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Mount Gilead State Park

Mount Gilead State Park from directly overhead

Mount Gilead State Park is a nature reserve in Ohio, at a recorded elevation of 348 m. Noblet Benchmark stands 462 m to the northeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Gilead Veterans Memorial, a historic site 0.7 miles away. Ohio Lincoln Highway Historic Byway passes 13 miles off. 10 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
348 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates40.55117, -82.81148
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Mount Gilead Recreational Center: 1.0 mi
  • Morrow County Fairgrounds: 1.3 mi
  • Maxwell Park: 5.3 mi
  • Heimlich Park: 5.5 mi
  • American Legion Park: 5.7 mi
Historic sites: 20
  • Mount Gilead Veterans Memorial: 0.7 mi
  • Morrow County Civil War Memorial: 0.7 mi
  • Morrow County Veterans Memorial Plaza: 0.8 mi
  • Revolutionary Soldiers Memorial: 0.8 mi
  • Morrow County War Memorial: 0.8 mi
Nature reserves: 16
Museums: 15
  • Morrow County Historical Museum: 0.9 mi
  • Morrow County History Center: 0.9 mi
  • Terradise Nature Center: 9.7 mi
  • Galion History Center: 12.6 mi
  • Richland County Museum: 14.8 mi
Peaks: 10
  • Graveyard Hill: 9.9 mi
  • Hulse Hill: 12.5 mi
  • Ghost Hill: 14.5 mi
  • Rowley Mound: 15.1 mi
  • Braddock Mound: 15.6 mi
Attractions: 7
  • Marion County Steam Shovel: 16.8 mi
  • Gatton Rocks: 17.9 mi
  • Alpaca Meadows: 18.7 mi
  • Alpaca Meadows: 18.8 mi
  • Richland Carrousel Park: 21.2 mi
Ghost towns: 5
Artworks: 5
Gardens: 4
  • Kingwood Center Gardens: 20.0 mi
  • Kensington Rain Garden: 20.8 mi
  • Kensington Rain Garden: 20.9 mi
  • Terraced Flower Garden: 22.7 mi
Rest areas: 3
  • Marion County Rest Area: 13.9 mi
  • Marion County Rest Area: 14.0 mi
  • Lee M. Rizor Memorial Highway Rest Area: 23.3 mi
Springs: 1
Waterfalls: 1
  • Hemlock Falls: 23.3 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Noblet BenchmarkNE 40°462 m15.9 mi
Hulse HillSSE 154°433 m12.5 mi
Ralston KnobNNE 30°430 m18.2 mi
Rich HillSSE 164°414 m16.3 mi
Schweitzer HillENE 75°400 m16.5 mi
Rowley MoundESE 111°348 m15.1 mi
Braddock MoundESE 108°332 m15.6 mi
Ghost HillESE 107°331 m14.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3619:0719:43
June solstice06:0220:2521:06
September equinox07:1918:5419:30
December solstice07:5216:2517:08

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F262837496069727165524132
Precip in3.22.22.84.24.54.84.53.73.53.13.23.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Galion WTR WKS, 12 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Eastern Pondhawk211 obs
  • Lancet Clubtail157 obs
  • Common Whitetail142 obs
  • Eastern Forktail121 obs
  • Blue Dasher114 obs
  • Azure Bluet94 obs
  • Dot-tailed Whiteface89 obs
  • Fragile Forktail88 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/387206745

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