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Grand River Conservation Campus

Grand River Conservation Campus from directly overhead

Grand River Conservation Campus is a nature reserve in Ohio, at a modelled elevation of 243 m. Sugarloaf stands 423 m to the southwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Grand River Preserve, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away. Lake Erie Coastal Ohio Trail passes 12 miles off. 11 named summits stand within 25 miles.

At nearly 2,000 acres, Morgan Swamp is one of the largest protected wetland communities in Ohio.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
The Nature Conservancy

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.63665, -80.89145

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Brandeberry Park: 2.2 mi
  • Rock Creek Trailhead Parking - WRGT: 2.7 mi
  • Graham Field, Footville Park: 4.8 mi
  • Eagleville Road WRGT Trailhead and Parking: 5.9 mi
  • Orwell Park: 7.1 mi
Nature reserves: 59
Historic sites: 28
Peaks: 11
Attractions: 10
Museums: 10
Artworks: 6
  • "Jansons" Painted Sign: 3.0 mi
  • Chew Mail Pouch Tobbacco Mural: 3.0 mi
  • Ohio Bicentennial Barn Painting: 10.5 mi
  • 18′ Short: 11.6 mi
  • Railroad History Mural: 16.9 mi
Beaches: 4
Waterfalls: 3
  • Paine Falls: 14.2 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 22.6 mi
  • Minnehaha Falls: 22.8 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Cliffs: 2
Picnic sites: 2
  • Whitlam Woods: 15.4 mi
  • Poplar Grove Picnic Site - Pymatuning State Park (OH): 19.4 mi
Lighthouses: 2
Rest areas: 1
  • Rest Area SR-11 Colebrook: 10.4 mi
Gardens: 1
  • Holden Hedge Garden: 21.2 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
SugarloafSW 214°423 m19.7 mi
Sand HillWSW 248°381 m21.3 mi
The KnobW 271°378 m19.3 mi
Ballards HillWSW 256°377 m13.4 mi
Little MountainW 269°374 m19.7 mi
Welsh HillSW 220°369 m23.0 mi
Piersons KnobW 264°365 m22.3 mi
Owens MoundE 95°363 m14.7 mi
Conditions

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, 12 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/675961156

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