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Bosken Park

Bosken Park from directly overhead

Bosken Park is a park in Ohio, at a recorded elevation of 263 m. Rumpke Mountain stands 319 m to the north, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Oskamp, a park 0.5 miles away. Ohio River Scenic Byway passes 3.0 miles off. 37 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
263 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates39.12776, -84.61438

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Oskamp: 0.5 mi
  • Oskamp Playground: 0.5 mi
  • Covedale Gardens: 0.6 mi
  • William G. Schott Memorial Field: 0.8 mi
  • Hendy Memorial Playground: 1.0 mi
Artworks
  • Big Boy: 0.7 mi
  • Big Boy: 2.1 mi
  • Big Boy: 2.3 mi
  • Big Boy: 4.1 mi
  • Big Boy: 4.5 mi
Gardens: 60
  • Floral Paradise Gardens: 2.1 mi
  • Viburnum Collection: 4.3 mi
  • Lilac Collection: 4.4 mi
  • Vasey Garden: 4.4 mi
  • Daisy Jones Perennial Garden: 4.4 mi
Attractions
Historic sites
Museums: 48
  • Delhi Historical Society: 2.1 mi
  • Price Hill Historical Society: 2.6 mi
  • Cincinnati Type & Print Museum: 3.6 mi
  • American Sign Museum: 4.1 mi
  • Cincinnati Museum Center at Union Terminal: 4.3 mi
Nature reserves: 44
  • Bracken Woods Brodbeck Preserve: 2.5 mi
  • Glenway Woods: 2.5 mi
  • Imago: 2.8 mi
  • Theresa Street Reserve: 2.9 mi
  • Quarry St. Preserve: 4.5 mi
Peaks: 37
Picnic sites: 29
  • Area 30, McFarlan Woods: 2.5 mi
  • Area 33, Maple Ridge: 2.5 mi
  • Area 26: 3.3 mi
  • Area 22, Furnas Hill: 3.4 mi
  • Area 24: 3.5 mi
Rest areas: 3
Waterfalls: 2
  • Lower Buckeye Falls: 15.5 mi
  • Buckeye Falls: 15.5 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Beaches: 1
  • Hidden Valley Lake Beach: 12.2 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Rumpke MountainN 5°319 m10.3 mi
Elkhorn HillNW 317°308 m21.4 mi
English HillNW 315°304 m23.0 mi
Gobblers Knob HillNW 311°301 m23.0 mi
Cobbs HillNW 319°299 m23.1 mi
South Gate HillNW 308°297 m23.4 mi
New Trenton HillNW 311°287 m19.5 mi
Harrison HillWNW 302°284 m15.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4319:1519:51
June solstice06:1320:2921:09
September equinox07:2719:0219:37
December solstice07:5516:3717:20

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303342546472757468564434
Precip in3.63.24.54.95.24.94.33.53.33.53.44.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cheviot, 2 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Asian Lady Beetle31 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly30 obs
  • Common Wall Lizard29 obs
  • Brown-belted Bumble Bee26 obs
  • American Robin24 obs
  • Green Cloverworm Moth24 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee22 obs
  • Monarch21 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/201867079

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