Cliff Run Nature Preserve
Cliff Run Nature Preserve is a nature reserve in Ohio, at a modelled elevation of 263 m. Long Lick Hill stands 405 m to the south-southwest, 7.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Slate Hill, a peak 1.1 miles away. Ohio River Scenic Byway passes 39 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Arc of Appalachia
How to reach it
- 39.0 mi off the Ohio River Scenic Byway, National
- 18.9 mi off the Scenic Scioto Heritage Trail Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Slate Hill: 1.1 mi
- Bald Knob: 1.4 mi
- Nevins Hill: 1.5 mi
- Roundtop: 1.9 mi
- Little Roundtop: 2.2 mi
- Village Park: 4.7 mi
- Bainbridge Park: 4.8 mi
- Mitchell Park: 6.2 mi
- Imagination Kingdom Park: 6.8 mi
- Greenfield Schools Athletic Fields: 7.0 mi
- Appalachian Forest Museum: 2.5 mi
- Harris Dental Museum: 4.5 mi
- Fort Hill Education Center: 9.7 mi
- Frankfort Museum: 13.4 mi
- Environmental Learning Center: 15.4 mi
- Miller Sanctuary State Nature Preserve: 4.2 mi
- Pike Lake State Park: 9.7 mi
- Spruce Hill: 11.5 mi
- Highland Bat Sanctuary: 13.9 mi
- Buzzard's Roost Nature Preserve: 15.3 mi
- Soldiers’ Monument: 7.2 mi
- Homestead Ruins: 16.0 mi
- Story Mound State Memorial: 19.4 mi
- Dard Hunter: 19.7 mi
- Wickerham Inn 1800-01: 20.1 mi
- Three Sisters: 2.6 mi
- Natural Bathtub: 15.9 mi
- Adena Mansion & Gardens Historic Site: 18.8 mi
- The Grove: 19.0 mi
- Sugarloaf Mountain Amphitheatre: 24.2 mi
- World's Largest Horseshoe Crab: 13.9 mi
- Carlisle Hill Star: 19.7 mi
- Welcome to Peebles: 21.6 mi
- Welcome to Adams County: 21.7 mi
- Ornimental Garden: 18.9 mi
- Vegetable Garden: 18.9 mi
- Third Tier: 18.9 mi
- Peebles Community Garden: 21.6 mi
- Sugar Point: 10.1 mi
- Lookout Point: 10.6 mi
- Alum Cliffs: 15.0 mi
- South Beach: 8.7 mi
- Knockemstiff: 12.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.6 miles of Cliff Run Nature Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Long Lick Hill | SSW 201° | 405 m | 7.8 mi |
| Washburn Hill | SSW 207° | 405 m | 9.3 mi |
| Horseback Knob | E 96° | 403 m | 13.7 mi |
| McCoppin Hill | SSW 203° | 402 m | 7.0 mi |
| Chestnut Oak Knob | ESE 103° | 402 m | 13.3 mi |
| Brown Hill | SSW 206° | 399 m | 8.5 mi |
| Shepherds Mountain | S 173° | 397 m | 8.2 mi |
| Ball Knob | E 100° | 394 m | 14.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:38 | 19:10 | 19:46 |
| June solstice | 06:08 | 20:24 | 21:04 |
| September equinox | 07:22 | 18:57 | 19:32 |
| December solstice | 07:50 | 16:32 | 17:14 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 29 | 32 | 41 | 52 | 62 | 70 | 73 | 72 | 66 | 54 | 43 | 34 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 3.3 | 4.2 | 4.8 | 5.1 | 4.8 | 4.2 | 3.7 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 3.1 | 3.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hillsboro, 14 mi away.
- Blue-fronted Dancer17 obs
- blue phlox17 obs
- Celandine Poppy16 obs
- fire pink15 obs
- Virginia bluebells14 obs
- toadshade13 obs
- sharp-lobed hepatica13 obs
- large white trillium12 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/1487061371
Day trips start here
- Chillicothe · 20 mi
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