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Clear Creek Metro Park

Clear Creek Metro Park from directly overhead

Clear Creek Metro Park is a nature reserve in Ohio, at a modelled elevation of 279 m. Sand Hill stands 395 m to the southwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Clear Creek, a nature reserve 1.7 miles away. Hocking Hills Scenic Byway passes 2.7 miles off. 41 named summits stand within 25 miles.

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Coordinates39.59562, -82.59742

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Johnston Covered Bridge Park: 3.5 mi
  • Cantwell Cliffs: 3.9 mi
  • Cantwell Cliffs: 4.0 mi
  • Arney Run Park: 4.1 mi
  • Flight of the Hawk Sculpture Park: 4.5 mi
Nature reserves: 43
Peaks: 41
Historic sites: 21
Museums: 16
Attractions: 15
  • Christmas Lights Extravaganza: 4.6 mi
  • Walker Farm: 6.5 mi
  • Rock House Cave: 6.8 mi
  • White Falls: 8.4 mi
  • Twin Falls: 8.9 mi
Waterfalls: 11
  • Rock House Falls: 6.9 mi
  • Lower Falls: 9.4 mi
  • Rim Trail Falls (off-trail): 9.4 mi
  • Upper Falls: 11.4 mi
  • Devil's Bathtub: 11.5 mi
Artworks: 8
Cliffs: 6
Gardens: 2
Springs: 2
  • Hocking River ?: 15.8 mi
  • Buchtel Spring: 24.1 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Picnic table: 9.9 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • South Ridge: 19.3 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sand HillSW 230°395 m22.8 mi
Rocky KnobSW 227°390 m23.3 mi
Rock Garden HillSW 230°384 m23.8 mi
Bunker HillSW 231°384 m24.1 mi
Fairfield County HPNW 323°380 m6.9 mi
Mount LoganSW 228°378 m25.0 mi
SugarloafSW 233°370 m22.5 mi
Bald HillSW 232°363 m22.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3519:0719:43
June solstice06:0420:2221:02
September equinox07:1918:5419:29
December solstice07:4816:2817:10

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303342536372757367554334
Precip in2.92.33.43.94.24.14.23.43.23.12.72.9

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

Wildlife nearby
  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail59 obs
  • Ebony Jewelwing59 obs
  • Ghost Pipe51 obs
  • Christmas fern51 obs
  • large white trillium50 obs
  • Spicebush Swallowtail45 obs
  • striped wintergreen40 obs
  • mayapple36 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/506808226

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