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Central Park

Central Park from directly overhead

Central Park is a park in Ohio, at a recorded elevation of 252 m. Beavers Hill stands 383 m to the east-northeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Ohio Tree, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. Historic National Road - Ohio passes 2.4 miles off. 4 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
252 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates39.99744, -82.99234

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
  • Ohio Tree: 0.0 mi
  • Heritage Park Sculpture: 0.0 mi
  • Butter Cow: 0.0 mi
  • Expo Sculpture: 0.2 mi
  • Dunkleosteus: 0.2 mi
Parks
  • ODNR Natural Resources Park: 0.2 mi
  • 15th Avenue Park: 0.3 mi
  • Indianola Middle School Park: 0.5 mi
  • Indianola Park: 0.7 mi
  • Weinland Park: 0.7 mi
Historic sites
  • Willie J. Young, Sr.: 0.7 mi
  • The Underground Railroad on University Land: 0.9 mi
  • Site of Ohio Field: 1.0 mi
  • Old Ohio Union: 1.0 mi
  • Iota Phi Theta: 1.0 mi
Nature reserves: 59
Gardens: 54
  • Weinland Park Urban Tree Nursery: 0.5 mi
  • 4th Street Farms: 0.6 mi
  • IE Gardens: 0.7 mi
  • Wexner Center Roof Garden: 0.9 mi
  • Bosque Garden: 1.3 mi
Museums: 40
Attractions: 25
  • Geologic Walkway Park: 0.2 mi
  • Armintrout Fire Tower: 0.3 mi
  • Ohio History Connection: 0.6 mi
  • Ohio Village: 0.7 mi
  • Palm House: 3.0 mi
Picnic sites: 9
  • Sandefur Wetland Pavilion: 2.2 mi
  • Brevoort Park: 2.7 mi
  • Picnic Area: 3.6 mi
  • Ze Goat Picnic: 8.8 mi
  • River Bluffs: 9.8 mi
Peaks: 4
Ghost towns: 4
Waterfalls: 3
  • Milliken Falls: 5.1 mi
  • Indian Run Falls: 9.8 mi
  • Indian Run Falls: 9.9 mi
Springs: 3
Beaches: 2
Rest areas: 1
  • Lee M. Rizor Memorial Highway Rest Area: 16.2 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Beavers HillENE 70°383 m16.8 mi
Spangler HillS 183°243 m9.9 mi
Baker HillS 169°241 m6.4 mi
Marlboro HillS 182°190 m7.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3619:0819:44
June solstice06:0420:2421:05
September equinox07:2018:5519:31
December solstice07:5116:2817:11

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F293141536372757366554334
Precip in3.12.63.94.04.84.74.33.83.83.23.03.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Columbus Wcmh, 3 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Spotted Lanternfly274 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel248 obs
  • American Robin165 obs
  • Eastern Cottontail155 obs
  • tree-of-heaven144 obs
  • Canada Goose128 obs
  • Mallard125 obs
  • fortune's spindle105 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/465326965

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