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Garbry Big Woods Reserve

Garbry Big Woods Reserve from directly overhead

Garbry Big Woods Reserve is a park in Ohio, at a recorded elevation of 304 m. Jewel Hill stands 373 m to the east-northeast, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Garbry Big Woods Sanctuary, a park 0.7 miles away. Miami & Erie Canal Scenic Byway passes 5.7 miles off. 3 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
304 m

How to reach it

Coordinates40.12823, -84.13665

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Garbry Big Woods Sanctuary: 0.7 mi
  • Duke Foundation Disc Golf: 4.4 mi
  • Hollow Park: 4.9 mi
  • Goodrich Giles Park: 5.2 mi
  • Shawnee Park: 5.3 mi
Historic sites
Museums: 44
  • Museum of Troy History: 7.0 mi
  • Johnston Farm Museum: 7.1 mi
  • Waco Air Museum: 8.6 mi
  • Miami Valley Veterans Museum: 9.0 mi
  • Shelby County Historical Society: 11.0 mi
Nature reserves: 23
Attractions: 9
  • VanDemark Farm: 8.7 mi
  • The Lost Land Corn Maze: 8.7 mi
  • Dayton Air Show Entrance Arch: 15.8 mi
  • Scene 75 Entertainment Center: 20.3 mi
  • Historic Bear's Mill: 21.5 mi
Gardens: 8
Peaks: 3
  • Heck Hill: 11.3 mi
  • Jewel Hill: 23.2 mi
  • Reeds Hill: 23.4 mi
Artworks: 3
Rest areas: 2
  • Miami Interstate 75 NB: 4.1 mi
  • Miami Interstate 75 SB: 4.3 mi
Waterfalls: 2
  • Greenville Falls: 12.7 mi
  • Ludlow Falls: 13.9 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Cliffs: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Jewel HillENE 58°373 m23.2 mi
Heck HillE 84°365 m11.3 mi
Reeds HillSSE 160°296 m23.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4119:1319:49
June solstice06:0820:2921:10
September equinox07:2519:0019:35
December solstice07:5616:3217:15

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283241536371747367554333
Precip in3.02.33.23.94.44.24.23.63.02.93.23.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Piqua Wwtp, 5 mi away.

  • Eastern Forktail36 obs
  • Double-striped Bluet29 obs
  • Orange Bluet26 obs
  • Widow Skimmer24 obs
  • Eastern Pondhawk23 obs
  • Eastern Amberwing20 obs
  • Skimming Bluet20 obs
  • Fragile Forktail20 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357532992

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