Siegenthaler-Kaestner Esker State Nature Preserve
Siegenthaler-Kaestner Esker State Nature Preserve is a nature reserve in Ohio, at a recorded elevation of 323 m. Campbell Hill stands 469 m to the northeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Owens Fen State Nature Preserve, a nature reserve 4.9 miles away. Big Darby Plains Scenic Byway passes 16 miles off. 8 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 323 m
How to reach it
- 16.1 mi off the Big Darby Plains Scenic Byway
- 20.8 mi off the Miami & Erie Canal Scenic Byway
- 21.0 mi off the Historic National Road - Ohio, National
- 21.2 mi off the Lower Valley Pike Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Dodge Park: 5.3 mi
- Lions Park: 6.2 mi
- De Graff Park: 6.7 mi
- Floyd D. Finfrock Recreational Park: 7.3 mi
- Pointe North: 8.0 mi
- Warren G. Grimes/Grimes Field: 8.9 mi
- Pennsylvania Railroad Depot: 9.9 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 11.5 mi
- Bonnyconnellan Castle: 16.4 mi
- North Hampton Veterans Memorial: 17.2 mi
- Champaign Aviation Museum: 8.8 mi
- Mid America Flight Museum North: 9.1 mi
- Marion W. Parks Railroad Educational Center: 9.9 mi
- Champaign County Historical Society Museum: 10.1 mi
- Champaign County Historical Society Museum: 10.2 mi
- Owens Fen State Nature Preserve: 4.9 mi
- Kiser Lake Wetlands Nature Preserve: 6.1 mi
- Mccracken Fen State Nature Preserve: 6.5 mi
- Davey Woods Nature Preserve: 7.0 mi
- Urbana Wildlife Propagation Unit: 8.0 mi
- Heck Hill: 6.8 mi
- Jewel Hill: 7.2 mi
- Bald Knob: 9.6 mi
- Campbell Hill: 12.1 mi
- Mount Miserable: 12.2 mi
- Ohio Caverns: 8.6 mi
- Shortest Street in America: 10.3 mi
- VanDemark Farm: 17.5 mi
- The Lost Land Corn Maze: 17.6 mi
- Madonna of the Trail: 21.3 mi
- Miami Interstate 75 NB: 20.1 mi
- Miami Interstate 75 SB: 20.1 mi
- White Town: 20.8 mi
- Homer: 22.5 mi
- Fox Island Beach: 17.0 mi
- Cedar Bluff: 20.2 mi
- Roger Presley Garden: 24.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Siegenthaler-Kaestner Esker State Nature Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Campbell Hill | NE 37° | 469 m | 12.1 mi |
| Mount Miserable | NE 45° | 453 m | 12.2 mi |
| Bald Knob | ENE 64° | 434 m | 9.6 mi |
| The Knobs | SSE 150° | 380 m | 20.7 mi |
| Jewel Hill | NE 45° | 373 m | 7.2 mi |
| Heck Hill | SSW 210° | 365 m | 6.8 mi |
| Tradersville Hill | SE 131° | 352 m | 24.6 mi |
| Anstine Hill | N 2° | 337 m | 25.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:40 | 19:12 | 19:48 |
| June solstice | 06:07 | 20:28 | 21:09 |
| September equinox | 07:24 | 18:59 | 19:34 |
| December solstice | 07:55 | 16:30 | 17:13 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 26 | 28 | 38 | 50 | 61 | 70 | 73 | 71 | 65 | 53 | 41 | 31 |
| Precip in | 3.0 | 2.5 | 3.2 | 4.1 | 4.3 | 5.0 | 4.4 | 3.9 | 3.2 | 2.8 | 3.1 | 3.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bellefontaine, 10 mi away.
- Skimming Bluet7 obs
- Ebony Jewelwing5 obs
- smooth sumac4 obs
- Slender Spreadwing4 obs
- Trumpeter Swan3 obs
- Monarch3 obs
- Common Whitetail3 obs
- Eastern Forktail3 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.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/633119839
Day trips start here
- Urbana · 10 mi
- Springfield · 21 mi
- New Carlisle · 22 mi
- Troy · 22 mi
- Tipp City · 25 mi
- Yellow Springs · 30 mi
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