F L Blankenship Riverside Sanctuary
F L Blankenship Riverside Sanctuary is a park in Ohio, at a recorded elevation of 265 m. Heck Hill stands 365 m to the east, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Greenville Falls, a waterfall 1.4 miles away. Miami & Erie Canal Scenic Byway passes 6.9 miles off. 3 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 265 m
How to reach it
- 6.9 mi off the Miami & Erie Canal Scenic Byway
- 15.2 mi off the Historic National Road - Ohio, National
- 20.5 mi off the Land of the Cross-Tipped Churches Scenic Byway
- 23.0 mi off the Lower Valley Pike Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Covington Community Park: 1.7 mi
- Pleasant Hill Village Park: 2.9 mi
- Y Yard Park: 4.8 mi
- Iddings Park: 4.8 mi
- Hartzell Ostrich Farm: 5.2 mi
- Newton Nature Lab: 2.9 mi
- Stillwater Prairie Rangeline: 4.1 mi
- Stillwater Prairie Reserve: 4.7 mi
- Maple Ridge: 4.9 mi
- Brukner Nature Center: 5.8 mi
- Goodrich Giles: 6.5 mi
- Eldean Covered Bridge: 7.2 mi
- John Johnston: 7.4 mi
- Battle of Pickawillany, 1752: 7.4 mi
- Johnston Barn: 7.5 mi
- Bradford Ohio Railroad Museum: 4.8 mi
- Johnston Farm Museum: 7.8 mi
- Museum of Troy History: 8.9 mi
- Waco Air Museum: 9.9 mi
- Miami Valley Veterans Museum: 10.1 mi
- Gabriel Bear: 10.1 mi
- Little Turtle: 14.6 mi
- Jim Buchy Bench: 15.1 mi
- Tecumseh Statue: 15.6 mi
- Ice Burge: 21.2 mi
- Roger Presley Garden: 13.2 mi
- Spring Hill Nursery Garden Display: 13.5 mi
- Herb Garden: 14.1 mi
- Community Garden: 14.1 mi
- Old Thyme Garden: 15.6 mi
- Historic Bear's Mill: 10.1 mi
- The Lost Land Corn Maze: 13.4 mi
- VanDemark Farm: 13.5 mi
- Darke County Fairgrounds: 15.2 mi
- Dayton Air Show Entrance Arch: 15.3 mi
- Tadmor: 17.0 mi
- Hagerstown: 18.7 mi
- Fishburg: 20.9 mi
- Hills of Judea: 18.5 mi
- Heck Hill: 22.9 mi
- Stoddard Hill: 24.1 mi
- Greenville Falls: 1.4 mi
- Ludlow Falls: 6.8 mi
- Miami Interstate 75 SB: 7.5 mi
- Miami Interstate 75 NB: 7.6 mi
- Cedar Bluff: 7.5 mi
- Equestrian Day Use: 20.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of F L Blankenship Riverside Sanctuary. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heck Hill | E 81° | 365 m | 22.9 mi |
| Hills of Judea | WSW 250° | 328 m | 18.5 mi |
| Stoddard Hill | SSE 161° | 241 m | 24.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:42 | 19:14 | 19:50 |
| June solstice | 06:09 | 20:30 | 21:11 |
| September equinox | 07:26 | 19:01 | 19:36 |
| December solstice | 07:57 | 16:33 | 17:16 |
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 | 28 | 32 | 41 | 53 | 63 | 71 | 74 | 73 | 67 | 55 | 43 | 33 |
| Precip in | 3.0 | 2.3 | 3.2 | 3.9 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 3.0 | 2.9 | 3.2 | 3.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Piqua Wwtp, 7 mi away.
- American Rubyspot11 obs
- Ebony Jewelwing10 obs
- Powdered Dancer10 obs
- butterfly milkweed9 obs
- fragrant sumac9 obs
- Blue-fronted Dancer8 obs
- Amur honeysuckle8 obs
- common hoptree7 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 node/357467955
Day trips start here
- Troy · 9 mi
- Tipp City · 13 mi
- Greenville · 15 mi
- New Carlisle · 20 mi
- Dayton · 26 mi
- Beavercreek · 30 mi
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