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Parker Woods

Parker Woods from directly overhead

Parker Woods is a nature reserve in Ohio, at a modelled elevation of 185 m. Rumpke Mountain stands 319 m to the north-northwest, 8.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Langland Wildway, a garden 0.2 miles away. Ohio River Scenic Byway passes 4.5 miles off. 36 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
Cincinnati Parks

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates39.16985, -84.53501

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Gardens: 60
Parks
Historic sites
Attractions
  • Temple of Love: 1.0 mi
  • Elephant Trek: 2.1 mi
  • Lemur Lookout: 2.1 mi
  • Siegfried and Roy's White Lions: 2.1 mi
  • Black Rhino: 2.2 mi
Artworks
Museums: 51
Nature reserves: 45
Peaks: 36
Picnic sites: 29
  • Area 11: 1.5 mi
  • Area 19, Stone Steps: 1.6 mi
  • Area 23: 1.7 mi
  • Area 10, Rail Fence: 1.7 mi
  • Area 13, Oval: 1.8 mi
Waterfalls: 2
  • Lower Buckeye Falls: 10.4 mi
  • Buckeye Falls: 10.5 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Beaches: 1
  • Hidden Valley Lake Beach: 16.2 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Rumpke MountainNNW 336°319 m8.1 mi
Elkhorn HillNW 304°308 m22.8 mi
English HillWNW 303°304 m24.5 mi
Gobblers Knob HillWNW 299°301 m24.9 mi
Cobbs HillNW 307°299 m24.3 mi
New Trenton HillWNW 298°287 m21.4 mi
Harrison HillWNW 287°284 m17.9 mi
Harrison HillWNW 289°279 m17.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4319:1519:50
June solstice06:1320:2821:08
September equinox07:2619:0219:37
December solstice07:5516:3717:19

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303342546472757468564434
Precip in3.63.24.54.95.24.94.33.53.33.53.44.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cheviot, 5 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/1488503161

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