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First Congregational Church

First Congregational Church from directly overhead

First Congregational Church is a park in Ohio, at a recorded elevation of 385 m. Noblet Benchmark stands 462 m to the north-northwest, 3.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Richland County Museum, a museum less than a tenth of a mile away. Ohio Lincoln Highway Historic Byway passes 5.9 miles off. 12 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
385 m

How to reach it

Coordinates40.67761, -82.58545

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Lakewood Tennis Club: 0.6 mi
  • Lexington Park: 0.7 mi
  • Bicentennial Park: 1.1 mi
  • Deer Park: 3.4 mi
  • Fox Glen Park: 3.7 mi
Historic sites: 25
Attractions: 15
  • Richland Carrousel Park: 6.8 mi
  • Alpaca Meadows: 7.7 mi
  • Alpaca Meadows: 7.7 mi
  • Gatton Rocks: 7.8 mi
  • Ohio State Reformatory: 8.5 mi
Museums: 13
Peaks: 12
  • Noblet Benchmark: 3.8 mi
  • Schweitzer Hill: 6.0 mi
  • Ralston Knob: 7.5 mi
  • Mt. Jeez Overlook: 10.7 mi
  • Gorman Airport: 11.5 mi
Artworks: 12
Ghost towns: 3
Waterfalls: 3
  • Hemlock Falls: 11.8 mi
  • Little Lyons Falls: 14.0 mi
  • Big Lyons Falls: 14.1 mi
Beaches: 3
  • Davis Beach: 20.7 mi
  • King Beach: 20.8 mi
  • Sutton Beach: 22.0 mi
Gardens: 2

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Noblet BenchmarkNNW 334°462 m3.8 mi
Hulse HillSSW 198°433 m21.0 mi
Ralston KnobNNW 339°430 m7.5 mi
Schweitzer HillSE 138°400 m6.0 mi
Gorman AirportENE 62°378 m11.5 mi
Bald KnobE 95°373 m18.2 mi
Sprotts HillNE 36°356 m20.1 mi
Rowley MoundS 171°348 m14.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3519:0619:43
June solstice06:0020:2421:06
September equinox07:1918:5319:29
December solstice07:5216:2317:07

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F262938506169727164534131
Precip in3.22.43.43.94.74.34.03.53.43.53.23.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Mansfield 5 W, 6 mi away.

  • Osprey21 obs
  • House Sparrow18 obs
  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail9 obs
  • Ring-billed Gull8 obs
  • Great Blue Heron8 obs
  • White-tailed Deer8 obs
  • chicory8 obs
  • common soapwort8 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.

National Register of Historic Places, reference 79001929OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/510285314

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