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Cuyahoga Valley National Park

Cuyahoga Valley National Park from directly overhead

Cuyahoga Valley National Park is a park in Ohio, at a recorded elevation of 181 m. Derthick Hill stands 409 m to the east-southeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Lombardo Park, a park 0.5 miles away. Ohio & Erie Canalway runs past it. 18 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
181 m

How to reach it

Coordinates41.37922, -81.61651

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Lombardo Park: 0.5 mi
  • Canal Exploration Center: 0.5 mi
  • Lock 39 Trailhead: 1.1 mi
  • Elmwood Park: 1.6 mi
  • Dunham Park: 2.1 mi
Nature reserves
Museums
Historic sites
  • Maple Heights Veterans Memorial: 3.6 mi
  • Harriet Keeler Memorial: 4.2 mi
  • 9/11 Memorial: 6.4 mi
  • WRU School of Medicine: 6.7 mi
  • Russian Orthodox Monument: 7.1 mi
Gardens
  • Brecksville Community Garden: 4.0 mi
  • Victory Garden: 6.1 mi
  • Victory Garden: 6.1 mi
  • Victory Gardens: 6.1 mi
  • Herb Garden: 6.1 mi
Artworks
  • Van Aken District Murals: 7.3 mi
  • Your Silence Will Not Save You: 7.3 mi
  • Gund Beer sign ghost: 7.5 mi
  • Dendrite: 8.0 mi
  • Acrobats: 8.5 mi
Attractions: 52
Picnic sites: 50
  • Trolley Turn Picnic Area: 3.4 mi
  • Windy Ridge Picnic Area: 3.7 mi
  • Center Park Picnic Area: 4.2 mi
  • Morgan's Hollow Reserved Picnic Area: 4.3 mi
  • Chippewa Picnic Area: 4.5 mi
Waterfalls: 20
Peaks: 18
  • Cuyahoga County high point: 6.5 mi
  • Summit County high point: 9.3 mi
  • Oak Hill: 11.4 mi
  • Orange Hill: 12.2 mi
  • Cedar Point: 14.1 mi
Beaches: 13
Cliffs: 4
Rest areas: 4
Ghost towns: 3
Springs: 2
  • White Oak Spring: 11.4 mi
  • Indian Spring: 20.0 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Derthick HillESE 103°409 m21.9 mi
Portage County high pointESE 101°408 m24.2 mi
Summit County high pointSSW 194°404 m9.3 mi
McConougheys HillE 84°399 m16.4 mi
Cuyahoga County high pointSSW 213°390 m6.5 mi
Sand HillENE 61°381 m20.3 mi
Little MountainNE 45°374 m25.0 mi
Welsh HillE 89°369 m22.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3119:0219:39
June solstice05:5420:2221:04
September equinox07:1518:4919:26
December solstice07:5016:1617:01

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F293138496170747367564535
Precip in1.81.52.33.13.52.83.73.42.93.22.92.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cleveland Burke Lakefront AP, 11 mi away.

Inside the official boundary of Cuyahoga Valley National Park. Quietest months by visitation: Jan and Feb; busiest: Jul.

NPS visitation statistics, monthly averages 2021–2025 (2020 excluded).

  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail44 obs
  • Pearl Crescent42 obs
  • Zabulon Skipper41 obs
  • Appalachian Brown38 obs
  • dame's rocket36 obs
  • Amur honeysuckle35 obs
  • Viceroy34 obs
  • Great Blue Heron31 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357525805

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