Buckeye Park
Buckeye Park is a park in Ohio, at a recorded elevation of 183 m. Buzzard Rocks stands 388 m to the southeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Kroger Wetlands, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away. Covered Bridge Scenic Byway runs past it. 30 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 183 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- City of Marietta
How to reach it
- On the Covered Bridge Scenic Byway
- 0.6 mi off the Ohio River Scenic Byway, National
- 12.4 mi off the Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike, National
- 16.8 mi off the Little Kanawha Parkway
Overlooks nearby
- Scenic overlook · 2 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Pioneer Park: 0.6 mi
- Gunlock Park: 1.2 mi
- Cisler Terrace Park: 1.4 mi
- Ohio Riverfront Park: 1.5 mi
- Williamstown Ohio River Access Site: 1.6 mi
- Tank: 1.4 mi
- Artillery: 1.4 mi
- Time Capsule: 1.5 mi
- George White House: 1.5 mi
- House of Seven Porches: 1.5 mi
- Hunter Hill: 2.5 mi
- Sharktooth Mountain: 5.4 mi
- Daylight Hill: 6.9 mi
- Fox Point: 8.3 mi
- Kinderhook Hill: 10.6 mi
- Putnam Mascot Carving: 1.3 mi
- Wakefield Hotel Mural: 1.6 mi
- The Glass Press: 1.6 mi
- The Glass Press, Inc. Established 1994: 1.6 mi
- Pearl of Appalachia Mural: 1.6 mi
- Kroger Wetlands: 0.4 mi
- Rudolph Farms: 2.8 mi
- Broughton Nature Park: 3.1 mi
- McDonough Wildlife Refuge: 8.3 mi
- Boord State Nature Preserve: 17.3 mi
- Marietta Community Garden: 1.1 mi
- Marietta Discovery Garden: 1.1 mi
- Armstrong Gardens: 1.8 mi
- Fort Street Pollinator Habitat: 1.9 mi
- Harvest of Hope: 2.0 mi
- C2473: 1.9 mi
- 3301: 2.0 mi
- Rufus Putnam House: 2.0 mi
- Valley Gem Sternwheeler: 2.1 mi
- Hidden Marietta Tour Company: 2.1 mi
- West Virginia Welcome Center: 2.2 mi
- Washington Interstate 77 NB: 2.4 mi
- Mineral Wells Rest Area Southbound: 20.9 mi
- Mineral Wells Rest Area Northbound: 20.9 mi
- Cedarville Bluff: 13.8 mi
- Rock Bluff: 19.2 mi
- Quincy Park: 12.5 mi
- Irish Run Natural Bridge: 14.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Buckeye Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buzzard Rocks | SE 143° | 388 m | 13.5 mi |
| Coffee Knob | NNW 343° | 358 m | 22.1 mi |
| Browns Knob | NNW 333° | 351 m | 24.9 mi |
| Kinderhook Hill | E 91° | 338 m | 10.6 mi |
| Haystack Hill | ENE 63° | 334 m | 13.4 mi |
| Dodd Hill | NE 54° | 334 m | 18.5 mi |
| Ferguson Hill | E 88° | 331 m | 11.1 mi |
| Daylight Hill | ENE 70° | 329 m | 6.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:30 | 19:02 | 19:38 |
| June solstice | 06:00 | 20:16 | 20:57 |
| September equinox | 07:14 | 18:49 | 19:25 |
| December solstice | 07:43 | 16:24 | 17:06 |
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 | 31 | 34 | 42 | 53 | 63 | 71 | 75 | 74 | 67 | 55 | 44 | 36 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 3.1 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.4 | 4.9 | 4.8 | 3.6 | 3.4 | 3.2 | 2.9 | 3.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Marietta Wwtp, under a mile away.
- Fragile Forktail35 obs
- Blue Dasher29 obs
- Eastern Pondhawk29 obs
- Gray Catbird24 obs
- white clover22 obs
- Common Whitetail21 obs
- Familiar Bluet21 obs
- Eastern Amberwing19 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 way/457036326
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