Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge
Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge is a nature reserve in Ohio, at a recorded elevation of 175 m. Indian Hill stands 193 m to the west, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Fox Nature Preserve - Ottawa NWR, a nature reserve 1.0 miles away. Lake Erie Coastal Ohio Trail passes 0.8 miles off. 5 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 175 m
How to reach it
- 0.8 mi off the Lake Erie Coastal Ohio Trail, National
- 20.1 mi off the Maumee Valley Scenic Byway
- 21.3 mi off the Monroe Street (M125)
Overlooks nearby
- Observation Tower · 2 mi
- Duck blind · 9 mi
- Observation tower · 9 mi
- Big Hill · 10 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Crane Creek State Park: 2.9 mi
- Turtle Creek Lake Area: 3.0 mi
- Howard Marsh Metropark: 3.2 mi
- Graytown Park.: 5.7 mi
- Flat Iron Park: 8.1 mi
- Veteran's Memorial: 9.9 mi
- Firefighter's Memorial: 10.0 mi
- Antique FireHose Reel: 14.0 mi
- Stations of the Cross: 14.1 mi
- Stations of the Cross: 14.1 mi
- Fox Nature Preserve - Ottawa NWR: 1.0 mi
- Stange Prairie - Ottawa NWR: 1.3 mi
- Boss Unit - Ottawa NWR: 2.0 mi
- Metzger Marsh: 2.1 mi
- Grimm Prairie - Ottawa NWR: 2.2 mi
- National Museum of the Great Lakes: 15.7 mi
- Tugboat Ohio: 15.7 mi
- The Col. James M. Schoonmaker: 15.8 mi
- Ottawa County Historical Society: 15.9 mi
- Imagination Station: 16.5 mi
- City Candy: 16.5 mi
- Kneeling Chaplain: 16.7 mi
- Blubber: 17.9 mi
- The Giant Tomato: 18.9 mi
- Put-in-Bay Sign: 19.6 mi
- Schedel Arboretum and Gardens: 11.1 mi
- Ironwood Community Garden: 15.3 mi
- The Manos Community Garden: 17.1 mi
- Georgia and David K. Welles Sculpture Garden: 17.9 mi
- Scottwood Community Garden: 18.2 mi
- Lamb Beach: 8.2 mi
- Erie Beach: 9.6 mi
- Genoa Swimming Quarry: 9.8 mi
- Carland Beach: 14.7 mi
- Nugent Beach (Private): 14.9 mi
- Civilian Marksmanship Program HQ: 11.3 mi
- Hollywood Casino Toledo: 17.0 mi
- Fairgrounds: 18.7 mi
- Fishing, Hicking, Canoeing: 19.3 mi
- Benson Ford Shiphouse: 19.6 mi
- West Sister Island Light: 10.0 mi
- Toledo Harbor Light: 11.7 mi
- Green Island Lighthouse: 18.1 mi
- Old Lighthouse Walkway: 18.2 mi
- Perry's Victory and International Peace Memorial: 21.1 mi
- Taft Hill: 15.8 mi
- Sugar Rock: 19.0 mi
- Sand Hill: 19.9 mi
- Corn Cob Hill: 21.8 mi
- Indian Hill: 22.9 mi
- Winous Point: 15.8 mi
- Canvasback Point: 16.3 mi
- Willow Point: 21.1 mi
- westbound rest area: 11.9 mi
- Monroe Welcome Center 823: 19.7 mi
- Great Sulphur Spring: 16.3 mi
- Marengo: 20.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indian Hill | W 259° | 193 m | 22.9 mi |
| Sand Hill | WNW 293° | 189 m | 19.9 mi |
| Sugar Rock | E 100° | 174 m | 19.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:37 | 19:09 | 19:45 |
| June solstice | 06:00 | 20:29 | 21:11 |
| September equinox | 07:21 | 18:55 | 19:32 |
| December solstice | 07:57 | 16:22 | 17:06 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 27 | 29 | 38 | 50 | 61 | 71 | 75 | 73 | 66 | 54 | 42 | 32 |
| Precip in | 1.8 | 1.7 | 2.3 | 3.3 | 3.5 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 3.5 | 3.1 | 2.4 | 2.3 | 2.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Toledo Metcalf FLD, 14 mi away.
- Bald Eagle1,075 obs
- Northern Yellow Warbler914 obs
- Prothonotary Warbler882 obs
- Chestnut-sided Warbler689 obs
- American Redstart665 obs
- Painted Turtle639 obs
- Bay-breasted Warbler636 obs
- Magnolia Warbler624 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.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357404976
Day trips start here
- Oak Harbor · 8 mi
- Toledo · 18 mi
- Monroe · 23 mi
- Monroe County · 26 mi
- Bowling Green · 28 mi
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