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Pipe Creek Wildlife Area

Pipe Creek Wildlife Area from directly overhead

Pipe Creek Wildlife Area is a nature reserve in Ohio, at a recorded elevation of 175 m. North Milan Hill stands 201 m to the south-southeast, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Sandusky Kiwanis Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Lake Erie Coastal Ohio Trail passes 0.3 miles off. 3 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
175 m

How to reach it

Coordinates41.45207, -82.66831

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Sandusky Kiwanis Park: 0.2 mi
  • Talon Flohr Park: 1.3 mi
  • Fairview Lanes Park: 1.6 mi
  • Huron Park: 1.8 mi
  • Jaycee Park: 1.8 mi
Attractions
  • Midway Carousel: 1.9 mi
  • Ocean Motion: 2.0 mi
  • Sky Ride: 2.0 mi
  • Raptor: 2.0 mi
  • Blue Streak: 2.1 mi
Museums: 23
Historic sites: 22
Beaches: 17
Artworks: 8
  • Inscription Rock: 9.9 mi
  • Camp Patmos Lighthouse: 11.3 mi
  • Shrine to the Virgin Mary: 11.4 mi
  • Ohio Bicentennial Barn: 13.4 mi
  • Atlas: 15.2 mi
Gardens: 6
  • Memorial Garden: 7.2 mi
  • Lakefront Daisy Garden3: 7.6 mi
  • George Baker Gundlach Memorial Garden: 7.8 mi
  • School Garden: 10.8 mi
  • Memorial Bricks: 17.5 mi
Peaks: 3
  • North Milan Hill: 10.1 mi
  • Sugar Rock: 12.4 mi
  • Taft Hill: 15.0 mi
Cliffs: 3
Picnic sites: 2
  • Kelleys Island State Park Picnic Area: 10.9 mi
  • Henry T. Beatty Memorial Picnic Area: 11.5 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • Lorain Rest Area: 17.5 mi
  • westbound rest area: 18.8 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
North Milan HillSSE 160°201 m10.1 mi
Sugar RockNW 309°174 m12.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3519:0619:43
June solstice05:5820:2721:09
September equinox07:1918:5319:30
December solstice07:5416:2017:05

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283038496171757367554434
Precip in1.91.82.63.83.23.73.63.03.12.72.62.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Sandusky, 3 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/106616793

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