Buckeye Furnace State Memorial
Buckeye Furnace State Memorial is a park in Ohio, at a recorded elevation of 196 m. Chimney Rocks stands 342 m to the west-northwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Broken Aro Wildlife Area, a nature reserve 2.8 miles away. Welsh Scenic Byway passes 6.2 miles off. 111 named places lie within 25 miles, 22 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 196 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- Friends of Buckeye Furnace
How to reach it
- 6.2 mi off the Welsh Scenic Byway
- 19.9 mi off the Ohio River Scenic Byway, National
- 23.8 mi off the Hocking Hills Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Lower Falls Lookout · 26 mi
111 named places within 25 miles
- Blamer Field: 5.6 mi
- Jackson County Fairgrounds: 5.7 mi
- Monument Square: 6.2 mi
- Kelli Lambert Memorial Park: 6.6 mi
- ________Field: 7.3 mi
- Dixon Hill: 12.5 mi
- The Pinnacle: 14.1 mi
- Prospect Hill: 15.6 mi
- Big Rock: 17.3 mi
- Peck Hill: 17.8 mi
- Broken Aro Wildlife Area: 2.8 mi
- Stroth-Rader Habitat Conservation Area: 6.5 mi
- Lake Alma State Park: 6.8 mi
- Vinton Furnace Wildlife Area: 7.8 mi
- Wellston Reservoir State Wildlife Park: 10.1 mi
- Soldier's Square: 6.0 mi
- Memory Garden: 6.1 mi
- Harvey Wells: 6.2 mi
- Soldiers Memorial: 6.2 mi
- David Ousley Memorial Field: 6.7 mi
- Oreton: 7.9 mi
- Vinton Furnace: 11.5 mi
- Richland: 11.8 mi
- Moonville: 18.8 mi
- Ingham: 19.6 mi
- Lillian Jones Museum: 9.8 mi
- Welsh Museum: 12.6 mi
- Esther Allen Greer Museum: 12.7 mi
- Our House Museum: 21.9 mi
- Our House Tavern Museum: 21.9 mi
- Apple Water Tower: 9.5 mi
- Mothman Statue: 22.6 mi
- The White Falcon: 22.8 mi
- Devils Tea Table: 21.3 mi
- Dogwood Pass: 23.7 mi
- Ash Cave: 24.2 mi
- Wellston Community Garden: 6.2 mi
- Buzzard Rock: 18.6 mi
- Rest Area 10-34: 19.8 mi
- Ash Cave: 24.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Buckeye Furnace State Memorial. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chimney Rocks | WNW 292° | 342 m | 21.2 mi |
| Irish Ridge | NNE 18° | 326 m | 21.4 mi |
| Long Ridge | NNE 17° | 325 m | 22.2 mi |
| Weddington Hill | WNW 287° | 324 m | 21.3 mi |
| Starrett Ridge | NNE 18° | 323 m | 22.9 mi |
| Furnace Ridge | NNE 17° | 320 m | 20.8 mi |
| The Pinnacle | NNE 12° | 319 m | 14.1 mi |
| Peck Hill | NNE 21° | 316 m | 17.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:34 | 19:07 | 19:42 |
| June solstice | 06:05 | 20:20 | 21:00 |
| September equinox | 07:18 | 18:53 | 19:29 |
| December solstice | 07:46 | 16:29 | 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 | 41 | 52 | 61 | 68 | 72 | 71 | 64 | 53 | 42 | 34 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 3.4 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 3.6 | 3.5 | 3.0 | 2.9 | 3.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Jackson 3 NW, 13 mi away.
- Blanchard's Cricket Frog2 obs
- Black-shouldered Spinyleg2 obs
- Northern Cardinal1 obs
- Red-bellied Woodpecker1 obs
- Spotted Salamander1 obs
- Eastern Newt1 obs
- Common Box Turtle1 obs
- Gray Fox1 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 siteOpenStreetMap element way/1444481788
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- Southeast Ohio · 26 mi
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