Evanston Recreation Area
Evanston Recreation Area is a park in Ohio, at a recorded elevation of 209 m. Rumpke Mountain stands 319 m to the northwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Wulsin (Withrow) Playground, a park 0.4 miles away. Ohio River Scenic Byway passes 1.3 miles off. 29 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 209 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- Cincinnati Recreation Commission
How to reach it
- 1.3 mi off the Ohio River Scenic Byway, National
- 3.3 mi off the Riverboat Row Scenic Byway
- 15.3 mi off the Presidential Pathways Ohio Scenic Byway
- 19.2 mi off the Indiana's Historic Pathways, National
Overlooks nearby
- Bird Watching Shelter · 18 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Wulsin (Withrow) Playground: 0.4 mi
- Burwood Playground: 0.4 mi
- Wulsin Triangle: 0.6 mi
- Madison Park: 0.7 mi
- The Greenspace: 0.7 mi
- A Pig for all Seasons - Winter: 0.9 mi
- Ode to North Avondale: 1.3 mi
- Cincinnati: 1.4 mi
- Dare to be a beacon of light: 1.6 mi
- Cincinnati Porkitecture: 1.8 mi
- Miss Doherty's College Preparatory School for Girls: 1.2 mi
- Harriet Beecher Stowe: 1.6 mi
- Cincinnati Federation Clubhouse: 1.6 mi
- Manse Hotel and Annex: 1.6 mi
- Votes for Women: 1.7 mi
- Bond Hill Learning Garden: 2.2 mi
- Medicinal Herb Garden: 2.3 mi
- Druffel Gardens: 2.3 mi
- Passalongs and Volunteers: 2.7 mi
- Les Fleurs du Soleil: 2.7 mi
- Wilson-Gibson House: 2.3 mi
- Cheetah Encounter: 2.4 mi
- Hippo Cove: 2.4 mi
- African Painted Dog: 2.4 mi
- Orangutans: 2.4 mi
- Harriet Beecher Stowe House: 1.6 mi
- Tharp Dayton Heritage Museum: 2.2 mi
- Irish Heritage Center of Cincinnati: 2.8 mi
- Trailside Nature Center: 2.9 mi
- Taft House: 3.0 mi
- Bettman Preserve: 0.5 mi
- Scarborough Woods: 1.0 mi
- Rawson Woods: 3.4 mi
- Edgewood Grove: 3.7 mi
- Seymour Nature Preserve: 3.9 mi
- Mount Lookout: 2.1 mi
- Mount Tusculum: 2.8 mi
- Goat Hill: 2.9 mi
- Mount Adams: 3.3 mi
- Brighton Hill: 3.5 mi
- Lower Picnic Area: 2.9 mi
- Area 23: 5.7 mi
- Area 19, Stone Steps: 5.7 mi
- Area 11: 5.8 mi
- Area 22, Furnas Hill: 5.9 mi
- Lower Buckeye Falls: 9.9 mi
- Buckeye Falls: 9.9 mi
- Butterworth: 15.5 mi
- Simpkinsville: 16.7 mi
- Hidden Valley Lake Beach: 20.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Evanston Recreation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rumpke Mountain | NW 321° | 319 m | 11.6 mi |
| Harrison Hill | WNW 288° | 284 m | 22.2 mi |
| Harrison Hill | WNW 290° | 279 m | 22.0 mi |
| Heitsmanns Hill | NNW 335° | 274 m | 20.0 mi |
| Whites Hill | WNW 290° | 273 m | 24.2 mi |
| Orchard Hill | SSW 208° | 268 m | 8.1 mi |
| Galley Hill | E 88° | 265 m | 14.1 mi |
| Jackson Ridge | W 279° | 259 m | 21.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:42 | 19:15 | 19:50 |
| June solstice | 06:13 | 20:28 | 21:08 |
| September equinox | 07:26 | 19:01 | 19:37 |
| December solstice | 07:54 | 16:37 | 17:19 |
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 | 32 | 35 | 44 | 55 | 64 | 72 | 76 | 75 | 68 | 56 | 45 | 36 |
| Precip in | 2.9 | 2.8 | 3.9 | 4.4 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 3.4 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 2.9 | 3.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cincinnati Muni AP Lunken FLD, 4 mi away.
- Common Wall Lizard132 obs
- Common Eastern Bumble Bee112 obs
- Eastern Carpenter Bee94 obs
- Northern Cardinal75 obs
- American Robin74 obs
- Brown-belted Bumble Bee73 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel70 obs
- Western Honey Bee70 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 way/77858088
Day trips start here
- Cincinnati/Eastern · 1 mi
- Cincinnati/Clifton and Northside · 3 mi
- Cincinnati · 4 mi
- Cincinnati/Downtown · 4 mi
- Cincinnati/Over-the-Rhine · 4 mi
- Newport · 4 mi
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