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Fox Preserve

Fox Preserve from directly overhead

Fox Preserve is a nature reserve in Ohio, at a modelled elevation of 274 m. Rumpke Mountain stands 319 m to the north-northwest, 5.9 miles off. The nearest named place is College Hill Park, a park 0.6 miles away. Ohio River Scenic Byway passes 6.5 miles off. 37 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
Cincinnati Park Board

How to reach it

Coordinates39.19526, -84.56063

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • College Hill Park: 0.6 mi
  • Crosley Estate: 0.7 mi
  • Mount Airy Park: 0.9 mi
  • Crutchfield Park: 1.0 mi
  • Daniel Playground: 1.3 mi
Gardens
  • Magnolia Collection: 1.1 mi
  • Meyer Conifer Garden: 1.1 mi
  • Clematis Garden: 1.1 mi
  • Kase Garden: 1.1 mi
  • Daisy Jones Perennial Garden: 1.1 mi
Artworks
  • Big Boy: 1.7 mi
  • Big Boy: 2.4 mi
  • Luke Kuechly Statue: 3.1 mi
  • Saint Francis Xavier: 3.2 mi
  • Big Boy: 4.0 mi
Historic sites
Attractions
  • Temple of Love: 3.2 mi
  • Elephant Trek: 4.3 mi
  • Lemur Lookout: 4.4 mi
  • Siegfried and Roy's White Lions: 4.4 mi
  • Black Rhino: 4.4 mi
Museums: 58
Nature reserves: 54
Peaks: 37
Picnic sites: 29
  • Area 1: 1.3 mi
  • Area 10, Rail Fence: 1.4 mi
  • Area 2: 1.5 mi
  • Area 13, Oval: 1.6 mi
  • Area 3, Pine Ridge: 1.6 mi
Waterfalls: 2
  • Lower Buckeye Falls: 10.3 mi
  • Buckeye Falls: 10.4 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Beaches: 1
  • Hidden Valley Lake Beach: 15.1 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Rumpke MountainNNW 341°319 m5.9 mi
Elkhorn HillWNW 302°308 m20.7 mi
English HillWNW 301°304 m22.4 mi
Gobblers Knob HillWNW 297°301 m22.8 mi
Cobbs HillNW 305°299 m22.2 mi
South Gate HillWNW 295°297 m23.4 mi
New Trenton HillWNW 295°287 m19.3 mi
Harrison HillWNW 282°284 m16.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4319:1519:50
June solstice06:1320:2821:09
September equinox07:2719:0219:37
December solstice07:5516:3717:19

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303342546472757468564434
Precip in3.63.24.54.95.24.94.33.53.33.53.44.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cheviot, 4 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1523811141

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