Adena State Memorial
Adena State Memorial is a park in Ohio, at a recorded elevation of 270 m. Horseback Knob stands 403 m to the south-southwest, 9.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Ornimental Garden, a garden less than a tenth of a mile away. Welsh Scenic Byway passes 18 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 270 m
How to reach it
- 17.5 mi off the Welsh Scenic Byway
- 41.5 mi off the Ohio River Scenic Byway, National
- 22.6 mi off the Hocking Hills Scenic Byway, National
- 27.0 mi off the Scenic Scioto Heritage Trail Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Lower Falls Lookout · 26 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Mount Logan: 3.6 mi
- Bunker Hill: 3.9 mi
- Mount Ives: 3.9 mi
- Rock Garden Hill: 4.4 mi
- Bald Hill: 5.1 mi
- Coppel Athletic Complex: 1.6 mi
- Yoctangee Park: 1.9 mi
- Southern Playground: 2.5 mi
- Poland Park: 2.6 mi
- Mead Park: 3.1 mi
- Pleasant Valley State Wildlife Area: 3.0 mi
- Buzzard's Roost Nature Preserve: 3.7 mi
- Ross Lake State Wildlife Area: 5.5 mi
- Spruce Hill: 8.0 mi
- Cossin-Kreisel Preserve: 10.5 mi
- Adena Mansion & Gardens Historic Site: 0.1 mi
- The Grove: 0.1 mi
- Natural Bathtub: 3.0 mi
- Sugarloaf Mountain Amphitheatre: 5.5 mi
- Sugarloaf Mountain Prospecting Company: 5.6 mi
- Hopewell Culture National Historical Park Visitor Center: 1.6 mi
- Ross County Museum: 2.4 mi
- Mighty Children's Museum: 2.4 mi
- Lucy Webb Hayes Heritage Center: 2.4 mi
- Environmental Learning Center: 3.6 mi
- Story Mound State Memorial: 1.2 mi
- Dard Hunter: 2.0 mi
- Homestead Ruins: 2.9 mi
- Pickaway County Veterans Memorial: 17.9 mi
- Soldiers’ Monument: 19.7 mi
- Alum Cliffs: 4.5 mi
- Lookout Point: 11.6 mi
- Sugar Point: 11.9 mi
- Buzzard Rock: 18.2 mi
- Parish Rocks: 24.9 mi
- Ornimental Garden: 0.0 mi
- Vegetable Garden: 0.0 mi
- Third Tier: 0.1 mi
- Rock House Falls: 23.6 mi
- Lower Falls: 24.4 mi
- Rim Trail Falls (off-trail): 24.5 mi
- Carlisle Hill Star: 2.0 mi
- Pumpkin Show Mural: 17.6 mi
- Knockemstiff: 8.1 mi
- South Ridge: 13.2 mi
- Picnic table: 24.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 21.5 miles of Adena State Memorial. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Horseback Knob | SSW 207° | 403 m | 9.0 mi |
| Chestnut Oak Knob | SSW 206° | 402 m | 10.7 mi |
| Long | SSW 192° | 397 m | 14.8 mi |
| Sand Hill | ENE 65° | 395 m | 5.2 mi |
| Ball Knob | SSW 200° | 394 m | 9.8 mi |
| Nevins Hill | WSW 252° | 393 m | 17.5 mi |
| Davis Knob | SSW 204° | 392 m | 10.1 mi |
| McMechen Hill | SW 229° | 392 m | 15.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:36 | 19:09 | 19:44 |
| June solstice | 06:06 | 20:23 | 21:03 |
| September equinox | 07:20 | 18:56 | 19:31 |
| December solstice | 07:49 | 16:30 | 17:13 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 30 | 33 | 42 | 53 | 63 | 72 | 75 | 73 | 66 | 55 | 44 | 35 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chillicothe Mound City, 2 mi away.
- leafcup22 obs
- Virginia bluebells17 obs
- Asian Lady Beetle12 obs
- American Robin11 obs
- lesser periwinkle11 obs
- Hackberry Emperor11 obs
- ground-ivy10 obs
- red deadnettle10 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/465770677
Day trips start here
- Chillicothe · 2 mi
- Southeast Ohio · 29 mi
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