Ash Cave Recreation Area
Ash Cave Recreation Area is a park in Ohio, at a recorded elevation of 227 m. Sand Hill stands 395 m to the west, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Ash Cave, a waterfall 0.3 miles away. Hocking Hills Scenic Byway runs past it. 55 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 227 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- Hocking Hills State Park
How to reach it
- On the Hocking Hills Scenic Byway, National
- 18.4 mi off the Welsh Scenic Byway
- 35.6 mi off the Ohio River Scenic Byway, National
- 27.6 mi off the Morgan County Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Lower Falls Lookout · 3 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Cedar Falls Recreation Area: 1.9 mi
- John Glenn Astronomy Park: 2.5 mi
- Old Mans Cave Recreation Area: 2.8 mi
- Hocking Hills State Park Mountain Bike Trail Head: 3.0 mi
- Conkles Hollow Recreation Area: 4.2 mi
- Carrick Hill: 10.0 mi
- Schultz Hill: 10.3 mi
- Furnace Ridge: 11.3 mi
- Long Ridge: 11.5 mi
- Irish Ridge: 11.6 mi
- Deer Crossing Reserve: 3.6 mi
- Conkles Hollow State Nature Preserve: 4.6 mi
- Resilience Woods: 5.5 mi
- Scott Creek Preserve: 11.4 mi
- Rockbridge State Nature Preserve: 12.7 mi
- Washington County grindstone: 11.8 mi
- Hope Furnace: 11.8 mi
- Washington County grindstone: 11.8 mi
- Stewart's Folly: 11.9 mi
- Logan High School bell: 12.6 mi
- Ash Cave: 0.3 mi
- Table Rock/Fat Mans Squeeze: 4.3 mi
- Airplane Rock: 4.7 mi
- Indian Head: 4.9 mi
- Twin Falls: 5.2 mi
- Hocking County Historical and Geneaological Society and Museum: 12.6 mi
- Schempp House Museum: 12.6 mi
- Goslin Nature Center: 19.7 mi
- Murray City Coal Mine Museum: 21.9 mi
- Sherman House State Memorial: 22.2 mi
- Ash Cave: 0.3 mi
- Whispering Falls: 1.8 mi
- Cedar Falls: 1.9 mi
- Whispering Cave: 2.0 mi
- Broken Rock Falls: 2.5 mi
- Chief Logan: 12.3 mi
- Ten Commandments: 12.3 mi
- Hawk Sculpture: 17.9 mi
- The Space Between Us: 22.2 mi
- Richard Outcault mural: 22.3 mi
- Parish Rocks: 1.9 mi
- Sphinx Head: 2.6 mi
- Hocking Cliffs: 2.7 mi
- Airplane Rock: 4.6 mi
- Hunters Rock: 5.1 mi
- Moonville: 13.4 mi
- Ingham: 14.3 mi
- Vinton Furnace: 14.3 mi
- Richland: 14.7 mi
- King's Station: 14.9 mi
- Wellston Community Garden: 19.0 mi
- Orchard Hill Arboretum: 23.0 mi
- Ohio University Student Garden: 23.2 mi
- Ohio University Student Garden: 23.3 mi
- Wolfe Garden: 24.2 mi
- Picnic table: 4.2 mi
- Rest Area 10-34: 21.8 mi
- South Ridge: 12.4 mi
- Buchtel Spring: 20.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Ash Cave Recreation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sand Hill | W 268° | 395 m | 20.4 mi |
| Rocky Knob | W 264° | 390 m | 20.0 mi |
| Rock Garden Hill | W 266° | 384 m | 21.0 mi |
| Bunker Hill | W 266° | 384 m | 21.5 mi |
| Fairfield County HP | NNW 340° | 380 m | 20.6 mi |
| Mount Logan | W 263° | 378 m | 21.7 mi |
| Sugarloaf | W 271° | 370 m | 20.8 mi |
| Bald Hill | W 270° | 363 m | 20.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:35 | 19:07 | 19:42 |
| June solstice | 06:04 | 20:21 | 21:01 |
| September equinox | 07:18 | 18:54 | 19:29 |
| December solstice | 07:47 | 16:28 | 17:11 |
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 | 29 | 32 | 40 | 51 | 61 | 69 | 73 | 71 | 65 | 53 | 42 | 33 |
| Precip in | 3.2 | 2.9 | 3.7 | 4.1 | 4.3 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 3.6 | 2.9 | 3.1 | 2.8 | 3.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Logan, 12 mi away.
- partridgeberry39 obs
- eastern hemlock37 obs
- Snakewort36 obs
- maidenhair spleenwort32 obs
- dwarf crested iris28 obs
- Rock Pigeon24 obs
- Southern Two-lined Salamander24 obs
- Christmas fern24 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 node/357504073
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