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Grailville Nature Preserve

Grailville Nature Preserve from directly overhead

Grailville Nature Preserve is a nature reserve in Ohio, at a modelled elevation of 219 m. Rumpke Mountain stands 319 m to the west, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is 2017 OHSAA State Girls Soccer Champions, a historic site 0.4 miles away. Ohio River Scenic Byway passes 15 miles off. 17 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
Clermont County Park District

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates39.26276, -84.23757

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
Parks
  • McCoy Park: 0.9 mi
  • Sweetheart Lane Park: 1.2 mi
  • C. Roger Nisbet Park: 1.2 mi
  • Bishop Park: 1.3 mi
  • Kiwanis Park: 1.4 mi
Attractions
  • Loveland Canoe & Kayak: 1.2 mi
  • Castle Skateland: 1.8 mi
  • Orion: 5.7 mi
  • Drop Tower: Scream Zone: 6.0 mi
  • Great Wolf Lodge: 6.3 mi
Museums: 58
Nature reserves: 38
Picnic sites: 26
  • Vortex: 5.6 mi
  • Firehawk: 5.7 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 5.7 mi
  • Patio: 5.7 mi
  • The Mercado: 5.8 mi
Peaks: 17
  • Galley Hill: 8.0 mi
  • Chill Hill: 9.7 mi
  • Mount Lookout: 13.1 mi
  • Mount Tusculum: 14.6 mi
  • Woodland Mound: 16.5 mi
Ghost towns: 4
Waterfalls: 4
  • Buckeye Falls: 8.8 mi
  • Lower Buckeye Falls: 8.9 mi
  • Horseshoe Falls: 18.0 mi
  • Crawdad Falls: 19.6 mi
Rest areas: 4
Beaches: 2
  • Cowan Lake Public Beach: 19.8 mi
  • Caesar Creek State Park Beach: 20.9 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Rumpke MountainW 273°319 m19.3 mi
Little MountN 354°286 m21.7 mi
Heitsmanns HillWNW 296°274 m22.8 mi
Orchard HillSW 226°268 m22.0 mi
Galley HillSSE 165°265 m8.0 mi
Brighton HillWSW 237°257 m18.0 mi
Pye HillSSW 212°256 m23.8 mi
Mount EchoWSW 237°254 m21.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4119:1419:49
June solstice06:1120:2721:08
September equinox07:2519:0019:36
December solstice07:5416:3517:18

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303342536472757567554435

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Milford, 6 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/1191326706

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