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Harrison Lake State Park

Harrison Lake State Park from directly overhead

Harrison Lake State Park is a nature reserve in Ohio, at a modelled elevation of 238 m. Kelso Ridge stands 387 m to the north, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Village Square, a park 3.2 miles away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 151 miles off.

What to expect

Operated by
Ohio State Parks & Watercraft

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates41.64059, -84.37022

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Village Square: 3.2 mi
  • Normal Grove Park: 3.5 mi
  • West Unity Memorial Park: 4.7 mi
  • Ruihley Park: 8.6 mi
  • Tedrow Park: 9.0 mi
Nature reserves: 13
Historic sites: 8
  • 9/11 Memorial: 11.7 mi
  • Civil War Monument: 13.2 mi
  • Soldiers and Sailors of Fulton County Ohio: 13.5 mi
  • Fulton County War Memorial: 13.6 mi
  • Tripp's Mill: 17.1 mi
Museums: 6
Gardens: 2
Ghost towns: 2
Peaks: 1
  • Kelso Ridge: 21.1 mi
Springs: 1
  • Cold Spring: 24.0 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Kelso RidgeN 350°387 m21.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4219:1319:50
June solstice06:0420:3421:16
September equinox07:2619:0019:37
December solstice08:0216:2617:11

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242635475969727062503929
Precip in2.32.32.83.64.13.83.83.83.12.93.02.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Morenci, 10 mi away.

  • Blue-fronted Dancer15 obs
  • Familiar Bluet14 obs
  • Eastern Amberwing12 obs
  • Eastern Forktail12 obs
  • Fragile Forktail12 obs
  • Blue-tipped Dancer9 obs
  • Orange Bluet9 obs
  • Prince Baskettail8 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/667889244

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