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Sugar Island Preserve

Sugar Island Preserve from directly overhead

Sugar Island Preserve is a nature reserve in Ohio, at a modelled elevation of 270 m. Sugarloaf stands 423 m to the west-southwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Orwell WRGT Trailhead and Parking, a park 2.8 miles away. Lake Erie Coastal Ohio Trail passes 22 miles off. 15 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Western Reserve Land Conservancy
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.49409, -80.82332

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Orwell WRGT Trailhead and Parking: 2.8 mi
  • Orwell Park: 3.6 mi
  • Mesopotamia Historic District: 7.2 mi
  • Mecca Circle: 8.5 mi
  • Mecca Park: 8.8 mi
Nature reserves: 55
Historic sites: 31
  • Mespo Civil War Monument: 7.2 mi
  • Civil War Monument: 7.7 mi
  • Porter Family Grave: 11.1 mi
  • Human Sundial: 14.7 mi
  • Corner - Pyramid of Giza: 14.7 mi
Peaks: 15
  • Eastlake Metropark Sled Hill: 11.6 mi
  • Owens Mound: 14.1 mi
  • Sugarloaf: 15.9 mi
  • Trautman Hill: 17.7 mi
  • Ballards Hill: 17.8 mi
Artworks: 15
Museums: 11
  • Bristol History Museum: 7.7 mi
  • Ashtabula Antique Engine Club: 9.8 mi
  • Ernie Hall Aviation Museum: 16.2 mi
  • National Packard Museum: 16.7 mi
  • Trumbull County Historical Society: 17.6 mi
Attractions: 7
Gardens: 7
  • Old Garfield Elementary School Garden: 17.7 mi
  • Charles Avenue Flower Power: 18.0 mi
  • Old Laird Elementary School Garden: 18.2 mi
  • Krabill Garden: 20.9 mi
  • Hurd Garden: 20.9 mi
Beaches: 4
  • Dog Beach: 13.4 mi
  • Jamestown Beach #2: 18.4 mi
  • Punderson Lake Beach: 20.2 mi
  • Chestnut Run Swim Beach: 22.7 mi
Waterfalls: 4
  • Cascade Falls: 16.0 mi
  • Minnehaha Falls: 16.1 mi
  • Newton Falls: 22.6 mi
  • Paine Falls: 22.6 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Picnic sites: 2
  • Poplar Grove Picnic Site - Pymatuning State Park (OH): 16.0 mi
  • Whitlam Woods: 21.2 mi
Cliffs: 2
Rest areas: 1
  • Rest Area SR-11 Colebrook: 7.4 mi
Springs: 1
  • Salt Spring: 22.6 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
SugarloafWSW 246°423 m15.9 mi
Jamestown HillE 89°414 m21.5 mi
Derthick HillWSW 237°409 m23.5 mi
Portage County high pointSW 234°408 m21.6 mi
Callahan HillE 91°405 m22.8 mi
Trautman HillESE 118°390 m17.7 mi
Sand HillW 275°381 m23.4 mi
Ballards HillWNW 292°377 m17.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2818:5919:36
June solstice05:5020:1921:01
September equinox07:1118:4619:22
December solstice07:4716:1316:57

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F262835475967716963524132
Precip in2.92.33.13.84.24.34.83.64.33.63.02.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Mosquito Creek Lake, 14 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1237102937

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