Buck Creek State Park
Buck Creek State Park is a park in Ohio, at a recorded elevation of 311 m. Mount Miserable stands 453 m to the north, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Prairie Road Fen State Nature Preserve, a park 0.4 miles away. Historic National Road - Ohio passes 5.3 miles off. 21 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 311 m
How to reach it
- 5.3 mi off the Historic National Road - Ohio, National
- 9.9 mi off the Lower Valley Pike Scenic Byway
- 15.6 mi off the Big Darby Plains Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Prairie Road Fen State Nature Preserve: 0.4 mi
- Northridge Park: 3.1 mi
- Reid Memorial Park: 3.8 mi
- Clark Lake Wildlife Area: 4.4 mi
- Old Reid Park: 4.5 mi
- Stone of Gratitude: 6.9 mi
- Pennsylvania Railroad Depot: 8.0 mi
- Warren G. Grimes/Grimes Field: 9.4 mi
- Blue Star Memorial Highway: 10.2 mi
- Margarat Wilt Memorial: 11.3 mi
- Gallagher Fen Sate Nature Preserve: 4.7 mi
- Urbana Wildlife Propagation Unit: 12.8 mi
- Speedway Nature Reserve: 14.0 mi
- Davey Woods Nature Preserve: 14.2 mi
- Clifton Gorge State Nature Preserve: 15.7 mi
- The Knobs: 3.1 mi
- Post Hill: 10.1 mi
- Statler Hill: 10.1 mi
- Pike Hill: 10.2 mi
- Roseau Hill: 10.3 mi
- Wescott House, Frank Lloyd Wright: 7.0 mi
- Springfield Art Museum: 7.4 mi
- The Heritage Center of Clark County: 7.7 mi
- Clark County Historical Museum: 7.7 mi
- Johnny Appleseed Education Center and Museum: 7.7 mi
- Madonna of the Trail: 7.6 mi
- Cowvin’s Corny Maze: 14.7 mi
- Historic Clifton Mill: 15.6 mi
- Ohio Caverns: 16.4 mi
- Caesar Ford Park Amphitheatre: 24.1 mi
- Amphitheater Falls: 15.7 mi
- The Cascades: 16.4 mi
- The Grotto: 16.5 mi
- Cedar Cliff Falls: 19.0 mi
- Yellow spring: 16.5 mi
- Traveler's Spring: 16.7 mi
- Ricciardi Spring: 17.0 mi
- South Vienna Rest Area: 10.1 mi
- South Vienna Rest Area: 10.2 mi
- Garden of the Senses: 24.0 mi
- Roger Presley Garden: 24.5 mi
- Springs: 16.9 mi
- Prairie Oaks Dog Beach: 23.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Buck Creek State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Miserable | N 2° | 453 m | 24.6 mi |
| Bald Knob | N 2° | 434 m | 20.0 mi |
| The Knobs | SE 132° | 380 m | 3.1 mi |
| Jewel Hill | N 352° | 373 m | 21.2 mi |
| Boundary Hill | ESE 123° | 367 m | 10.4 mi |
| Brighton Hill | SE 126° | 367 m | 10.8 mi |
| Heck Hill | NW 311° | 365 m | 15.2 mi |
| Roseau Hill | ESE 116° | 361 m | 10.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:39 | 19:11 | 19:47 |
| June solstice | 06:07 | 20:27 | 21:08 |
| September equinox | 07:23 | 18:58 | 19:34 |
| December solstice | 07:54 | 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 | 27 | 30 | 39 | 50 | 61 | 70 | 73 | 71 | 65 | 53 | 42 | 33 |
| Precip in | 2.7 | 2.1 | 2.9 | 4.0 | 4.6 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 3.3 | 3.4 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 2.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Springfield WTP, 6 mi away.
- Seepage Dancer18 obs
- showy lady's slipper17 obs
- round-leaved sundew17 obs
- Paiute Dancer13 obs
- Tuberous Grasspink11 obs
- Monarch9 obs
- Eastern Forktail9 obs
- Eastern Red Damsel9 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/357495169
Day trips start here
- Springfield · 7 mi
- Urbana · 8 mi
- London · 16 mi
- Yellow Springs · 17 mi
- New Carlisle · 18 mi
- Cedarville · 19 mi
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