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Morgan Swamp Preserve

Morgan Swamp Preserve from directly overhead

Morgan Swamp Preserve is a nature reserve in Ohio, at a modelled elevation of 246 m. Sugarloaf stands 423 m to the south-southwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Ashtabula County Wildlife & Conservation League, a nature reserve 0.6 miles away. Lake Erie Coastal Ohio Trail passes 11 miles off. 11 named summits stand within 25 miles.

At more than 1,600 acres, The Nature Conservancy’s Mor-gan Swamp Preserve is one of the largest privately protect-ed forested wetlands in Ohio.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
The Nature Conservancy

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.65550, -80.89528

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Brandeberry Park: 1.9 mi
  • Rock Creek Trailhead Parking - WRGT: 2.6 mi
  • Graham Field, Footville Park: 4.3 mi
  • Eagleville Road WRGT Trailhead and Parking: 4.9 mi
  • Eyring Wetlands Metropark: 6.3 mi
Nature reserves: 58
Historic sites: 28
Peaks: 11
Attractions: 10
Museums: 10
Artworks: 6
  • "Jansons" Painted Sign: 2.3 mi
  • Chew Mail Pouch Tobbacco Mural: 2.3 mi
  • Ohio Bicentennial Barn Painting: 10.1 mi
  • 18′ Short: 10.3 mi
  • Railroad History Mural: 17.1 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • Paine Falls: 13.5 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 23.7 mi
  • Minnehaha Falls: 24.0 mi
Beaches: 3
Ghost towns: 2
Cliffs: 2
Picnic sites: 2
  • Whitlam Woods: 15.3 mi
  • Poplar Grove Picnic Site - Pymatuning State Park (OH): 19.9 mi
Lighthouses: 2
Rest areas: 1
  • Rest Area SR-11 Colebrook: 11.3 mi
Gardens: 1
  • Holden Hedge Garden: 21.2 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
SugarloafSSW 211°423 m20.7 mi
Sand HillWSW 245°381 m21.7 mi
The KnobW 267°378 m19.1 mi
Ballards HillWSW 251°377 m13.6 mi
Little MountainW 266°374 m19.6 mi
Welsh HillSW 218°369 m23.9 mi
Piersons KnobW 261°365 m22.3 mi
Owens MoundE 100°363 m15.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2818:5919:36
June solstice05:5020:2021:02
September equinox07:1218:4619:23
December solstice07:4816:1216:57

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242634465766706862514031
Precip in3.32.63.03.94.05.04.94.24.54.43.53.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Dorset, 12 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/675961171

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