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Meadow Ridge Metropark

Meadow Ridge Metropark from directly overhead

Meadow Ridge Metropark is a nature reserve in Ohio, at a modelled elevation of 263 m. Rumpke Mountain stands 319 m to the south-southwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Madison Community Park, a park 1.3 miles away. Presidential Pathways Ohio Scenic Byway passes 14 miles off. 9 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Butler County
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates39.52164, -84.45499

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Madison Community Park: 1.3 mi
  • Middletown Sportsmen Club: 1.8 mi
  • Middletown River Center: 2.4 mi
  • Bicentennial Commons: 2.4 mi
  • Barnitz Park: 2.5 mi
Historic sites
Artworks
  • Extent: 12.1 mi
  • Shhh: 12.1 mi
  • Landing: 12.2 mi
  • The Gates: 12.2 mi
  • Swirl: 12.3 mi
Museums: 52
  • Canal Museum: 3.2 mi
  • Butler County Warbirds: 3.8 mi
  • Monroe Historical Society: 7.4 mi
  • Monroe Historical Museum: 7.4 mi
  • Veteran's Memorial Museum: 8.3 mi
Gardens: 41
  • Wildflower Seed Library: 14.6 mi
  • BEEPS Edible Demonstration Garden: 15.0 mi
  • Butterfly House: 15.2 mi
  • The Children’s Garden at OCAC: 15.5 mi
  • Tower Gardens: 15.9 mi
Attractions: 33
  • Land of Illusion: 5.2 mi
  • Niederman Family Farm Corn Maze: 6.9 mi
  • Train Station: 8.4 mi
  • Train Station: 8.4 mi
  • Train Caboose: 8.4 mi
Nature reserves: 33
  • Frank Hosea Woods Park: 12.7 mi
  • Reinhart Preserve: 13.4 mi
  • WRA Cabins: 13.4 mi
  • Bachelor Preserve: 13.7 mi
  • Bachelor Preserve North Loop: 13.8 mi
Picnic sites: 17
  • The Mercado: 15.9 mi
  • Firehawk: 15.9 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 15.9 mi
  • Patio: 16.0 mi
  • Vortex: 16.0 mi
Peaks: 9
Rest areas: 4
Ghost towns: 4
Waterfalls: 4
  • Lower Buckeye Falls: 16.9 mi
  • Buckeye Falls: 17.0 mi
  • Horseshoe Falls: 21.8 mi
  • Crawdad Falls: 23.0 mi
Beaches: 1
  • Caesar Creek State Park Beach: 23.3 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Rumpke MountainSSW 204°319 m18.6 mi
Mount AuburnNW 304°290 m13.1 mi
Devils BackboneWNW 303°288 m13.5 mi
Little MountENE 69°286 m10.1 mi
Heitsmanns HillSW 228°274 m12.0 mi
Cedar MoundN 0°257 m9.5 mi
Stoddard HillNE 38°241 m21.6 mi
Liebrook HillSW 236°235 m21.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4219:1519:50
June solstice06:1120:2921:09
September equinox07:2619:0119:37
December solstice07:5516:3517:18

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F293241526271757366544334
Precip in3.32.53.54.64.44.54.32.92.93.23.03.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Franklin, 8 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/88167711

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