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Walter A Tucker Nature Preserve

Walter A Tucker Nature Preserve from directly overhead

Walter A Tucker Nature Preserve is a nature reserve in Ohio, at a recorded elevation of 267 m. Beavers Hill stands 383 m to the north-northeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Blacklick Woods Metro Park, a nature reserve 0.5 miles away. Historic National Road - Ohio passes 1.1 miles off. 27 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
267 m
Getting there

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Coordinates39.93895, -82.80962

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
Artworks
Historic sites
  • Veterans Memorial: 4.6 mi
  • Carnegie Library: 4.8 mi
  • Canal Winchester Veterans Memorial: 5.6 mi
  • Evergreen Cemetery - Evergreen Monuments: 8.7 mi
  • The Ten Commandments and Beatitudes: 9.7 mi
Gardens: 58
Museums: 53
  • Motorcycle Hall of Fame Museum: 1.5 mi
  • Otherworld: 1.8 mi
  • Pickerington-Violet Township Historical Society: 4.8 mi
  • Gahanna Historical Society: 6.5 mi
  • The Log House: 6.5 mi
Attractions: 27
  • Magic Mountain Fun Center East: 1.4 mi
  • Haunted Hootchie: 4.8 mi
  • GLOW PUTT LLC: 7.1 mi
  • Himalayan Mountains: 7.8 mi
  • Pacific Island Water Garden: 7.8 mi
Peaks: 27
Picnic sites: 9
  • Ze Goat Picnic: 8.6 mi
  • Brevoort Park: 12.2 mi
  • Sandefur Wetland Pavilion: 12.5 mi
  • Equestrian Day Use: 12.7 mi
  • Picnic Area: 13.6 mi
Ghost towns: 4
Waterfalls: 3
  • Milliken Falls: 15.4 mi
  • Indian Run Falls: 19.9 mi
  • Indian Run Falls: 19.9 mi
Springs: 2
  • Hocking River ?: 11.4 mi
  • Dublin Spring: 19.5 mi
Beaches: 2
Rest areas: 1
  • Lee M. Rizor Memorial Highway Rest Area: 20.9 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Beavers HillNNE 32°383 m11.6 mi
Fairfield County HPSSE 159°380 m19.5 mi
Coffman KnobENE 76°375 m23.8 mi
Bald KnobENE 74°366 m24.0 mi
Jacobs LadderSSE 156°361 m21.8 mi
Bucks KnobENE 73°361 m24.7 mi
Emmanuel KnobSSE 163°354 m25.0 mi
Christmas RocksSSE 153°346 m21.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3619:0819:43
June solstice06:0420:2321:04
September equinox07:2018:5419:30
December solstice07:5016:2717:10

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303342536372757467554435
Precip in3.02.43.63.94.04.34.73.73.12.92.83.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — John Glenn Intl AP, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/357518167

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