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Douglas Park

Douglas Park from directly overhead

Douglas Park is a park in Ohio, at a recorded elevation of 195 m. Rumpke Mountain stands 319 m to the south-southwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Whitney Park, a park 0.5 miles away. Presidential Pathways Ohio Scenic Byway passes 17 miles off. 11 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
195 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates39.49523, -84.41204

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Historic sites
Attractions
  • Niederman Family Farm Corn Maze: 5.0 mi
  • Land of Illusion: 5.2 mi
  • Miami Valley Gaming & Racing: 6.0 mi
  • Train Station: 9.3 mi
  • Train Station: 9.3 mi
Artworks
Gardens: 58
  • Tower Gardens: 13.1 mi
  • Bell: 13.1 mi
  • Clock: 13.1 mi
  • Butterfly House: 14.8 mi
  • Demo Garden: 16.3 mi
Museums: 52
  • Canal Museum: 2.1 mi
  • Butler County Warbirds: 3.0 mi
  • Monroe Historical Society: 4.5 mi
  • Monroe Historical Museum: 4.5 mi
  • Veteran's Memorial Museum: 9.1 mi
Nature reserves: 39
  • Meadow Ridge Metropark: 2.9 mi
  • Frank Hosea Woods Park: 9.9 mi
  • Reinhart Preserve: 15.8 mi
  • WRA Cabins: 15.9 mi
  • Bachelor Preserve: 16.1 mi
Picnic sites: 25
  • The Mercado: 13.0 mi
  • Firehawk: 13.1 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 13.1 mi
  • Patio: 13.1 mi
  • Vortex: 13.1 mi
Peaks: 11
Rest areas: 4
Ghost towns: 4
Waterfalls: 4
  • Lower Buckeye Falls: 14.9 mi
  • Buckeye Falls: 14.9 mi
  • Horseshoe Falls: 19.3 mi
  • Crawdad Falls: 20.6 mi
Beaches: 1
  • Caesar Creek State Park Beach: 21.1 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Rumpke MountainSSW 213°319 m18.1 mi
Mount AuburnNW 305°290 m16.0 mi
Devils BackboneNW 304°288 m16.4 mi
Little MountNE 52°286 m9.0 mi
Heitsmanns HillWSW 241°274 m12.8 mi
Cedar MoundN 349°257 m11.5 mi
Mount LookoutS 181°246 m24.6 mi
Stoddard HillNNE 31°241 m21.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4219:1419:50
June solstice06:1120:2921:09
September equinox07:2619:0119:36
December solstice07:5516:3517:18

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F293241526271757366544334
Precip in3.32.53.54.64.44.54.32.92.93.23.03.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Franklin, 6 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • American Rubyspot9 obs
  • American Robin8 obs
  • American pokeweed8 obs
  • Bold Jumping Spider8 obs
  • Eastern Pondhawk8 obs
  • Monarch7 obs
  • Yellow Garden Spider7 obs
  • Variegated Fritillary7 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/83672318

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