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Michael Murray Wildlife Area

Michael Murray Wildlife Area from directly overhead

Michael Murray Wildlife Area is a nature reserve in Ohio, at a recorded elevation of 215 m. North Milan Hill stands 201 m to the east, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Whirlpool Park, a park 1.5 miles away. Lake Erie Coastal Ohio Trail passes 17 miles off. 3 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
215 m

How to reach it

Coordinates41.26153, -83.03208

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Whirlpool Park: 1.5 mi
  • Ron Abraham State Forest: 2.4 mi
  • Limerick Park: 3.2 mi
  • Hendricks Park: 3.6 mi
  • Community Park: 3.6 mi
Attractions
  • Lagoon deer park: 17.1 mi
  • Civilian Marksmanship Program HQ: 19.5 mi
  • Thunder Canyon: 23.4 mi
  • Wave Swinger: 23.4 mi
  • Maverick: 23.4 mi
Museums: 22
  • Clyde Museum: 4.2 mi
  • Sandusky County Historical Society Museum: 7.2 mi
  • Tiffin Glass Museum: 12.5 mi
  • Seneca County Museum: 12.7 mi
  • American Civil War Museum of Ohio: 12.8 mi
Historic sites: 20
Beaches: 6
  • Port Clinton Public Swimming Beach: 18.3 mi
  • North Swimming Beach: 23.7 mi
  • Cedar Point Beach: 23.8 mi
  • Gem Beach: 24.0 mi
  • Genoa Swimming Quarry: 24.5 mi
Gardens: 4
Artworks: 3
  • Ohio Bicentennial Barn: 12.6 mi
  • Kneeling Chaplain: 17.2 mi
  • The Giant Tomato: 24.1 mi
Cliffs: 3
Peaks: 3
  • Taft Hill: 17.0 mi
  • North Milan Hill: 22.6 mi
  • Sugar Rock: 23.0 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Rest areas: 1
  • westbound rest area: 18.5 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
North Milan HillE 81°201 m22.6 mi
Sugar RockNNE 24°174 m23.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3619:0819:44
June solstice06:0020:2821:09
September equinox07:2018:5519:31
December solstice07:5516:2217:07

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, 7 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/465947662

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