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Adams Lake State Park

Adams Lake State Park from directly overhead

Adams Lake State Park is a park in Ohio, at a modelled elevation of 234 m. Fort Hill stands 392 m to the north-northeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Adams Lake Prarie State Nature Preserve, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. Ohio River Scenic Byway passes 7.3 miles off.

What to expect

Operated by
Division of Parks & Watercraft, Ohio Department of Natural Resources

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates38.81418, -83.52448

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 35
  • Chaparral Prairie Nature Preserve: 3.2 mi
  • Richard and Lucile Durrell Edge of Appalachia Preserve, Red Rock: 5.9 mi
  • Wayne Township Community Park: 7.2 mi
  • Richard and Lucile Durrell Edge of Appalachia Preserve: 8.9 mi
  • Nathaniel Massie Park: 9.9 mi
Museums: 16
  • Adams County Historical Society: 1.7 mi
  • Manchester Historical Society: 9.8 mi
  • Serpent Mound Museum: 15.4 mi
  • Aberdeen–Huntington Township Museum: 16.8 mi
  • Kentucky Gateway Museum Center: 17.4 mi
Nature reserves: 15
Artworks: 14
Gardens: 3
Cliffs: 2
Waterfalls: 2
Attractions: 1
  • Shawnee State Park Lookout: 19.9 mi
Rest areas: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 22.5 miles of Adams Lake State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Fort HillNNE 17°392 m21.6 mi
Durrell MountainSE 137°389 m7.7 mi
Mist MountainSE 138°388 m7.4 mi
Peach MountainENE 57°386 m10.4 mi
Stultz HillNNE 19°386 m22.5 mi
Easton HillNNE 19°385 m21.7 mi
Palmer MountainNNE 25°378 m20.3 mi
Jarnigan KnobNNE 15°378 m21.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3919:1119:46
June solstice06:1020:2321:03
September equinox07:2218:5819:33
December solstice07:5016:3417:16

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283240516170737265534233
Precip in3.43.24.14.55.34.94.93.63.03.83.33.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Ripley EXP Farm, 15 mi away.

  • Eastern Pondhawk46 obs
  • Slaty Skimmer42 obs
  • American lotus39 obs
  • Widow Skimmer33 obs
  • Common Whitetail30 obs
  • Eastern Amberwing25 obs
  • Halloween Pennant23 obs
  • Blue Dasher23 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.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/699144310

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