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Buckeye Lake State Park

Buckeye Lake State Park from directly overhead

Buckeye Lake State Park is a park in Ohio, at a recorded elevation of 274 m. Beavers Hill stands 383 m to the northwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Observatory Hill, a peak 0.3 miles away. Historic National Road - Ohio passes 2.0 miles off. 31 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
274 m
Visiting

What to expect

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Getting there

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Coordinates39.93235, -82.47860

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Hebron Village Center: 2.2 mi
  • Evans Park: 2.7 mi
  • Brooks Park: 3.0 mi
  • Millersport Park: 4.0 mi
  • Community Park: 4.2 mi
Nature reserves: 42
Peaks: 31
Museums: 31
Historic sites: 15
Gardens: 7
  • Flowering Shrubs: 4.3 mi
  • Magnolias: 4.4 mi
  • Zen Garden: 4.6 mi
  • Azalea Glen: 4.7 mi
  • All Seasons Garden: 4.8 mi
Attractions: 6
  • National Trail Raceway: 4.1 mi
  • Secret Dreams Festival in Legend Valley: 4.7 mi
  • Haunted Hootchie: 14.8 mi
  • Magic Mountain Fun Center East: 18.8 mi
  • Oak Grove at Jorgensen Farms: 22.5 mi
Artworks: 6
Ghost towns: 3
Picnic sites: 2
  • Equestrian Day Use: 21.1 mi
  • Ze Goat Picnic: 21.4 mi
Springs: 1
  • Hocking River ?: 19.3 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Beavers HillNW 312°383 m15.4 mi
Fairfield County HPSSW 211°380 m20.6 mi
Coffman KnobNE 41°375 m8.4 mi
Bald KnobNE 38°366 m9.0 mi
Fox Den KnobNE 36°366 m21.3 mi
Bucks KnobNE 39°361 m9.7 mi
Jacobs LadderSSW 204°361 m21.2 mi
Buzzard Glory KnobE 83°356 m11.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3419:0619:42
June solstice06:0220:2221:03
September equinox07:1818:5319:29
December solstice07:4916:2617:09

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303342536372757366554435
Precip in2.72.23.43.84.14.14.03.42.82.82.72.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Newark Heath AP, 7 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Slender Spreadwing30 obs
  • Eastern Forktail21 obs
  • Blue-fronted Dancer16 obs
  • Least Skipper14 obs
  • Familiar Bluet14 obs
  • Common Whitetail13 obs
  • Fragile Forktail13 obs
  • Slender Bluet12 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.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/633760463

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