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Quarry St. Preserve

Quarry St. Preserve from directly overhead

Quarry St. Preserve is a nature reserve in Ohio, at a modelled elevation of 231 m. Rumpke Mountain stands 319 m to the north-northwest, 7.6 miles off. The nearest named place is West Fork Recreation Area, a park 0.5 miles away. Ohio River Scenic Byway passes 4.8 miles off. 37 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
The Hillside Trust

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates39.17124, -84.55174

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • West Fork Recreation Area: 0.5 mi
  • Jergens Park: 0.6 mi
  • West Fork Creek Rain Garden: 0.8 mi
  • Blue Rock Oval: 0.9 mi
  • Hoffner Park: 1.0 mi
Gardens: 60
Historic sites
Attractions
  • Temple of Love: 1.6 mi
  • Elephant Trek: 2.8 mi
  • Lemur Lookout: 2.8 mi
  • Siegfried and Roy's White Lions: 2.9 mi
  • Night Hunters: 2.9 mi
Artworks
  • Big Boy: 2.3 mi
  • Clifton Plaza Mural: 2.5 mi
  • Big Boy: 3.0 mi
  • Richardson’s Rocks: 3.0 mi
  • Big Boy: 3.2 mi
Museums: 52
Nature reserves: 48
Peaks: 37
Picnic sites: 29
  • Area 11: 0.6 mi
  • Area 19, Stone Steps: 0.7 mi
  • Area 10, Rail Fence: 0.8 mi
  • Area 13, Oval: 0.9 mi
  • Area 17: 0.9 mi
Waterfalls: 2
  • Lower Buckeye Falls: 11.0 mi
  • Buckeye Falls: 11.0 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Beaches: 1
  • Hidden Valley Lake Beach: 15.4 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Rumpke MountainNNW 341°319 m7.6 mi
Elkhorn HillNW 305°308 m22.0 mi
English HillNW 304°304 m23.7 mi
Gobblers Knob HillWNW 300°301 m24.0 mi
Cobbs HillNW 308°299 m23.5 mi
South Gate HillWNW 298°297 m24.6 mi
New Trenton HillWNW 299°287 m20.5 mi
Harrison HillWNW 287°284 m17.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4319:1519:50
June solstice06:1320:2821:09
September equinox07:2719:0219:37
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, 4 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/1489662604

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