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Fernald Preserve

Fernald Preserve from directly overhead

Fernald Preserve is a nature reserve in Ohio, at a modelled elevation of 175 m. Rumpke Mountain stands 319 m to the east-southeast, 5.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Heritage Park, a park 1.9 miles away. Presidential Pathways Ohio Scenic Byway passes 2.5 miles off. 43 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
United States Department of Energy

Official site

Getting there

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Coordinates39.29626, -84.69305

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Heritage Park: 1.9 mi
  • Obergiesing Soccer Complex at Dravo Park: 2.4 mi
  • Coleraine Heritage Memorial: 5.6 mi
  • Thomas O. Marsh Park: 5.8 mi
  • Colerain Park: 5.8 mi
Artworks
  • Big Boy: 6.0 mi
  • Big Boy: 7.0 mi
  • Swirl: 8.0 mi
  • The Gates: 8.0 mi
  • Landing: 8.1 mi
Attractions
Historic sites
Gardens
  • Kase Garden: 10.2 mi
  • Daisy Jones Perennial Garden: 10.2 mi
  • Clematis Garden: 10.2 mi
  • Vasey Garden: 10.2 mi
  • Viburnum Collection: 10.3 mi
Museums: 53
Nature reserves: 48
Peaks: 43
  • Rumpke Mountain: 5.3 mi
  • Liebrook Hill: 6.0 mi
  • Heitsmanns Hill: 8.5 mi
  • Harrison Hill: 8.7 mi
  • Harrison Hill: 9.4 mi
Picnic sites: 27
  • Dry Fork Meadow: 4.5 mi
  • Kingfisher Shelter: 9.1 mi
  • Elm Ridge Overlook Shelter: 9.2 mi
  • Area 1: 10.5 mi
  • Area 2: 10.5 mi
Rest areas: 3
Waterfalls: 2
  • Lower Buckeye Falls: 15.6 mi
  • Buckeye Falls: 15.7 mi
Beaches: 1
  • Hidden Valley Lake Beach: 12.2 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Rumpke MountainESE 105°319 m5.3 mi
Elkhorn HillWNW 291°308 m11.1 mi
Boundary HillWNW 299°305 m20.9 mi
English HillWNW 291°304 m12.9 mi
Gobblers Knob HillWNW 284°301 m13.7 mi
The MoundsNW 310°301 m20.5 mi
Cobbs HillWNW 297°299 m12.5 mi
Wewe HillWNW 282°299 m16.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4319:1619:51
June solstice06:1320:2921:09
September equinox07:2719:0219:38
December solstice07:5616:3717:20

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303342536472767568554334
Precip in3.43.03.94.94.94.43.93.43.33.33.23.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Fairfield, 7 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Eastern Pondhawk247 obs
  • Widow Skimmer197 obs
  • Mute Swan195 obs
  • Ring-necked Duck191 obs
  • Halloween Pennant175 obs
  • Gadwall162 obs
  • Common Whitetail156 obs
  • Eastern Forktail151 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.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/91998879

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