Chaparral Prairie Nature Preserve
Chaparral Prairie Nature Preserve is a park in Ohio, at a recorded elevation of 281 m. Washburn Hill stands 405 m to the north-northeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Cave Hill, a peak 1.7 miles away. Ohio River Scenic Byway passes 9.6 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 281 m
How to reach it
- 9.6 mi off the Ohio River Scenic Byway, National
- 17.3 mi off the Scenic Scioto Heritage Trail Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Cave Hill: 1.7 mi
- Coon Hill: 2.0 mi
- Spencer Hill: 2.4 mi
- Carson Hill: 6.0 mi
- Sugar Hill: 9.3 mi
- Adams Lake State Park: 3.2 mi
- Wayne Township Community Park: 4.1 mi
- Memorial Park: 8.2 mi
- Richard and Lucile Durrell Edge of Appalachia Preserve, Red Rock: 9.0 mi
- Nathaniel Massie Park: 10.7 mi
- Bradford Tavern: 3.4 mi
- The Oklahoma Cowboy: 3.5 mi
- Adams County War Memorial: 3.5 mi
- The Bentonville Anti-Horse Thief Society: 6.5 mi
- Anti-Horse Thief Society: 6.6 mi
- Johnson Ridge State Nature Preserve: 2.5 mi
- Adams Lake Prarie State Nature Preserve: 3.1 mi
- Buzzardroost Rock Preserve: 9.3 mi
- Quiverheart Gorge: 9.7 mi
- Ka-ma-ma Prairie: 9.8 mi
- Adams County Historical Society: 3.3 mi
- Manchester Historical Society: 10.7 mi
- Serpent Mound Museum: 14.9 mi
- Rankin House State Memorial Visitors Center: 15.7 mi
- Ripley Museum: 16.0 mi
- Buzzardroost Rock: 3.5 mi
- Wildflowers of Adams County: 3.6 mi
- The Ten Commandments: 8.2 mi
- Praying For The Children: 8.2 mi
- Welcome to Adams County: 11.7 mi
- Winchester Community Garden: 8.3 mi
- Peebles Community Garden: 11.7 mi
- Ripley Community Garden: 15.9 mi
- Murphin Point: 7.2 mi
- Slate Point: 22.5 mi
- Cedar Falls: 10.3 mi
- Georgetown Waterfall: 19.3 mi
- Brown County SR 32 Rest Area: 18.3 mi
- Shawnee State Park Lookout: 23.1 mi
- South Beach: 24.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 22.4 miles of Chaparral Prairie Nature Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Washburn Hill | NNE 21° | 405 m | 22.0 mi |
| Fort Hill | NNE 25° | 392 m | 20.9 mi |
| Durrell Mountain | SE 133° | 389 m | 10.8 mi |
| Mist Mountain | SE 134° | 388 m | 10.6 mi |
| Peach Mountain | ENE 71° | 386 m | 12.0 mi |
| Stultz Hill | NNE 27° | 386 m | 21.9 mi |
| Easton Hill | NNE 27° | 385 m | 21.1 mi |
| Slate Hill | NNE 20° | 385 m | 21.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:39 | 19:11 | 19:46 |
| June solstice | 06:10 | 20:24 | 21:04 |
| September equinox | 07:23 | 18:58 | 19:33 |
| December solstice | 07:50 | 16:34 | 17:16 |
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 | 28 | 32 | 40 | 51 | 61 | 70 | 73 | 72 | 65 | 53 | 42 | 33 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 3.2 | 4.1 | 4.5 | 5.3 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 3.6 | 3.0 | 3.8 | 3.3 | 3.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Ripley EXP Farm, 13 mi away.
- rattlesnake master75 obs
- dense blazing star73 obs
- prairie dock56 obs
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail47 obs
- fan clubmoss46 obs
- Widow Skimmer44 obs
- shining sumac43 obs
- pale-spiked lobelia43 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/1327960511
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