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Pickerel Creek Wildlife Area

Pickerel Creek Wildlife Area from directly overhead

Pickerel Creek Wildlife Area is a nature reserve in Ohio, at a recorded elevation of 176 m. North Milan Hill stands 201 m to the east-southeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Blue Heron Reserve, a nature reserve 1.2 miles away. Lake Erie Coastal Ohio Trail passes 6.7 miles off. 3 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
176 m

What to expect

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates41.41642, -82.94307

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Portage Park: 5.8 mi
  • Castalia Quarry MetroPark: 6.2 mi
  • West End Community Park: 6.3 mi
  • Veterans Park: 6.6 mi
  • Friendship Park: 6.7 mi
Attractions
  • Lagoon deer park: 7.1 mi
  • Civilian Marksmanship Program HQ: 9.7 mi
  • Thunder Canyon: 13.8 mi
  • Steel Vengeance: 13.8 mi
  • Maverick: 13.8 mi
Historic sites: 29
Museums: 24
  • Ottawa County Historical Society: 6.5 mi
  • Liberty Aviation Museum: 7.6 mi
  • Clyde Museum: 7.9 mi
  • Sandusky County Historical Society Museum: 10.3 mi
  • Merry-Go-Round Museum: 12.2 mi
Beaches: 18
  • Port Clinton Public Swimming Beach: 6.8 mi
  • North Swimming Beach: 12.2 mi
  • Gem Beach: 12.4 mi
  • Lakeside Beach: 13.4 mi
  • Cedar Point Beach: 14.3 mi
Artworks: 9
  • Ohio Bicentennial Barn: 12.3 mi
  • Atlas: 16.0 mi
  • Put-in-Bay Sign: 16.6 mi
  • Inscription Rock: 17.3 mi
  • Scheible-Downing Memorial: 17.6 mi
Gardens: 6
  • George Baker Gundlach Memorial Garden: 13.3 mi
  • Memorial Garden: 13.6 mi
  • Lakefront Daisy Garden3: 13.6 mi
  • School Garden: 17.9 mi
  • Schedel Arboretum and Gardens: 19.1 mi
Cliffs: 3
Peaks: 3
  • Taft Hill: 5.8 mi
  • Sugar Rock: 11.3 mi
  • North Milan Hill: 19.1 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Kelleys Island State Park Picnic Area: 17.9 mi
  • Henry T. Beatty Memorial Picnic Area: 18.5 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • westbound rest area: 8.7 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
North Milan HillESE 112°201 m19.1 mi
Sugar RockNNE 24°174 m11.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3619:0819:44
June solstice05:5920:2821:10
September equinox07:2018:5419:31
December solstice07:5516:2117:06

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, 11 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/407602589

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