Nature reserve · Ohio
Shawnee Prairie Preserve
Shawnee Prairie Preserve is a nature reserve in Ohio, at a modelled elevation of 307 m. Hills of Judea stands 328 m to the south-southwest, 6.7 miles off. Historic National Road - Ohio passes 17 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Darke County Parks
How to reach it
Coordinates40.09454, -84.63978
- 17.0 mi off the Historic National Road - Ohio, National
- 19.1 mi off the Miami & Erie Canal Scenic Byway
- 20.2 mi off the Historic National Road - Indiana, National
- 21.6 mi off the Land of the Cross-Tipped Churches Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Tecumseh Boulder Historical Site: 0.5 mi
- Annie Oakley Park: 0.6 mi
- YOLO Park: 0.6 mi
- South Park: 0.7 mi
- Sater Heights Park: 1.1 mi
Nature reserves: 23
- Shawnee Prairie Preserve: 0.3 mi
- Tecumseh Point: 0.6 mi
- Prairie Ridge Meadow: 0.8 mi
- Turkeyfoot Preserve: 1.3 mi
- Holzapfel Preserve: 1.4 mi
Museums: 20
- Garst Museum: 0.9 mi
- Bradford Ohio Railroad Museum: 11.4 mi
- Union City Interlocking Tower: 11.5 mi
- Versailles Area Historical Society: 11.7 mi
- Green Energy Visitor Center: 18.9 mi
Historic sites: 15
- Treaty of Greene Ville signed near here: 0.5 mi
- Altar of Peace: 1.0 mi
- Fort Jefferson: 4.8 mi
- Vietnam War Memorial: 5.2 mi
- Hoosier Hill: 12.8 mi
Gardens: 7
- Old Thyme Garden: 0.4 mi
- Community Garden: 1.3 mi
- Herb Garden: 1.3 mi
- Community Gardens: 11.5 mi
- Rose Garden: 21.9 mi
Artworks: 7
- Tecumseh Statue: 0.5 mi
- Jim Buchy Bench: 0.8 mi
- Little Turtle: 1.3 mi
- Gabriel Bear: 5.2 mi
- Ohio: 20.3 mi
Rest areas: 6
- Preble Rest Area (Westbound): 19.3 mi
- Preble Rest Area (Westbound): 19.4 mi
- Preble Welcome Center (Eastbound): 19.5 mi
- Preble Rest Area (Eastbound): 19.6 mi
- Miami Interstate 75 SB: 22.5 mi
Attractions: 4
- Darke County Fairgrounds: 0.7 mi
- Historic Bear's Mill: 5.2 mi
- Today’s Harvest Corn Maze: 19.5 mi
- Melody 49 Drive-In Theatre: 21.3 mi
Waterfalls: 3
- Greenville Falls: 14.0 mi
- Ludlow Falls: 17.3 mi
- Thistlethwaite Falls: 21.9 mi
Ghost towns: 2
- Hagerstown: 12.9 mi
- Crawfordsville: 21.5 mi
Cliffs: 2
- Freedom Rock: 22.1 mi
- Cedar Bluff: 22.1 mi
Peaks: 1
- Hills of Judea: 6.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Shawnee Prairie Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hills of Judea | SSW 198° | 328 m | 6.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:43 | 19:15 | 19:51 |
| June solstice | 06:10 | 20:31 | 21:12 |
| September equinox | 07:27 | 19:02 | 19:37 |
| December solstice | 07:58 | 16:34 | 17:17 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 27 | 30 | 40 | 52 | 63 | 71 | 74 | 72 | 66 | 54 | 42 | 32 |
| Precip in | 2.8 | 2.2 | 3.2 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 4.0 | 3.4 | 2.7 | 2.9 | 3.2 | 2.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Greenville WTP, under a mile away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/1035232750
Day trips start here
- Greenville · 1 mi
- Richmond · 23 mi
- Troy · 23 mi
- Tipp City · 26 mi
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