Park · Ohio
Forest Hill Park
Forest Hill Park is a park in Ohio, at a recorded elevation of 247 m. Derthick Hill stands 409 m to the southeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Dugway Brook Falls, a waterfall 0.3 miles away. Lake Erie Coastal Ohio Trail passes 2.6 miles off. 15 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 247 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- City of Cleveland Heights
How to reach it
Coordinates41.52077, -81.57590
- 2.6 mi off the Lake Erie Coastal Ohio Trail, National
- 5.2 mi off the Ohio & Erie Canalway, National
- 20.8 mi off the North Ridge Scenic Byway
- 22.2 mi off the Heritage Corridors of Bath
Overlooks nearby
- Overlook · 4 mi
- Cleveland Script Sign - Euclid Beach · 5 mi
- Mill Creek Falls Overlook · 6 mi
- Cleveland Script Sign - North Coast Harbor · 6 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Cumberland Park: 0.6 mi
- Spirit Corner: 0.7 mi
- Coventry Peace Park: 0.9 mi
- Pattison Park: 1.1 mi
- Compton Pocket Park: 1.1 mi
Gardens
- Daffodil Hill: 0.8 mi
- Hampstead Community Garden: 1.5 mi
- Farmer Tropiano Community Garden: 1.5 mi
- CWRU Community Garden Summer Sprout: 1.6 mi
- Study Garden: 1.8 mi
Historic sites
- Ray Chapman Memorial: 0.8 mi
- Wade Family Plot: 0.9 mi
- Haserot Angel: 0.9 mi
- Lake View Mausoleum: 1.0 mi
- Elliot Ness Memorial: 1.0 mi
Artworks
- Christopher Columbus: 1.5 mi
- Rocky Colavito: 1.5 mi
- Things Change: 1.6 mi
- The Ugly Statue (Start): 1.6 mi
- The Great Picnic: 1.7 mi
Nature reserves
- Euclid Creek Reservation: 4.0 mi
- Acacia Reservation: 4.4 mi
- Morgana Bluffs Nature Preserve: 5.5 mi
- Pete's Pond Preserve: 8.1 mi
- Forest Ridge Preserve: 9.7 mi
Museums: 53
- The Sculpture Center: 1.3 mi
- Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland: 1.7 mi
- Centennial Dental Museum: 1.8 mi
- Hay-McKinney House: 1.8 mi
- Cleveland History Center: 1.9 mi
Picnic sites: 49
- Kelly Picnic Area: 3.0 mi
- Quarry Picnic Area: 3.1 mi
- Windy Ridge Picnic Area: 6.4 mi
- Trolley Turn Picnic Area: 6.6 mi
- Morgan's Hollow Reserved Picnic Area: 7.4 mi
Attractions: 46
- Cleveland Cultural Gardens: 2.8 mi
- City of Cleveland Greenhouse at Rockefeller Park: 2.9 mi
- League Park: 3.6 mi
- Playhouse Square Chandelier: 5.6 mi
- Torpedo: 6.0 mi
Waterfalls: 17
- Dugway Brook Falls: 0.3 mi
- Mill Creek Falls: 5.8 mi
- Buttermilk Falls: 7.9 mi
- Great Falls of Tinker's Creek: 9.7 mi
- Bridal Veil Falls: 10.3 mi
Peaks: 15
- Orange Hill: 7.6 mi
- Gildersleeve Mountain: 12.3 mi
- Waite Hill: 12.5 mi
- Piersons Knob: 14.4 mi
- Sand Hill: 15.6 mi
Beaches: 14
- Villa Beach: 4.0 mi
- Beulah Park Beach: 4.1 mi
- Euclid Beach: 4.4 mi
- Villa Angela Beach: 4.5 mi
- Edgewater Beach: 8.7 mi
Lighthouses: 5
- Cleveland East Pierhead Light: 7.3 mi
- Cleveland Harbor Main Entrance Light: 7.4 mi
- Fog Signal House: 7.4 mi
- Fairport Harbor Marine Museum and Lighthouse: 22.4 mi
- West Breakwater Light: 22.9 mi
Cliffs: 4
- Whipps Ledges: 21.8 mi
- Princess Ledges: 22.5 mi
- Princess Ledges: 22.6 mi
- Wordens Ledges: 23.0 mi
Rest areas: 4
- Hinkley Rest Area: 22.0 mi
- Hinkley Rest Area: 22.1 mi
- Summit Interstate 77 Southbound: 22.6 mi
- Summit Interstate 77 Northbound: 22.7 mi
Ghost towns: 3
- Brandywine Village: 17.0 mi
- Newbury Center: 17.6 mi
- Cobbs Corners: 21.2 mi
Springs: 1
- White Oak Spring: 20.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Forest Hill Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Derthick Hill | SE 127° | 409 m | 24.1 mi |
| Summit County high point | SSW 193° | 404 m | 19.3 mi |
| McConougheys Hill | ESE 119° | 399 m | 16.3 mi |
| Cuyahoga County high point | SSW 200° | 390 m | 16.3 mi |
| Sand Hill | E 90° | 381 m | 15.6 mi |
| The Knob | ENE 62° | 378 m | 18.2 mi |
| Ballards Hill | ENE 78° | 377 m | 22.9 mi |
| Little Mountain | ENE 64° | 374 m | 17.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:31 | 19:02 | 19:39 |
| June solstice | 05:53 | 20:22 | 21:04 |
| September equinox | 07:14 | 18:49 | 19:25 |
| December solstice | 07:50 | 16:16 | 17:00 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 29 | 31 | 38 | 49 | 61 | 70 | 74 | 73 | 67 | 56 | 45 | 35 |
| Precip in | 1.8 | 1.5 | 2.3 | 3.1 | 3.5 | 2.8 | 3.7 | 3.4 | 2.9 | 3.2 | 2.9 | 2.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cleveland Burke Lakefront AP, 5 mi away.
- Spotted Lanternfly150 obs
- White-tailed Deer73 obs
- Eastern Fox Squirrel70 obs
- American Robin60 obs
- Eastern Red-backed Salamander56 obs
- lesser celandine53 obs
- Canada Goose49 obs
- Common Eastern Bumble Bee45 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.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaOpenStreetMap element way/119707690
Day trips start here
- Cleveland Heights · 1 mi
- Shaker Heights · 3 mi
- University Heights · 3 mi
- Cleveland/East Side · 4 mi
- Beachwood · 5 mi
- Cuyahoga County · 5 mi
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