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Benninghofen Playground

Benninghofen Playground from directly overhead

Benninghofen Playground is a park in Ohio, at a recorded elevation of 182 m. Rumpke Mountain stands 319 m to the south-southwest, 6.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Schuster Park, a park 0.4 miles away. Presidential Pathways Ohio Scenic Byway passes 11 miles off. 40 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
182 m

How to reach it

Coordinates39.36063, -84.55250

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Schuster Park: 0.4 mi
  • Lindenwald Park: 0.6 mi
  • Andrew Tot Lot: 0.9 mi
  • Good Neighbors Park: 0.9 mi
  • Officer Bob Gentry Park: 1.0 mi
Artworks
  • Swirl: 1.6 mi
  • The Gates: 1.7 mi
  • Shhh: 1.7 mi
  • Extent: 1.7 mi
  • Landing: 1.9 mi
Museums
Attractions
Historic sites
Gardens
  • Kase Garden: 12.4 mi
  • Clematis Garden: 12.4 mi
  • Daisy Jones Perennial Garden: 12.4 mi
  • Magnolia Collection: 12.4 mi
  • Vasey Garden: 12.4 mi
Nature reserves: 47
Peaks: 40
  • Heitsmanns Hill: 4.8 mi
  • Rumpke Mountain: 6.3 mi
  • Chill Hill: 10.2 mi
  • Liebrook Hill: 12.3 mi
  • Mount Storm: 14.2 mi
Picnic sites: 27
  • Kingfisher Shelter: 7.2 mi
  • Elm Ridge Overlook Shelter: 7.3 mi
  • Area 1: 12.6 mi
  • Area 2: 12.8 mi
  • Area 10, Rail Fence: 12.9 mi
Rest areas: 4
Waterfalls: 2
  • Lower Buckeye Falls: 9.8 mi
  • Buckeye Falls: 9.9 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Beaches: 1
  • Hidden Valley Lake Beach: 20.6 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Rumpke MountainSSW 202°319 m6.3 mi
Elkhorn HillW 269°308 m17.9 mi
English HillW 271°304 m19.6 mi
Gobblers Knob HillW 267°301 m20.8 mi
The MoundsWNW 291°301 m24.8 mi
Cobbs HillW 274°299 m18.6 mi
Wewe HillW 267°299 m23.8 mi
Battle PointWNW 287°298 m24.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4319:1519:50
June solstice06:1220:2921:09
September equinox07:2719:0219:37
December solstice07:5516:3617:19

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313443546472767467554335
Precip in2.92.43.54.64.64.13.72.93.03.23.23.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hamilton Butler CO Rgnl AP, 2 mi away.

  • Asian Lady Beetle78 obs
  • Western Honey Bee54 obs
  • Monarch43 obs
  • Eastern Pondhawk40 obs
  • Eastern Carpenter Bee37 obs
  • American Robin34 obs
  • Amur honeysuckle34 obs
  • Brown-belted Bumble Bee33 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/84271901

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