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Daniel Drake Park

Daniel Drake Park from directly overhead

Daniel Drake Park is a park in Ohio, at a recorded elevation of 238 m. Rumpke Mountain stands 319 m to the northwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Woodford Park, a park 0.7 miles away. Ohio River Scenic Byway passes 4.3 miles off. 23 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
238 m

How to reach it

Coordinates39.17446, -84.40431

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Woodford Park: 0.7 mi
  • Family Lawn: 0.8 mi
  • Kennedy Heights Park: 0.8 mi
  • Pleasant Ridge Park: 1.3 mi
  • Tollgate Park: 1.6 mi
Artworks
Historic sites
Gardens
  • Steiner Garden: 2.2 mi
  • Butterfly Garden: 2.8 mi
  • Drought Tolerant & Succulent Plants: 2.9 mi
  • Devon Acres: 2.9 mi
  • Grote's Landscaping: 2.9 mi
Attractions
Museums: 58
Nature reserves: 42
Picnic sites: 29
  • Lower Picnic Area: 4.5 mi
  • Area 11: 8.5 mi
  • Area 19, Stone Steps: 8.6 mi
  • Area 23: 8.7 mi
  • Area 10, Rail Fence: 8.7 mi
Peaks: 23
  • Mount Lookout: 2.6 mi
  • Mount Tusculum: 4.5 mi
  • Goat Hill: 6.6 mi
  • Mount Adams: 6.9 mi
  • Mount Storm: 6.9 mi
Rest areas: 5
Waterfalls: 2
  • Buckeye Falls: 7.3 mi
  • Lower Buckeye Falls: 7.3 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Beaches: 1
  • Hidden Valley Lake Beach: 23.3 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Rumpke MountainNW 304°319 m12.5 mi
Harrison HillWNW 281°284 m24.6 mi
Harrison HillWNW 283°279 m24.3 mi
Heitsmanns HillNW 324°274 m19.8 mi
Orchard HillSW 217°268 m11.5 mi
Galley HillE 99°265 m11.1 mi
Jackson RidgeW 273°259 m24.7 mi
Brighton HillWSW 239°257 m7.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4219:1419:50
June solstice06:1220:2821:08
September equinox07:2619:0119:36
December solstice07:5416:3617:19

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323544556472767568564536
Precip in2.92.83.94.44.74.64.43.43.13.12.93.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cincinnati Muni AP Lunken FLD, 5 mi away.

  • Common Wall Lizard52 obs
  • Virginia Springbeauty49 obs
  • White-tailed Deer43 obs
  • lesser celandine39 obs
  • American pokeweed38 obs
  • Monarch37 obs
  • tree-of-heaven36 obs
  • Amur honeysuckle36 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 way/44352148

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