Big Island Wildlife Area
Big Island Wildlife Area is a nature reserve in Ohio, at a recorded elevation of 278 m. Graveyard Hill stands 302 m to the east, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Foundation Lake, a nature reserve 3.5 miles away. Ohio Lincoln Highway Historic Byway passes 15 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 278 m
How to reach it
- 15.4 mi off the Ohio Lincoln Highway Historic Byway
- 19.2 mi off the Old Mill Stream Scenic Byway
- 25.0 mi off the Scenic Olentangy Heritage Corridor
- 25.7 mi off the Big Darby Plains Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Glenwood Park: 6.0 mi
- Martin Luther King Park: 6.2 mi
- Quarry Park: 6.2 mi
- Roosevelt Park: 6.2 mi
- Oakland Park: 6.2 mi
- Foundation Lake: 3.5 mi
- Greenspur: 7.7 mi
- Myers Woods: 8.1 mi
- Killdeer Plains Wildlife Area: 9.3 mi
- Terradise Nature Preserve: 15.3 mi
- Harding Tomb: 7.4 mi
- 9/11 Memorial: 12.9 mi
- Chief Tarhe Monument: 19.1 mi
- Cross Over the Bridge Again Committee: 22.0 mi
- Veterans Memorial Plaza: 22.0 mi
- Warren G. Harding Home: 7.5 mi
- Hueber Steam Shovel Mueseum: 7.5 mi
- Terradise Nature Center: 15.3 mi
- Wyandot Museum: 16.7 mi
- Hardin County Historical Museum: 18.6 mi
- Cones Mills: 16.0 mi
- Tyrone: 18.1 mi
- Coles Mills: 18.5 mi
- Edinburgh: 21.4 mi
- White Town: 23.3 mi
- Marion County Rest Area: 10.7 mi
- Marion County Rest Area: 10.7 mi
- Kensington Rain Garden: 23.2 mi
- Kensington Rain Garden: 23.2 mi
- Marion County Steam Shovel: 7.5 mi
- Graveyard Hill: 14.3 mi
- Sulphur Spring: 22.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Big Island Wildlife Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Graveyard Hill | E 87° | 302 m | 14.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:37 | 19:09 | 19:45 |
| June solstice | 06:03 | 20:27 | 21:08 |
| September equinox | 07:21 | 18:56 | 19:32 |
| December solstice | 07:54 | 16:26 | 17:10 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 26 | 29 | 38 | 50 | 61 | 70 | 73 | 71 | 65 | 53 | 41 | 31 |
| Precip in | 2.7 | 2.0 | 2.7 | 3.8 | 4.2 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 2.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Marion 2 N, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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