Dean State Forest
Dean State Forest is a park in Ohio, at a recorded elevation of 272 m. Rose Hill stands 334 m to the northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Stewart Knob, a peak 3.4 miles away. Country Music Highway passes 11 miles off. 32 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 272 m
How to reach it
- 11.4 mi off the Country Music Highway, National
- 10.2 mi off the Ohio River Scenic Byway, National
- 17.3 mi off the Welsh Scenic Byway
- 20.6 mi off the Scenic Scioto Heritage Trail Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- River Overlook · 20 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Vesuvius Recreation Area: 5.2 mi
- South Webster Athletic Fields: 10.6 mi
- 9th Street Park: 11.2 mi
- Beechwood Park: 11.5 mi
- Raceland Park: 11.8 mi
- Big Boy: 11.0 mi
- Student Soldier Statue: 13.0 mi
- Venus: 14.4 mi
- Genesis: 14.4 mi
- Vulcan: 14.4 mi
- Marquette Cement: 3.5 mi
- Vesuvius Furnace: 5.9 mi
- Sergeant Danny C. Hayes Memorial: 14.3 mi
- The Kinney Spring: 20.0 mi
- Human Rights Diversity Walkway: 20.0 mi
- Stewart Knob: 3.4 mi
- Phillips Knob: 4.1 mi
- Five Forks Hill: 4.1 mi
- Tipton Knob: 4.9 mi
- Sand Hill: 5.5 mi
- Lawrence County Museum: 11.2 mi
- Welsh Museum: 14.5 mi
- The Highlands Museum & Discovery Center: 14.7 mi
- Esther Allen Greer Museum: 18.7 mi
- Russell E. Compton Civic Center & Museum: 18.9 mi
- Anderson Compass Plant Prairie: 9.5 mi
- Ohio Hanging Rock Preserve: 11.7 mi
- Cackley Swamp Preserve: 15.9 mi
- Cackley Swamp Preserve: 16.4 mi
- Baker Swamp State Nature Preserve: 18.1 mi
- Violet Point: 17.0 mi
- Raven Rock: 23.2 mi
- C&O 1308: 21.3 mi
- Chad Pennington Hall of Fame: 21.4 mi
- Big Bend Swimming Beach: 4.9 mi
- Central Park Picnic Area: 15.0 mi
- Ritter Park Rose Garden: 22.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Dean State Forest. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rose Hill | NW 310° | 334 m | 22.8 mi |
| Diffen Hill | NW 315° | 332 m | 23.7 mi |
| Peach Orchard Hill | WNW 281° | 331 m | 24.5 mi |
| High Knob | SSW 206° | 314 m | 22.6 mi |
| Stewart Knob | E 84° | 307 m | 3.4 mi |
| Niner Hill | WNW 302° | 307 m | 16.4 mi |
| Phillips Knob | NNE 23° | 306 m | 4.1 mi |
| Gravel Hill | NW 326° | 306 m | 24.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:35 | 19:08 | 19:43 |
| June solstice | 06:07 | 20:19 | 20:59 |
| September equinox | 07:19 | 18:54 | 19:29 |
| December solstice | 07:46 | 16:31 | 17:13 |
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 | 31 | 34 | 42 | 52 | 62 | 70 | 74 | 73 | 66 | 54 | 43 | 35 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 3.1 | 4.2 | 3.7 | 4.4 | 4.0 | 5.6 | 3.7 | 3.9 | 3.1 | 2.9 | 3.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Waterloo, 8 mi away.
- tall bellflower3 obs
- Common Box Turtle2 obs
- Canadian lousewort2 obs
- dwarf crested iris2 obs
- Sibthorp's Pennywort2 obs
- Scarlet Tanager1 obs
- Mountain Chorus Frog1 obs
- Painted Turtle1 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 node/357467814
Day trips start here
- Huntington · 21 mi
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