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Hambden Orchard Wildlife Area

Hambden Orchard Wildlife Area from directly overhead

Hambden Orchard Wildlife Area is a nature reserve in Ohio, at a recorded elevation of 370 m. Sugarloaf stands 423 m to the south, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Ballards Hill, a peak 1.3 miles away. Lake Erie Coastal Ohio Trail passes 12 miles off. 14 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
370 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.58905, -81.11741

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Hampden Park: 2.0 mi
  • Claridon Woodlands: 2.2 mi
  • Mountain Run Station: 3.7 mi
  • Woodin Road Park: 4.5 mi
  • Camp Wise: 6.0 mi
Nature reserves
  • Aquilla Lake Wildlife Area: 3.9 mi
  • Whitlam Woods: 4.6 mi
  • Walter C. Best Wildlife Preserve: 4.9 mi
  • Headwaters Park: 5.0 mi
  • Big Creek Park: 5.2 mi
Historic sites: 55
  • Uranus: 1.7 mi
  • Corner - Pyramid of Giza: 1.7 mi
  • Corner - Pyramid of Giza: 1.8 mi
  • Saturn: 1.8 mi
  • Corner - Pyramid of Giza: 1.9 mi
Gardens: 18
  • Holden Hedge Garden: 9.6 mi
  • Hurd Garden: 19.3 mi
  • Krabill Garden: 19.3 mi
  • Arboretum: 19.9 mi
  • Orange Community Garden: 21.0 mi
Museums: 17
Attractions: 16
Peaks: 14
Picnic sites: 12
  • Whitlam Woods: 4.7 mi
  • Old River Farm Picnic Area: 15.6 mi
  • Williams Woods Backcountry Kitchen Site: 16.1 mi
  • Picnic Area #2 (Pine Grove): 17.1 mi
  • Henry Church Rock Picnic Area: 19.5 mi
Artworks: 11
Beaches: 8
  • Punderson Lake Beach: 10.4 mi
  • Fairport Harbor Lakefront Park: 14.3 mi
  • Lake Lucerne Beach: 17.5 mi
  • Timberlake Residents Beach: 18.0 mi
  • Villa Angela Beach: 23.2 mi
Waterfalls: 6
  • Paine Falls: 8.9 mi
  • Buttermilk Falls: 16.5 mi
  • Chagrin Falls: 17.9 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 18.3 mi
  • Minnehaha Falls: 18.6 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Cliffs: 2
Lighthouses: 2
Rest areas: 1
  • Rest Area SR-11 Colebrook: 20.9 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
SugarloafS 177°423 m13.1 mi
Derthick HillSSW 193°409 m19.8 mi
Portage County high pointS 187°408 m19.5 mi
McConougheys HillSW 217°399 m15.9 mi
Sand HillWSW 240°381 m9.4 mi
The KnobWNW 296°378 m8.4 mi
Ballards HillW 272°377 m1.3 mi
Little MountainWNW 291°374 m8.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2919:0019:37
June solstice05:5120:2121:03
September equinox07:1318:4719:24
December solstice07:4916:1316:58

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F252634465766706862514031
Precip in4.23.13.74.34.44.54.74.14.54.54.34.3

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

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/460117804

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