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Blanche Katherine Novak Wildlife Sanctuary and State Nature Preserve

Blanche Katherine Novak Wildlife Sanctuary and State Nature Preserve from directly overhead

Blanche Katherine Novak Wildlife Sanctuary and State Nature Preserve is a nature reserve in Ohio, at a modelled elevation of 357 m. Sugarloaf stands 423 m to the east-northeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Hartman Park, a park 0.5 miles away. Ohio & Erie Canalway passes 14 miles off. 23 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Audubon Society of Greater Cleveland
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.32845, -81.29486

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Hartman Park: 0.5 mi
  • Beartown Lakes Reservation: 1.9 mi
  • Beartown Lakes Reservation: 1.9 mi
  • Bretschneider Park: 1.9 mi
  • Trail's End Park: 2.1 mi
Artworks
  • Bunny Statue: 2.4 mi
  • Pepsi Logo: 8.3 mi
  • Lightscape XXIII Community Sculpture: 8.4 mi
  • Henry Church Rock: 8.6 mi
  • The Sassy Cat: 8.7 mi
Museums
Historic sites
  • Aurora Memorial Gun: 2.8 mi
  • Veteran's Memorial: 2.8 mi
  • Al Schneider Memorial: 5.4 mi
  • Veteran's Memorial: 7.7 mi
  • Police & Firefighter Memorial: 8.3 mi
Nature reserves
Gardens
Attractions: 42
  • Haskins Road Christmas Lights Display: 3.2 mi
  • Birth Place of Lorenzo Snow: 3.5 mi
  • Johnson Home: 7.0 mi
  • Chagrin River High Falls: 8.7 mi
  • Falls: 8.7 mi
Picnic sites: 32
  • Picnic Gazebo: 8.0 mi
  • Quarry Rock Picnic Area: 8.4 mi
  • Henry Church Rock Picnic Area: 8.7 mi
  • Shadow Lake Picnic Area: 10.3 mi
  • Harper Ridge Picnic Area: 10.4 mi
Peaks: 23
  • Derthick Hill: 4.8 mi
  • McConougheys Hill: 5.3 mi
  • Welsh Hill: 7.1 mi
  • Portage County high point: 7.1 mi
  • Sugarloaf: 11.1 mi
Waterfalls: 19
Beaches: 8
  • Lake Lucerne Beach: 5.6 mi
  • Punderson Lake Beach: 9.8 mi
  • Dog Beach: 14.5 mi
  • Villa Beach: 22.6 mi
  • Beulah Park Beach: 22.6 mi
Rest areas: 4
Ghost towns: 3
Cliffs: 3
Springs: 2
  • White Oak Spring: 14.9 mi
  • Indian Spring: 15.5 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Blanche Katherine Novak Wildlife Sanctuary and State Nature Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
SugarloafENE 63°423 m11.1 mi
Derthick HillESE 106°409 m4.8 mi
Portage County high pointE 101°408 m7.1 mi
Summit County high pointWSW 254°404 m19.8 mi
McConougheys HillN 356°399 m5.3 mi
Cuyahoga County high pointW 265°390 m20.3 mi
Sand HillN 5°381 m13.4 mi
The KnobN 4°378 m21.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2919:0119:37
June solstice05:5320:2121:03
September equinox07:1318:4819:24
December solstice07:4816:1517:00

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242634475866706962514030
Precip in3.32.73.44.04.14.24.33.74.03.83.23.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hiram, 8 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1414741123

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