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Mohican Memorial State Forest

Mohican Memorial State Forest from directly overhead

Mohican Memorial State Forest is a nature reserve in Ohio, at a recorded elevation of 304 m. Noblet Benchmark stands 462 m to the west-northwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Gorge Overlook Picnic Area, a picnic site 0.5 miles away. Wally Road Scenic Byway passes 3.5 miles off. 13 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Built
1949
Elevation
304 m

What to expect

Operated by
Ohio Department of Natural Resources

How to reach it

Coordinates40.60713, -82.29462

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Central Park: 3.8 mi
  • Hitchman Park: 7.1 mi
  • Ruffner Monument: 10.4 mi
  • Lake Park: 10.9 mi
  • Mohican River Wildlife Area: 11.3 mi
Historic sites: 19
Attractions: 16
  • Mohican 100 - Fire Tower Aid Station: 0.6 mi
  • Mohican 100 - Hickory Ridge Aid Station: 1.0 mi
  • Mohican 100 - Covered Bridge Aid Station: 1.2 mi
  • Covered Bridge: 1.2 mi
  • Mohican 100 - Mohican Adventures Aid Station: 2.2 mi
Peaks: 13
  • Bald Knob: 4.4 mi
  • Mt. Jeez Overlook: 5.7 mi
  • Schweitzer Hill: 11.2 mi
  • Gorman Airport: 11.4 mi
  • Braddock Mound: 15.1 mi
Artworks: 12
Nature reserves: 9
Museums: 8
Gardens: 6
Picnic sites: 4
Ghost towns: 4
Waterfalls: 3
  • Big Lyons Falls: 1.9 mi
  • Little Lyons Falls: 2.0 mi
  • Hemlock Falls: 4.3 mi
Beaches: 3
  • King Beach: 11.8 mi
  • Davis Beach: 12.0 mi
  • Sutton Beach: 13.6 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Noblet BenchmarkWNW 296°462 m18.8 mi
Ralston KnobWNW 304°430 m21.5 mi
Schweitzer HillW 272°400 m11.2 mi
Munson KnobENE 76°384 m19.7 mi
Gorman AirportNNW 334°378 m11.4 mi
Sterrett KnobENE 77°375 m20.4 mi
Bald KnobNE 42°373 m4.4 mi
Sand Run HillESE 107°360 m21.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3419:0519:41
June solstice05:5920:2321:04
September equinox07:1718:5219:28
December solstice07:5016:2217:06

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F262837485867716962514031
Precip in3.12.53.34.04.74.94.23.43.22.93.03.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Danville 2 W, 12 mi away.

  • purple-flowered raspberry129 obs
  • American cancer-root81 obs
  • Golden Oyster Mushroom78 obs
  • woodland stonecrop73 obs
  • Blue-fronted Dancer72 obs
  • Christmas fern66 obs
  • sharp-lobed hepatica59 obs
  • Eastern Skunk Cabbage57 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.

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OpenStreetMap element way/466262039

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