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Rockbridge State Nature Preserve

Rockbridge State Nature Preserve from directly overhead

Rockbridge State Nature Preserve is a nature reserve in Ohio, at a modelled elevation of 229 m. Fairfield County HP stands 380 m to the northwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Washington County grindstone, a historic site 1.0 miles away. Hocking Hills Scenic Byway passes 1.3 miles off. 36 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Ohio Division of Natural Resources

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates39.57554, -82.49772

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Lake Logan State Park: 3.4 mi
  • Lake Logan State Park: 3.8 mi
  • Falls Mill Hocking River Access: 4.2 mi
  • Cantwell Cliffs: 4.7 mi
  • Mingo Park: 4.8 mi
Nature reserves: 36
Peaks: 36
Historic sites: 14
  • Washington County grindstone: 1.0 mi
  • Washington County grindstone: 1.0 mi
  • Stewart's Folly: 3.8 mi
  • Logan High School bell: 5.2 mi
  • Hocking Valley Canal Lock 17 and Aqueduct Park: 10.6 mi
Attractions: 14
  • Walker Farm: 1.1 mi
  • Adventure Golf: 4.0 mi
  • Nelly Billie Adventure Park: 5.5 mi
  • Twin Falls: 7.9 mi
  • Rock House Cave: 8.2 mi
Museums: 13
  • Schempp House Museum: 5.6 mi
  • Hocking County Historical and Geneaological Society and Museum: 5.6 mi
  • Goslin Nature Center: 8.4 mi
  • Decorative Arts Center of Ohio: 11.0 mi
  • Sherman House State Memorial: 11.0 mi
Waterfalls: 11
  • Rock House Falls: 8.2 mi
  • Rim Trail Falls (off-trail): 9.0 mi
  • Lower Falls: 9.1 mi
  • Upper Falls: 9.9 mi
  • Devil's Bathtub: 9.9 mi
Cliffs: 6
Artworks: 6
Ghost towns: 3
Gardens: 2
Springs: 2
  • Buchtel Spring: 18.7 mi
  • Hocking River ?: 20.4 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Picnic table: 9.3 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • South Ridge: 21.3 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Fairfield County HPNW 306°380 m11.7 mi
Jacobs LadderNW 305°361 m9.3 mi
Emmanuel KnobW 277°354 m9.6 mi
Rock HillSW 232°354 m19.5 mi
Christmas RocksNW 310°346 m9.1 mi
Pine HillSW 222°346 m22.1 mi
Allen KnobNW 314°344 m11.6 mi
Jobs KnobWSW 240°342 m22.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3419:0719:42
June solstice06:0320:2121:02
September equinox07:1818:5319:29
December solstice07:4816:2717:10

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F293240516169737165534233
Precip in3.22.93.74.14.34.74.73.62.93.12.83.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Logan, 6 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Spicebush Swallowtail19 obs
  • dwarf crested iris17 obs
  • Christmas fern16 obs
  • American Toad14 obs
  • fan clubmoss14 obs
  • rue anemone13 obs
  • American cancer-root12 obs
  • downy rattlesnake plantain12 obs

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

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/215944762

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