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Fordson Heights Playground

Fordson Heights Playground from directly overhead

Fordson Heights Playground is a park in Ohio, at a recorded elevation of 192 m. Rumpke Mountain stands 319 m to the south-southwest, 9.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Howard Wilson Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Presidential Pathways Ohio Scenic Byway passes 12 miles off. 34 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
192 m
Getting there

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Coordinates39.40933, -84.53645

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Howard Wilson Park: 0.3 mi
  • Butler County Fairgrounds: 0.6 mi
  • L. J. Smith Park: 0.7 mi
  • Combs Park: 1.0 mi
  • Combs Park: 1.1 mi
Historic sites
Artworks
  • Extent: 3.3 mi
  • Shhh: 3.3 mi
  • Landing: 3.4 mi
  • The Gates: 3.4 mi
  • Swirl: 3.4 mi
Attractions
Museums: 59
Gardens: 55
  • BEEPS Edible Demonstration Garden: 12.6 mi
  • Wildflower Seed Library: 12.7 mi
  • The Children’s Garden at OCAC: 13.2 mi
  • Bell: 15.1 mi
  • Tower Gardens: 15.1 mi
Nature reserves: 45
Peaks: 34
Picnic sites: 27
  • Kingfisher Shelter: 10.4 mi
  • Elm Ridge Overlook Shelter: 10.6 mi
  • Firehawk: 14.9 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 15.0 mi
  • Vortex: 15.0 mi
Rest areas: 4
Ghost towns: 3
Waterfalls: 2
  • Lower Buckeye Falls: 11.4 mi
  • Buckeye Falls: 11.5 mi
Beaches: 1
  • Hidden Valley Lake Beach: 23.6 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Rumpke MountainSSW 199°319 m9.8 mi
Elkhorn HillWSW 259°308 m19.1 mi
English HillW 261°304 m20.7 mi
Gobblers Knob HillWSW 259°301 m22.0 mi
The MoundsWNW 283°301 m24.6 mi
Cobbs HillW 264°299 m19.6 mi
Battle PointW 279°298 m24.8 mi
South Gate HillWSW 258°297 m23.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4319:1519:50
June solstice06:1220:2921:09
September equinox07:2619:0219:37
December solstice07:5516:3617:19

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313443546472767467554335
Precip in2.92.43.54.64.64.13.72.93.03.23.23.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hamilton Butler CO Rgnl AP, 3 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Ailanthus Webworm Moth24 obs
  • Monarch22 obs
  • Margined Calligrapher18 obs
  • Western Honey Bee17 obs
  • Asian Lady Beetle17 obs
  • Amur honeysuckle17 obs
  • Bold Jumping Spider16 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel15 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/154431080

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