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Paul Murray Wildlife Area

Paul Murray Wildlife Area from directly overhead

Paul Murray Wildlife Area is a nature reserve in Ohio, at a recorded elevation of 181 m. North Milan Hill stands 201 m to the east-southeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Countryside Park, a park 2.7 miles away. Lake Erie Coastal Ohio Trail passes 9.4 miles off. 3 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
181 m

How to reach it

Coordinates41.39000, -83.04856

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Countryside Park: 2.7 mi
  • Ozzie Rauch Park: 4.1 mi
  • Tschumy Corner: 4.5 mi
  • East Side Park: 4.5 mi
  • Swartzlander-Rotary Park: 4.6 mi
Nature reserves
Attractions
  • Civilian Marksmanship Program HQ: 10.8 mi
  • Lagoon deer park: 12.8 mi
  • Thunder Canyon: 19.5 mi
  • Steel Vengeance: 19.6 mi
  • Maverick: 19.6 mi
Historic sites: 32
Museums: 26
  • Sandusky County Historical Society Museum: 4.7 mi
  • Clyde Museum: 7.0 mi
  • Ottawa County Historical Society: 10.0 mi
  • Liberty Aviation Museum: 12.6 mi
  • Northcoast Veteran's Museum: 14.0 mi
Beaches: 15
  • Port Clinton Public Swimming Beach: 10.7 mi
  • Gem Beach: 17.2 mi
  • North Swimming Beach: 17.2 mi
  • Genoa Swimming Quarry: 18.3 mi
  • Lakeside Beach: 18.8 mi
Artworks: 10
  • Kneeling Chaplain: 14.0 mi
  • Ohio Bicentennial Barn: 15.4 mi
  • Atlas: 20.1 mi
  • Put-in-Bay Sign: 20.6 mi
  • The Giant Tomato: 21.1 mi
Gardens: 6
  • Schedel Arboretum and Gardens: 14.4 mi
  • George Baker Gundlach Memorial Garden: 18.7 mi
  • Memorial Garden: 19.0 mi
  • Lakefront Daisy Garden3: 19.1 mi
  • School Garden: 23.1 mi
Cliffs: 3
Peaks: 3
  • Taft Hill: 9.1 mi
  • Sugar Rock: 15.8 mi
  • North Milan Hill: 23.8 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Kelleys Island State Park Picnic Area: 23.1 mi
  • Henry T. Beatty Memorial Picnic Area: 23.6 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • westbound rest area: 9.8 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
North Milan HillESE 103°201 m23.8 mi
Sugar RockNE 40°174 m15.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3619:0819:44
June solstice06:0020:2821:10
September equinox07:2018:5519:31
December solstice07:5616:2217:06

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F262837496070747265534232
Precip in2.72.42.83.83.84.13.63.43.22.92.82.6

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

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/409717226

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