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Franklin Park

Franklin Park from directly overhead

Franklin Park is a park in Ohio, at a recorded elevation of 233 m. Beavers Hill stands 383 m to the east-northeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Palm House, a attraction less than a tenth of a mile away. Historic National Road - Ohio passes 0.6 miles off. 13 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
233 m
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Coordinates39.96564, -82.95454

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
Parks
Historic sites
  • CCAD's ART Sign: 1.9 mi
  • Evergreen Cemetery - Evergreen Monuments: 2.1 mi
  • The Underground Railroad: 2.3 mi
  • Ohio Holocaust And Liberators Memorial: 2.4 mi
  • The State House: 2.4 mi
Nature reserves
Gardens: 54
Museums: 42
Attractions: 25
  • Palm House: 0.0 mi
  • Dorothy M. Davis Showhouse: 0.1 mi
  • Pacific Island Water Garden: 0.1 mi
  • Desert: 0.1 mi
  • Tropical Rainforest: 0.1 mi
Peaks: 13
Picnic sites: 9
  • Sandefur Wetland Pavilion: 5.1 mi
  • Brevoort Park: 5.5 mi
  • Picnic Area: 6.6 mi
  • Ze Goat Picnic: 8.7 mi
  • River Bluffs: 12.4 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Waterfalls: 3
  • Milliken Falls: 7.5 mi
  • Indian Run Falls: 12.8 mi
  • Indian Run Falls: 12.8 mi
Springs: 3
Beaches: 2
Rest areas: 1
  • Lee M. Rizor Memorial Highway Rest Area: 18.1 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Beavers HillENE 60°383 m15.9 mi
Fairfield County HPSE 144°380 m24.9 mi
Allen KnobSE 140°344 m24.7 mi
Becks KnobSE 139°339 m24.2 mi
Flowerpot HillENE 74°334 m23.6 mi
Sand HillSSE 150°332 m23.0 mi
Claypool KnobSE 137°330 m24.0 mi
Parnassus HillENE 73°325 m24.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3619:0819:44
June solstice06:0420:2421:05
September equinox07:2018:5519:31
December solstice07:5116:2717:11

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303342536372757467554435
Precip in3.02.43.63.94.04.34.73.73.12.92.83.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — John Glenn Intl AP, 5 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Spotted Lanternfly105 obs
  • Western Honey Bee100 obs
  • Eastern Carpenter Bee91 obs
  • Brown-belted Bumble Bee80 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee68 obs
  • Canada Goose58 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel52 obs
  • Mallard51 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.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/30173167

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