Embshoff Woods
Embshoff Woods is a park in Ohio, at a recorded elevation of 249 m. Rumpke Mountain stands 319 m to the north, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Pete Rose Park, a park 0.5 miles away. Ohio River Scenic Byway passes 0.3 miles off. 34 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 249 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- Great Parks of Hamilton County
How to reach it
- 0.3 mi off the Ohio River Scenic Byway, National
- 4.1 mi off the Riverboat Row Scenic Byway
- 9.9 mi off the Presidential Pathways Ohio Scenic Byway
- 12.3 mi off the Big Bone Lick Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Bird Watching Shelter · 16 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Pete Rose Park: 0.5 mi
- Delshire Park: 0.7 mi
- Mount Echo Park: 0.7 mi
- Breuning Park: 0.8 mi
- Dan J. Gilday Recreation Complex: 0.9 mi
- Floral Paradise Gardens: 1.5 mi
- Pleasant Street North Community Garden: 3.6 mi
- Over-The-Rhine People’s Garden: 3.8 mi
- Kay’s Garden: 4.2 mi
- Druffel Gardens: 5.1 mi
- Incinerator: 1.7 mi
- Batthery Bates: 2.2 mi
- Northern Kentucky 9/11 Memorial: 2.4 mi
- Kenton County Veterans Memorial: 2.4 mi
- Laurel–Lincoln World War II Memorial: 3.2 mi
- Big Boy: 2.0 mi
- Big Boy: 2.6 mi
- Guardians of the City: 2.6 mi
- Big Boy: 2.9 mi
- Cincinnati: 3.3 mi
- Cincinnati Union Terminal: 2.6 mi
- Cincinnati Museum Center at Union Terminal: 2.6 mi
- Carol Ann’s Carousel: 3.7 mi
- Tyler Davidson Fountain: 3.7 mi
- American Legacy Tours: 3.7 mi
- Price Hill Historical Society: 1.5 mi
- Cincinnati Type & Print Museum: 1.7 mi
- Ludlow Heritage Museum: 1.9 mi
- Delhi Historical Society: 2.1 mi
- Behringer-Crawford Museum at Devou: 2.3 mi
- Imago: 1.0 mi
- Glenway Woods: 1.9 mi
- Theresa Street Reserve: 2.1 mi
- Bracken Woods Brodbeck Preserve: 4.1 mi
- Edgewood Grove: 5.1 mi
- Mount Echo: 0.8 mi
- Bald Knob: 2.8 mi
- Brighton Hill: 3.9 mi
- Orchard Hill: 4.2 mi
- Mount Adams: 4.5 mi
- Area 30, McFarlan Woods: 4.6 mi
- Area 33, Maple Ridge: 5.0 mi
- Area 22, Furnas Hill: 5.0 mi
- Area 26: 5.0 mi
- Area 23: 5.1 mi
- Lower Buckeye Falls: 16.2 mi
- Buckeye Falls: 16.2 mi
- Butterworth: 22.7 mi
- Simpkinsville: 23.6 mi
- Hidden Valley Lake Beach: 14.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Embshoff Woods. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rumpke Mountain | N 356° | 319 m | 12.9 mi |
| Elkhorn Hill | NW 318° | 308 m | 24.6 mi |
| New Trenton Hill | NW 313° | 287 m | 22.6 mi |
| Harrison Hill | NW 306° | 284 m | 18.2 mi |
| Harrison Hill | NW 308° | 279 m | 18.2 mi |
| Heitsmanns Hill | N 354° | 274 m | 21.9 mi |
| Snow Hill | NW 318° | 274 m | 22.5 mi |
| Whites Hill | NW 306° | 273 m | 20.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:43 | 19:15 | 19:50 |
| June solstice | 06:13 | 20:28 | 21:08 |
| September equinox | 07:27 | 19:02 | 19:37 |
| December solstice | 07:55 | 16:37 | 17:20 |
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 | 54 | 64 | 72 | 75 | 74 | 68 | 56 | 44 | 34 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 3.2 | 4.5 | 4.9 | 5.2 | 4.9 | 4.3 | 3.5 | 3.3 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 4.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cheviot, 5 mi away.
- dwarf larkspur64 obs
- Monarch47 obs
- Spotted Lanternfly40 obs
- white snakeroot39 obs
- garlic mustard36 obs
- Common Wall Lizard35 obs
- toadshade30 obs
- Amur honeysuckle28 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 siteOpenStreetMap element way/1053105215
Day trips start here
- Cincinnati/Western · 3 mi
- Cincinnati · 4 mi
- Cincinnati/Downtown · 4 mi
- Cincinnati/Over-the-Rhine · 4 mi
- Covington · 4 mi
- Fort Wright · 4 mi
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