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Elm Street Plaza

Elm Street Plaza from directly overhead

Elm Street Plaza is a park in Ohio, at a modelled elevation of 167 m. Rumpke Mountain stands 319 m to the north-northwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Pioneer Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Ohio River Scenic Byway runs past it. 32 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

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How to reach it

Coordinates39.10132, -84.51572

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Pioneer Park: 0.1 mi
  • Piatt Park: 0.2 mi
  • Greater Cincinnati Firefighters Memorial Park: 0.2 mi
  • John G. and Phyllis W. Smale Riverfront Park: 0.5 mi
  • 1869 Red Stockings Pavilion: 0.5 mi
Attractions
Historic sites
Artworks
Gardens: 60
Museums: 51
Nature reserves: 45
  • Theresa Street Reserve: 2.7 mi
  • Imago: 3.0 mi
  • Glenway Woods: 3.0 mi
  • Scarborough Woods: 3.2 mi
  • Rawson Woods: 3.5 mi
Peaks: 32
Picnic sites: 29
  • Lower Picnic Area: 4.8 mi
  • Area 23: 5.0 mi
  • Area 22, Furnas Hill: 5.1 mi
  • Area 19, Stone Steps: 5.2 mi
  • Area 26: 5.2 mi
Waterfalls: 2
  • Lower Buckeye Falls: 13.8 mi
  • Buckeye Falls: 13.8 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Beaches: 1
  • Hidden Valley Lake Beach: 17.7 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Rumpke MountainNNW 340°319 m12.8 mi
New Trenton HillNW 306°287 m24.8 mi
Harrison HillWNW 299°284 m20.7 mi
Harrison HillWNW 301°279 m20.6 mi
Heitsmanns HillNNW 345°274 m21.8 mi
Snow HillNW 311°274 m24.4 mi
Whites HillWNW 299°273 m22.8 mi
Orchard HillSSW 192°268 m4.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4219:1519:50
June solstice06:1320:2821:08
September equinox07:2619:0219:37
December solstice07:5416:3717:19

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 Lizard186 obs
  • Canada Goose118 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly108 obs
  • American Robin84 obs
  • House Sparrow80 obs
  • Northern Cardinal77 obs
  • Amur honeysuckle68 obs
  • Rock Pigeon67 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/1452793527

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