department

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.18169, -81.64802

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Bath Community Park: 0.8 mi
  • Our Lady of the Elms Athletic Complex: 1.3 mi
  • Bath Baseball Park: 1.3 mi
  • Heritage Corridors of Bath Wayside Exhibit: 1.5 mi
  • Allardale Park: 2.5 mi
Museums
Gardens
  • Native Plant and Pollinator Garden: 4.7 mi
  • Rock and Herb Garden: 4.8 mi
  • Japanese Garden: 6.6 mi
  • English Garden: 6.6 mi
  • Rose Garden: 6.6 mi
Artworks
  • Indigenous American Statue: 6.2 mi
  • Sun Tracker: 7.7 mi
  • Native American Statue: 7.8 mi
  • Portage Path Indian Statue: 7.9 mi
  • Black Lives Matter: 9.3 mi
Historic sites
Attractions: 46
  • Victory Gallop Horse Barn: 0.9 mi
  • Lock 25: 3.6 mi
  • Lock 24: 3.7 mi
  • Painting with a Twist: 3.8 mi
  • Lock 28: 6.1 mi
Picnic sites: 45
Nature reserves: 39
Waterfalls: 19
  • Blue Hen Falls: 6.6 mi
  • Buttermilk Falls: 7.0 mi
  • Mud Brook Falls: 7.5 mi
  • Hidden Crystal Falls: 8.2 mi
  • Brandywine Falls: 8.7 mi
Peaks: 13
  • Reeds Hill: 3.2 mi
  • Summit County high point: 4.7 mi
  • Oak Hill: 4.9 mi
  • Cuyahoga County high point: 8.4 mi
  • Sherbondy Hill: 9.3 mi
Beaches: 7
  • Turkeyfoot Beach: 15.7 mi
  • Wallace Beach: 16.5 mi
  • K-9 Coastline: 21.7 mi
  • Edgewater Beach: 21.7 mi
  • Lake Lucerne Beach: 21.8 mi
Rest areas: 4
Cliffs: 4
Lighthouses: 3
Springs: 2
  • White Oak Spring: 6.0 mi
  • Indian Spring: 12.2 mi
Ghost towns: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Derthick HillENE 69°409 m24.6 mi
Summit County high pointN 352°404 m4.7 mi
McConougheys HillNE 49°399 m23.7 mi
Cuyahoga County high pointNNW 347°390 m8.4 mi
Bacon HillESE 123°371 m22.3 mi
Acme HillSW 216°369 m13.3 mi
Coal HillESE 122°366 m10.8 mi
Orange HillNNE 27°360 m24.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3119:0219:39
June solstice05:5520:2221:04
September equinox07:1518:4919:26
December solstice07:4916:1717:01

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F262836485967717063514031
Precip in3.12.63.23.74.14.14.23.53.83.43.03.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Stow 4 SE, 11 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/782122007

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