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Bechtold Park

Bechtold Park from directly overhead

Bechtold Park is a park in Ohio, at a modelled elevation of 253 m. Rumpke Mountain stands 319 m to the west-northwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Hunt Park, a park 0.9 miles away. Ohio River Scenic Byway passes 7.2 miles off. 20 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
Sycamore Township

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates39.21694, -84.39033

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Attractions
  • Montgomery Inn: 2.1 mi
  • Gorman Heritage Farm: 2.5 mi
  • Wyoming Fine Arts Center: 4.2 mi
  • Castle Skateland: 7.0 mi
  • Loveland Canoe & Kayak: 7.8 mi
Gardens: 60
  • MES Butterfly Garden: 2.1 mi
  • Steiner Garden: 4.8 mi
  • Stanley Rowe Arboretum: 4.8 mi
  • Bond Hill Learning Garden: 5.2 mi
  • Butterfly Garden: 5.9 mi
Historic sites
Artworks
  • Madisonville Mural: 3.9 mi
  • Chrony: 4.8 mi
  • Miamiville, Ohio: 4.9 mi
  • Saint Francis of Assisi: 5.0 mi
  • Blessed Virgin Mary: 5.1 mi
Museums: 57
Nature reserves: 39
Picnic sites: 29
  • Lower Picnic Area: 7.5 mi
  • Elm Ridge Overlook Shelter: 7.9 mi
  • Kingfisher Shelter: 8.0 mi
  • Area 11: 9.8 mi
  • Area 10, Rail Fence: 9.9 mi
Peaks: 20
  • Mount Lookout: 5.6 mi
  • Mount Tusculum: 7.6 mi
  • Mount Storm: 8.7 mi
  • Goat Hill: 9.2 mi
  • Brighton Hill: 9.5 mi
Rest areas: 5
Waterfalls: 2
  • Buckeye Falls: 4.4 mi
  • Lower Buckeye Falls: 4.4 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Beaches: 1
  • Hidden Valley Lake Beach: 24.3 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Rumpke MountainWNW 290°319 m11.8 mi
Harrison HillW 276°279 m24.6 mi
Heitsmanns HillNW 317°274 m18.0 mi
Orchard HillSSW 212°268 m14.4 mi
Galley HillESE 114°265 m11.3 mi
Brighton HillSW 226°257 m9.5 mi
Pye HillSSW 195°256 m17.6 mi
Mount EchoSW 228°254 m12.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4219:1419:50
June solstice06:1220:2821:08
September equinox07:2619:0119:36
December solstice07:5416:3617:19

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303342536472757567554435

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Milford, 6 mi away.

  • Monarch44 obs
  • Eastern Carpenter Bee41 obs
  • Western Honey Bee36 obs
  • American Robin33 obs
  • White-tailed Deer33 obs
  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail31 obs
  • Amur honeysuckle26 obs
  • Asian Lady Beetle25 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/486834627

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