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Lobdell Preserve

Lobdell Preserve from directly overhead

Lobdell Preserve is a nature reserve in Ohio, at a modelled elevation of 310 m. Hulse Hill stands 433 m to the north-northwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Parker's Park, a park 1.4 miles away. Historic National Road - Ohio passes 10 miles off. 17 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
Licking Park District OH

How to reach it

Coordinates40.10691, -82.60312

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Parker's Park: 1.4 mi
  • Tech Lake: 3.9 mi
  • Silverstein Park: 4.6 mi
  • Sugar Loaf Park: 4.9 mi
  • Opera House Park: 5.2 mi
Historic sites
Artworks
Gardens: 50
  • Zen Garden: 13.2 mi
  • All Seasons Garden: 13.3 mi
  • Azalea Glen: 13.4 mi
  • Flowering Shrubs: 13.4 mi
  • Magnolias: 13.6 mi
Museums: 41
  • Granville Historical Society Museum: 5.2 mi
  • Robbins Hunter Museum: 5.3 mi
  • Mead-Needham Museum Inc: 8.5 mi
  • Rose Taylor Dryer house: 9.6 mi
  • Webb House Museum: 10.3 mi
Nature reserves: 34
Attractions: 19
  • National Trail Raceway: 10.6 mi
  • Haunted Hootchie: 11.1 mi
  • Oak Grove at Jorgensen Farms: 12.2 mi
  • GLOW PUTT LLC: 16.4 mi
  • Secret Dreams Festival in Legend Valley: 16.7 mi
Peaks: 17
Picnic sites: 7
  • Equestrian Day Use: 10.1 mi
  • Ze Goat Picnic: 13.3 mi
  • Brevoort Park: 21.6 mi
  • Sandefur Wetland Pavilion: 22.8 mi
  • River Bluffs: 22.9 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Rest areas: 1
  • Lee M. Rizor Memorial Highway Rest Area: 19.1 mi
Beaches: 1
Springs: 1
  • Hocking River ?: 24.7 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Hulse HillNNW 344°433 m20.3 mi
Rich HillNNW 337°414 m16.4 mi
Beavers HillWSW 250°383 m5.1 mi
Coffman KnobESE 115°375 m13.4 mi
Bald KnobESE 112°366 m13.1 mi
Fox Den KnobENE 75°366 m19.8 mi
Bucks KnobESE 110°361 m13.5 mi
Buzzard Glory KnobESE 121°356 m20.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3519:0719:43
June solstice06:0220:2321:04
September equinox07:1918:5419:29
December solstice07:5016:2617:09

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303342536372757366554435
Precip in2.72.23.43.84.14.14.03.42.82.82.72.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Newark Heath AP, 9 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1343240488

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