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Cook Preserve

Cook Preserve from directly overhead

Cook Preserve is a nature reserve in Ohio, at a modelled elevation of 203 m. Sand Hill stands 395 m to the south, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Genevieve Jones Preserve, a nature reserve 0.5 miles away. Ohio River Scenic Byway passes 64 miles off. 32 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Appalachia Ohio Alliance
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates39.68556, -82.97713

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Artworks
  • Ashville Fourth of July Parade: 2.3 mi
  • Pumpkin Show Mural: 6.0 mi
  • Pickerington Ponds Mural: 16.4 mi
  • Columbus Art Memorial Company: 17.7 mi
  • Umbrella Girl Statue: 17.8 mi
Parks
  • Ashville Centennial Park: 2.3 mi
  • Ashville West Side Park: 2.4 mi
  • Marvin Webster Memorial Park: 2.5 mi
  • Ashville Community Park: 2.6 mi
  • Jackson Township Park: 3.5 mi
Historic sites: 60
  • Pickaway County Veterans Memorial: 5.7 mi
  • A W Marion Memorial: 6.2 mi
  • Ohio & Erie Canal Lock #30: 8.6 mi
  • Ohio & Erie Canal Lock #29: 8.7 mi
  • Ohio & Erie Canal Lock #27: 8.8 mi
Museums: 34
  • Ohio’s Small Town Museum: 2.3 mi
  • Slate Run Living Historical Farm: 8.3 mi
  • Motts Military Museum: 12.9 mi
  • National Barber Museum and Hall of Fame: 14.2 mi
  • Historical Aircraft Squadron Museum: 17.3 mi
Gardens: 34
Peaks: 32
Attractions: 23
  • Scioto Downs Racetrack & Casino: 10.7 mi
  • Christmas Lights Extravaganza: 16.7 mi
  • Magic Mountain Fun Center East: 18.6 mi
  • Pacific Island Water Garden: 19.4 mi
  • Dorothy M. Davis Showhouse: 19.4 mi
Picnic sites: 5
  • White Oak Grove Group Picnic Area: 19.2 mi
  • Little Darby Picnic Area: 19.4 mi
  • Sandefur Wetland Pavilion: 23.3 mi
  • Brevoort Park: 24.3 mi
  • Picnic Area: 24.8 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Waterfalls: 2
  • Milliken Falls: 22.4 mi
  • Rock House Falls: 23.3 mi
Springs: 1
  • Hocking River ?: 12.2 mi
Cliffs: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sand HillS 173°395 m20.9 mi
Rocky KnobS 172°390 m22.2 mi
Bunker HillS 176°384 m21.5 mi
Rock Garden HillS 174°384 m21.7 mi
Fairfield County HPE 92°380 m16.0 mi
Mount LoganS 176°378 m22.9 mi
SugarloafS 173°370 m19.8 mi
Bald HillS 174°363 m20.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3619:0919:44
June solstice06:0520:2321:04
September equinox07:2018:5519:31
December solstice07:5016:2917:11

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313442546473757468564536
Precip in2.92.53.34.04.54.63.93.43.03.02.83.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Circleville, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1063668296

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