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Conant Wildlife Area

Conant Wildlife Area from directly overhead

Conant Wildlife Area is a nature reserve in Ohio, at a modelled elevation of 244 m. Sugarloaf stands 423 m to the southwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Grand River Conservation Campus, a nature reserve 2.6 miles away. Lake Erie Coastal Ohio Trail passes 14 miles off. 14 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
Ohio State Parks & Watercraft

How to reach it

Coordinates41.60062, -80.90659

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Brandeberry Park: 4.7 mi
  • Rock Creek Trailhead Parking - WRGT: 4.9 mi
  • Orwell Park: 5.0 mi
  • Graham Field, Footville Park: 5.6 mi
  • Orwell WRGT Trailhead and Parking: 5.7 mi
Historic sites: 30
  • Human Sundial: 9.0 mi
  • Jupiter: 9.1 mi
  • Venus: 9.1 mi
  • Mercury: 9.1 mi
  • Earth: 9.1 mi
Peaks: 14
  • Hogback Point: 11.8 mi
  • Ballards Hill: 12.2 mi
  • Owens Mound: 15.5 mi
  • Sugarloaf: 17.2 mi
  • The Knob: 18.7 mi
Museums: 13
Attractions: 10
Artworks: 9
  • "Jansons" Painted Sign: 5.6 mi
  • Chew Mail Pouch Tobbacco Mural: 5.6 mi
  • Ohio Bicentennial Barn Painting: 12.4 mi
  • 18′ Short: 13.9 mi
  • Railroad History Mural: 15.7 mi
Beaches: 4
Waterfalls: 3
  • Paine Falls: 14.6 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 20.0 mi
  • Minnehaha Falls: 20.2 mi
Gardens: 3
  • Holden Hedge Garden: 20.4 mi
  • Hurd Garden: 23.5 mi
  • Krabill Garden: 23.5 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Cliffs: 2
Picnic sites: 2
  • Whitlam Woods: 14.8 mi
  • Poplar Grove Picnic Site - Pymatuning State Park (OH): 19.7 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Rest Area SR-11 Colebrook: 10.2 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
SugarloafSW 216°423 m17.2 mi
Portage County high pointSSW 213°408 m24.0 mi
McConougheys HillWSW 237°399 m24.5 mi
Sand HillWSW 254°381 m19.8 mi
The KnobW 279°378 m18.7 mi
Ballards HillW 267°377 m12.2 mi
Little MountainW 277°374 m19.0 mi
Welsh HillSW 223°369 m20.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2818:5919:36
June solstice05:5020:2021:02
September equinox07:1218:4619:23
December solstice07:4816:1216:57

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242634465766706862514031
Precip in3.32.63.03.94.05.04.94.24.54.43.53.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Dorset, 14 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1285275383

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