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Rawson Woods

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Rawson Woods from directly overhead

Rawson Woods is a nature reserve in Ohio, at a recorded elevation of 190 m. Rumpke Mountain stands 319 m to the north-northwest, 9.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Edgewood Grove, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. Ohio River Scenic Byway passes 3.1 miles off. 33 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
190 m

How to reach it

Coordinates39.15152, -84.52378

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Dunore Park: 0.5 mi
  • Mount Storm Park: 0.5 mi
  • Bowdle Park: 0.5 mi
  • Clifton Plaza: 0.6 mi
  • Clifton Meadows Swim Club: 0.7 mi
Attractions
  • Temple of Love: 0.5 mi
  • Elephant Trek: 0.8 mi
  • Lemur Lookout: 0.8 mi
  • Night Hunters: 0.9 mi
  • Cougar: 0.9 mi
Artworks
Gardens: 60
Historic sites
Museums: 51
Nature reserves: 43
Peaks: 33
Picnic sites: 29
  • Area 23: 2.4 mi
  • Area 19, Stone Steps: 2.4 mi
  • Area 22, Furnas Hill: 2.5 mi
  • Area 11: 2.5 mi
  • Area 21: 2.6 mi
Waterfalls: 2
  • Lower Buckeye Falls: 11.0 mi
  • Buckeye Falls: 11.0 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Beaches: 1
  • Hidden Valley Lake Beach: 16.8 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Rumpke MountainNNW 335°319 m9.5 mi
Elkhorn HillNW 306°308 m24.0 mi
New Trenton HillWNW 300°287 m22.5 mi
Harrison HillWNW 290°284 m18.9 mi
Harrison HillWNW 292°279 m18.7 mi
Heitsmanns HillNNW 343°274 m18.3 mi
Snow HillNW 304°274 m22.0 mi
Whites HillWNW 291°273 m20.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4219:1519:50
June solstice06:1320:2821:08
September equinox07:2619:0219:37
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, 5 mi away.

  • Brown-belted Bumble Bee1,375 obs
  • Eastern Carpenter Bee811 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee733 obs
  • Western Honey Bee609 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly392 obs
  • Common Wall Lizard360 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel252 obs
  • Silver-spotted Skipper248 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/69546498

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