Dawes Arboretum
Dawes Arboretum is a park in Ohio, at a modelled elevation of 300 m. Beavers Hill stands 383 m to the west-northwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Flowering Shrubs, a garden 0.2 miles away. Historic National Road - Ohio passes 1.1 miles off. 29 named summits stand within 25 miles.
How to reach it
- 1.1 mi off the Historic National Road - Ohio, National
- 61.8 mi off the Ohio River Scenic Byway, National
- 19.8 mi off the Jefferson Township Scenic Byway
- 20.7 mi off the Gateway to Amish Country
Named places within 25 miles
- Eagles Nest - Child Play Area: 0.6 mi
- Natural Play Area: 0.6 mi
- Dawes Arboretum East: 0.8 mi
- Dawes Arboretum North: 1.1 mi
- Hobak Park: 3.3 mi
- Daweswood House Museum and History Center: 0.6 mi
- Newark Earthworks Museum & Visitor Center: 4.6 mi
- Licking County Historical Society: 5.6 mi
- The Sherwood-Davidson House Museum: 5.6 mi
- Heisy Glass Museum And Gift Shop: 5.6 mi
- Taft Reserve North: 3.6 mi
- Taft Reserve South: 3.9 mi
- Denison Biological Reserve / Polly Anderson Field Station: 9.1 mi
- Denison University Biological Preserve: 9.3 mi
- Lobdell Preserve: 13.3 mi
- Star Hill: 3.6 mi
- Observatory Hill: 4.0 mi
- Coffman Knob: 4.1 mi
- Bald Knob: 4.7 mi
- Bucks Knob: 5.4 mi
- Dawes Memorial: 0.8 mi
- posinist ground: 4.5 mi
- Attack On America: 5.7 mi
- 10 Commandments: 5.7 mi
- John Lincoln Clem Monument: 5.8 mi
- Flowering Shrubs: 0.2 mi
- Zen Garden: 0.3 mi
- Azalea Glen: 0.4 mi
- Magnolias: 0.4 mi
- All Seasons Garden: 0.5 mi
- Secret Dreams Festival in Legend Valley: 3.6 mi
- National Trail Raceway: 6.8 mi
- Haunted Hootchie: 17.4 mi
- World's Largest Apple Basket: 20.9 mi
- Magic Mountain Fun Center East: 22.2 mi
- Sundial: 0.5 mi
- Richard Outcault mural: 20.5 mi
- The Space Between Us: 20.6 mi
- Pickerington Ponds Mural: 21.4 mi
- Hawk Sculpture: 23.4 mi
- Moscow: 2.7 mi
- Hibernia: 22.8 mi
- Wonderland: 23.9 mi
- Equestrian Day Use: 22.1 mi
- Ze Goat Picnic: 23.3 mi
- Hocking River ?: 23.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Dawes Arboretum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beavers Hill | WNW 297° | 383 m | 16.3 mi |
| Fairfield County HP | SSW 213° | 380 m | 24.8 mi |
| Coffman Knob | NE 36° | 375 m | 4.1 mi |
| Bald Knob | NNE 31° | 366 m | 4.7 mi |
| Fox Den Knob | NE 34° | 366 m | 17.0 mi |
| Bucks Knob | NE 34° | 361 m | 5.4 mi |
| Buzzard Glory Knob | ESE 102° | 356 m | 8.0 mi |
| Christmas Rocks | SSW 207° | 346 m | 24.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:34 | 19:06 | 19:42 |
| June solstice | 06:02 | 20:22 | 21:03 |
| September equinox | 07:18 | 18:53 | 19:29 |
| December solstice | 07:49 | 16:25 | 17:08 |
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 | 30 | 33 | 42 | 53 | 63 | 72 | 75 | 73 | 66 | 55 | 44 | 35 |
| Precip in | 2.7 | 2.2 | 3.4 | 3.8 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 4.0 | 3.4 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 2.7 | 2.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Newark Heath AP, 4 mi away.
- Eastern Pondhawk125 obs
- Fragile Forktail118 obs
- Blue Dasher90 obs
- Pearl Crescent65 obs
- Widow Skimmer64 obs
- Eastern Forktail57 obs
- Eastern Amberwing46 obs
- Skimming Bluet37 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.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/601115088
Day trips start here
- Heath · 4 mi
- Newark · 6 mi
- Zanesville · 22 mi
- Columbus/South · 30 mi
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