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Becvar Preserve

Becvar Preserve from directly overhead

Becvar Preserve is a nature reserve in Ohio, at a modelled elevation of 309 m. Sugarloaf stands 423 m to the east-southeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is West Geauga Commons, a park 1.5 miles away. Lake Erie Coastal Ohio Trail passes 12 miles off. 17 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

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Geauga Parks
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.48093, -81.37190

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • West Geauga Commons: 1.5 mi
  • Forest Ridge Village Park: 2.7 mi
  • Chagrin Valley Parkway: 3.1 mi
  • Triangle Park: 3.3 mi
  • Chesterland City Park: 3.4 mi
Nature reserves
Historic sites
  • Andrew Squire Statue: 2.9 mi
  • Gordon E Hann Memorial Scholar: 3.4 mi
  • Fullertown Historical Marker: 4.0 mi
  • Squaw Rock: 5.1 mi
  • David Berger National Memorial: 6.2 mi
Artworks
  • The Sassy Cat: 3.6 mi
  • Henry Church Rock: 5.2 mi
  • Lightscape XXIII Community Sculpture: 7.3 mi
  • Beaudry Statue of Mary: 8.2 mi
  • Van Aken District Murals: 8.6 mi
Gardens
Museums: 55
  • Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage: 6.5 mi
  • Bainbridge Township Historical Society: 6.9 mi
  • Solon Art Museum: 7.3 mi
  • Museum of American Porcelain Art: 7.8 mi
  • Little Red Schoolhouse & History Center: 10.2 mi
Attractions: 47
  • Falls: 3.6 mi
  • Chagrin River High Falls: 3.6 mi
  • Haskins Road Christmas Lights Display: 8.2 mi
  • La Vera Party Center: 8.2 mi
  • Joseph Smith Home: 10.1 mi
Picnic sites: 32
  • Picnic Area #2 (Pine Grove): 2.9 mi
  • Henry Church Rock Picnic Area: 5.0 mi
  • Quarry Rock Picnic Area: 5.3 mi
  • Williams Woods Backcountry Kitchen Site: 6.1 mi
  • Harper Ridge Picnic Area: 6.5 mi
Waterfalls: 18
Peaks: 17
  • Orange Hill: 3.3 mi
  • Sand Hill: 5.8 mi
  • McConougheys Hill: 6.4 mi
  • Gildersleeve Mountain: 7.9 mi
  • Piersons Knob: 8.9 mi
Beaches: 12
  • Lake Lucerne Beach: 5.8 mi
  • Punderson Lake Beach: 8.6 mi
  • Villa Angela Beach: 12.4 mi
  • Euclid Beach: 12.4 mi
  • Beulah Park Beach: 12.5 mi
Lighthouses: 5
Ghost towns: 4
Rest areas: 4
Cliffs: 3
Springs: 2
  • White Oak Spring: 20.0 mi
  • Indian Spring: 24.6 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
SugarloafESE 112°423 m15.0 mi
Derthick HillSE 144°409 m14.6 mi
Portage County high pointSE 137°408 m16.2 mi
Summit County high pointSW 223°404 m21.9 mi
McConougheys HillSE 145°399 m6.4 mi
Cuyahoga County high pointSW 232°390 m20.5 mi
Sand HillENE 61°381 m5.8 mi
The KnobNNE 26°378 m12.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3019:0119:38
June solstice05:5320:2221:03
September equinox07:1418:4819:25
December solstice07:4916:1516:59

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F262836485968727064534232
Precip in3.52.73.34.14.14.05.24.44.53.94.14.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Kirtland-holden 2, 10 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1421018612

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