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Ellis Park

Ellis Park from directly overhead

Ellis Park is a park in Ohio, at a recorded elevation of 293 m. The Knobs stands 380 m to the northeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is The Grotto, a waterfall 1.0 miles away. Lower Valley Pike Scenic Byway passes 6.0 miles off. 19 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
293 m
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Yellow Springs
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates39.81852, -83.89051
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Bill Duncan Park: 1.1 mi
  • Gaunt Park: 1.5 mi
  • Twin Towers County Park: 2.9 mi
  • Pearl's Fen Preserve: 4.9 mi
  • Cold Springs Reserve: 5.2 mi
Historic sites
Museums: 55
Artworks: 24
Gardens: 23
Nature reserves: 19
Peaks: 19
  • Reeds Hill: 5.3 mi
  • Stokes Hill: 15.2 mi
  • The Knobs: 15.9 mi
  • Stoddard Hill: 16.9 mi
  • Dumpling Hill: 17.3 mi
Attractions: 18
  • Cowvin’s Corny Maze: 1.4 mi
  • Historic Clifton Mill: 3.8 mi
  • Madonna of the Trail: 8.5 mi
  • Kil-Kare Raceway: 8.9 mi
  • Baltimore & Ohio Caboose: 9.8 mi
Waterfalls: 6
  • The Grotto: 1.0 mi
  • The Cascades: 1.2 mi
  • Amphitheater Falls: 3.3 mi
  • Cedar Cliff Falls: 6.8 mi
  • Crawdad Falls: 23.5 mi
Ghost towns: 6
Springs: 3
  • Yellow spring: 1.0 mi
  • Traveler's Spring: 1.5 mi
  • Ricciardi Spring: 2.1 mi
Picnic sites: 3
  • Oak Camp: 17.0 mi
  • Twin Oak Shelter: 17.3 mi
  • Equestrian Day Use: 23.6 mi
Rest areas: 3
  • South Vienna Rest Area: 20.8 mi
  • South Vienna Rest Area: 20.8 mi
  • Dupre Roadside Park: 21.3 mi
Beaches: 1
  • Caesar Creek State Park Beach: 22.1 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
The KnobsNE 49°380 m15.9 mi
Brighton HillENE 71°367 m19.4 mi
Boundary HillENE 69°367 m19.7 mi
Heck HillN 356°365 m22.7 mi
Roseau HillENE 67°361 m20.6 mi
Pitts HillENE 71°359 m20.2 mi
Pike HillENE 67°358 m20.3 mi
Post HillENE 66°358 m20.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4019:1219:48
June solstice06:0820:2721:08
September equinox07:2418:5919:34
December solstice07:5416:3217:15

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F273140516171747266544333
Precip in3.22.43.34.34.54.44.53.13.22.93.13.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NEW Carlisle, 11 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Eastern Skunk Cabbage103 obs
  • White-tailed Deer81 obs
  • sharp-lobed hepatica81 obs
  • Dutchman's breeches78 obs
  • Eastern Pondhawk76 obs
  • Ebony Jewelwing72 obs
  • mayapple63 obs
  • large white trillium63 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/1529701880

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