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Pickerington Pond Wetlands Nature Preserve

Pickerington Pond Wetlands Nature Preserve from directly overhead

Pickerington Pond Wetlands Nature Preserve is a nature reserve in Ohio, at a recorded elevation of 238 m. Beavers Hill stands 383 m to the north-northeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Pickerington Ponds Metro Park, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Historic National Road - Ohio passes 5.1 miles off. 27 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
238 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates39.88145, -82.79740

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Artworks
Parks
  • Colony Park: 1.5 mi
  • Lehman Estates Park: 1.6 mi
  • Preston Trails Park: 1.7 mi
  • Portman Park: 1.9 mi
  • Willow Pond Park: 2.0 mi
Historic sites
  • Canal Winchester Veterans Memorial: 2.0 mi
  • Carnegie Library: 2.3 mi
  • Veterans Memorial: 3.8 mi
  • Ohio & Erie Canal Lock #26: 9.7 mi
  • Ohio & Erie Canal Lock #27: 10.0 mi
Gardens: 57
Museums: 52
  • Pickerington-Violet Township Historical Society: 2.3 mi
  • National Barber Museum and Hall of Fame: 2.7 mi
  • Otherworld: 3.5 mi
  • Motorcycle Hall of Fame Museum: 3.7 mi
  • Motts Military Museum: 5.0 mi
Peaks: 27
Attractions: 25
  • Magic Mountain Fun Center East: 4.0 mi
  • Haunted Hootchie: 8.0 mi
  • Pacific Island Water Garden: 10.1 mi
  • Himalayan Mountains: 10.1 mi
  • Dorothy M. Davis Showhouse: 10.1 mi
Picnic sites: 9
  • Ze Goat Picnic: 12.6 mi
  • Sandefur Wetland Pavilion: 15.2 mi
  • Brevoort Park: 15.2 mi
  • Picnic Area: 16.5 mi
  • Equestrian Day Use: 16.6 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Waterfalls: 3
  • Milliken Falls: 17.5 mi
  • Indian Run Falls: 22.8 mi
  • Indian Run Falls: 22.9 mi
Springs: 2
  • Hocking River ?: 7.4 mi
  • Dublin Spring: 22.4 mi
Beaches: 1
Rest areas: 1
  • Lee M. Rizor Memorial Highway Rest Area: 24.9 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Pickerington Pond Wetlands Nature Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Beavers HillNNE 21°383 m14.9 mi
Fairfield County HPSSE 156°380 m15.6 mi
Coffman KnobENE 66°375 m24.5 mi
Bald KnobENE 65°366 m24.8 mi
Jacobs LadderSSE 152°361 m17.9 mi
Emmanuel KnobSSE 162°354 m21.0 mi
Christmas RocksSSE 150°346 m17.8 mi
Allen KnobSSE 150°344 m15.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3619:0819:43
June solstice06:0420:2321:04
September equinox07:1918:5419:30
December solstice07:5016:2717:10

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F293241526372757367554334
Precip in3.42.63.94.04.43.94.63.63.62.93.03.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Columbus-valley Crossing, 7 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/357514486

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