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Glen Echo Park

Glen Echo Park from directly overhead

Glen Echo Park is a park in Ohio, at a modelled elevation of 251 m. Beavers Hill stands 383 m to the east-northeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Teepee, a artwork 0.1 miles away. Historic National Road - Ohio passes 3.9 miles off. 4 named summits stand within 25 miles.

How to reach it

Coordinates40.01940, -82.99891

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
  • Teepee: 0.1 mi
  • Glen Echo Bird Tunnel: 0.2 mi
  • Old North: 0.7 mi
  • Northern Cardinal Statue: 1.2 mi
  • Totem: 1.2 mi
Parks
Historic sites
Nature reserves: 55
Gardens: 54
  • Midgarden: 0.5 mi
  • Bosque Garden: 1.4 mi
  • Knowlton Rooftop Garden: 1.4 mi
  • North Garden: 1.4 mi
  • South Garden: 1.4 mi
Museums: 39
Attractions: 25
  • Ohio Village: 1.0 mi
  • Ohio History Connection: 1.2 mi
  • Geologic Walkway Park: 1.8 mi
  • Armintrout Fire Tower: 1.8 mi
  • Dragon with Toothbrush: 3.9 mi
Picnic sites: 9
  • Sandefur Wetland Pavilion: 1.1 mi
  • Brevoort Park: 1.2 mi
  • Picnic Area: 2.2 mi
  • River Bluffs: 8.2 mi
  • Ze Goat Picnic: 8.5 mi
Ghost towns: 5
Peaks: 4
Waterfalls: 3
  • Milliken Falls: 5.0 mi
  • Indian Run Falls: 8.5 mi
  • Indian Run Falls: 8.5 mi
Springs: 3
Beaches: 2
Rest areas: 1
  • Lee M. Rizor Memorial Highway Rest Area: 14.8 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Beavers HillENE 75°383 m16.7 mi
Spangler HillS 180°243 m11.4 mi
Baker HillSSE 169°241 m8.0 mi
Marlboro HillS 180°190 m8.6 mi

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 °F293141536372757366554334
Precip in3.12.63.94.04.84.74.33.83.83.23.03.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Columbus Wcmh, 2 mi away.

  • Eastern Gray Squirrel219 obs
  • American Robin199 obs
  • Canada Goose194 obs
  • White-tailed Deer189 obs
  • Mallard178 obs
  • Western Honey Bee174 obs
  • Eastern Cottontail159 obs
  • Amur honeysuckle158 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 way/393664346

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