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Rowe Woods

Rowe Woods from directly overhead

Rowe Woods is a nature reserve in Ohio, at a modelled elevation of 236 m. Rumpke Mountain stands 319 m to the west-northwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Witt Polinator Garden, a garden 0.1 miles away. Ohio River Scenic Byway passes 7.8 miles off. 16 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Cincinnati Nature Center
Fee
Yes

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates39.12543, -84.24722

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Tealtown Ball Park: 1.0 mi
  • Shor Park: 1.1 mi
  • Clepper Park: 2.1 mi
  • Veteran’s Park: 3.1 mi
  • Mount Carmel Park: 3.4 mi
Historic sites
Artworks
Attractions
Museums: 53
Gardens: 50
  • Witt Polinator Garden: 0.1 mi
  • Stanley Rowe Arboretum: 6.3 mi
  • Steiner Garden: 7.4 mi
  • MES Butterfly Garden: 7.9 mi
  • Butterfly Garden: 8.8 mi
Nature reserves: 37
Picnic sites: 26
  • Monarch Meadow: 7.1 mi
  • Badger Bluff: 7.3 mi
  • Lower Picnic Area: 9.7 mi
  • Vortex: 14.9 mi
  • Firehawk: 14.9 mi
Peaks: 16
  • Galley Hill: 3.1 mi
  • Woodland Mound: 7.5 mi
  • Mount Lookout: 9.5 mi
  • Mount Tusculum: 9.8 mi
  • Mount Adams: 13.6 mi
Rest areas: 6
Waterfalls: 3
  • Buckeye Falls: 13.5 mi
  • Lower Buckeye Falls: 13.5 mi
  • Georgetown Waterfall: 24.3 mi
Ghost towns: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Rumpke MountainWNW 299°319 m21.4 mi
Orchard HillWSW 249°268 m16.4 mi
Pleasant HillS 188°267 m24.5 mi
Galley HillENE 57°265 m3.1 mi
Brighton HillW 269°257 m14.6 mi
Pye HillSW 229°256 m16.2 mi
Mount EchoW 263°254 m17.3 mi
Goat HillW 268°250 m13.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4119:1419:49
June solstice06:1220:2721:07
September equinox07:2519:0119:36
December solstice07:5316:3617:18

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303342536472757567554435

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Milford, 4 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • American Bullfrog152 obs
  • common pawpaw149 obs
  • Pond Slider125 obs
  • Blue Dasher121 obs
  • Winter Aconite117 obs
  • dame's rocket113 obs
  • lesser celandine104 obs
  • white fawnlily103 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/91973641

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