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Little Portage River Wildlife Area

Little Portage River Wildlife Area from directly overhead

Little Portage River Wildlife Area is a nature reserve in Ohio, at a recorded elevation of 176 m. Sugar Rock stands 174 m to the east-northeast, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Marinewood Unit - Ottawa NWR, a nature reserve 1.1 miles away. Lake Erie Coastal Ohio Trail passes 2.0 miles off. 2 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
176 m

How to reach it

Coordinates41.50122, -83.03071

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
  • Marinewood Unit - Ottawa NWR: 1.1 mi
  • Turkey Run Unit - Ottawa NWR: 2.3 mi
  • Little Portage Unit - Ottawa NWR: 3.2 mi
  • Port Clinton Lakefront Preserve: 5.2 mi
  • Pickerel Creek Wildlife Area: 7.4 mi
Parks
  • Ottawa County Fairgrounds: 2.9 mi
  • West End Community Park: 3.9 mi
  • Portage Park: 4.1 mi
  • Veterans Park: 4.6 mi
  • Friendship Park: 4.8 mi
Attractions
  • Civilian Marksmanship Program HQ: 3.0 mi
  • Lagoon deer park: 12.0 mi
  • Benson Ford Shiphouse: 14.3 mi
  • Butterfly House: 14.5 mi
  • Perry's Cave Family Fun Center: 14.5 mi
Historic sites: 47
Museums: 17
  • Ottawa County Historical Society: 4.6 mi
  • Liberty Aviation Museum: 8.6 mi
  • Sandusky County Historical Society Museum: 11.7 mi
  • Clyde Museum: 13.9 mi
  • Lake Erie Islands Nature & Wildlife Center: 14.1 mi
Beaches: 17
  • Port Clinton Public Swimming Beach: 5.5 mi
  • Gem Beach: 11.9 mi
  • North Swimming Beach: 12.4 mi
  • Lime Kiln Beach: 13.4 mi
  • Stone Beach: 14.0 mi
Artworks: 10
  • Atlas: 13.6 mi
  • Put-in-Bay Sign: 14.0 mi
  • Scheible-Downing Memorial: 15.2 mi
  • Joseph DeRivera Statue: 15.2 mi
  • Kneeling Chaplain: 16.9 mi
Gardens: 6
  • Schedel Arboretum and Gardens: 14.4 mi
  • George Baker Gundlach Memorial Garden: 14.7 mi
  • Lakefront Daisy Garden3: 15.1 mi
  • Memorial Garden: 15.2 mi
  • Memorial Bricks: 16.8 mi
Cliffs: 3
Peaks: 2
  • Taft Hill: 4.1 mi
  • Sugar Rock: 10.2 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Kelleys Island State Park Picnic Area: 18.2 mi
  • Henry T. Beatty Memorial Picnic Area: 18.6 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • westbound rest area: 2.1 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sugar RockENE 64°174 m10.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3619:0819:44
June solstice05:5920:2821:10
September equinox07:2018:5519:31
December solstice07:5616:2117:06

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F262837496070747265534232
Precip in2.72.42.83.83.84.13.63.43.22.92.82.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Fremont, 13 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/397694403

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