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Three Creeks Metro Park

Three Creeks Metro Park from directly overhead

Three Creeks Metro Park is a nature reserve in Ohio, at a recorded elevation of 219 m. Beavers Hill stands 383 m to the northeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Madison Mills Park, a park 0.8 miles away. Historic National Road - Ohio passes 3.9 miles off. 24 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
219 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates39.89946, -82.91377

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Nature reserves
Artworks
Historic sites
Gardens: 53
  • Bonsai Courtyard: 5.0 mi
  • Zen Terrace: 5.0 mi
  • North Courtyard: 5.1 mi
  • The Grove: 5.1 mi
  • Celebration Garden: 5.1 mi
Museums: 46
Attractions: 26
  • Magic Mountain Fun Center East: 4.8 mi
  • Pacific Island Water Garden: 5.0 mi
  • Dorothy M. Davis Showhouse: 5.0 mi
  • Himalayan Mountains: 5.1 mi
  • Palm House: 5.1 mi
Peaks: 24
Picnic sites: 9
  • Sandefur Wetland Pavilion: 10.1 mi
  • Brevoort Park: 10.6 mi
  • Picnic Area: 11.6 mi
  • Ze Goat Picnic: 11.6 mi
  • White Oak Grove Group Picnic Area: 15.8 mi
Ghost towns: 4
Waterfalls: 3
  • Milliken Falls: 11.6 mi
  • Indian Run Falls: 17.7 mi
  • Indian Run Falls: 17.7 mi
Springs: 2
  • Hocking River ?: 11.1 mi
  • Dublin Spring: 17.3 mi
Beaches: 2
Rest areas: 1
  • Lee M. Rizor Memorial Highway Rest Area: 22.6 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Beavers HillNE 43°383 m17.1 mi
Fairfield County HPSE 141°380 m20.0 mi
Jacobs LadderSE 140°361 m22.4 mi
Emmanuel KnobSSE 149°354 m24.7 mi
Christmas RocksSE 137°346 m22.5 mi
Allen KnobSE 136°344 m19.8 mi
Becks KnobSE 135°339 m19.3 mi
Waterworks HillSE 124°335 m20.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3619:0819:44
June solstice06:0420:2421:04
September equinox07:2018:5519:31
December solstice07:5016:2817:11

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F293241526372757367554334
Precip in3.42.63.94.04.43.94.63.63.62.93.03.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Columbus-valley Crossing, under a mile away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Virginia bluebells40 obs
  • giant ragweed33 obs
  • Monarch31 obs
  • lesser celandine27 obs
  • wild carrot26 obs
  • common milkweed23 obs
  • Blue Dasher22 obs
  • Slaty Skimmer20 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/465775393

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