Hamilton County Fairgrounds
Hamilton County Fairgrounds is a park in Ohio, at a modelled elevation of 160 m. Rumpke Mountain stands 319 m to the northwest, 8.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Caldwell Triangle, a park 0.4 miles away. Ohio River Scenic Byway passes 5.3 miles off. 29 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Hamilton County Park District
How to reach it
- 5.3 mi off the Ohio River Scenic Byway, National
- 7.0 mi off the Riverboat Row Scenic Byway
- 15.1 mi off the Presidential Pathways Ohio Scenic Byway
- 18.9 mi off the Whitewater Canal Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Bird Watching Shelter · 16 mi
- Equestrian Overlook · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Caldwell Triangle: 0.4 mi
- Nature Center at The Summit: 0.4 mi
- Hartwell Recreation Complex: 0.7 mi
- Caldwell Playground: 0.8 mi
- Carthage Recreation Area: 0.8 mi
- Saint Francis Xavier: 1.7 mi
- Luke Kuechly Statue: 1.8 mi
- Ode to North Avondale: 3.2 mi
- A Pig for all Seasons - Winter: 4.0 mi
- Big Boy: 4.1 mi
- Open End: 1.8 mi
- Doughboy: 2.2 mi
- SAR Memorial: 3.5 mi
- Ludlow Station Monument: 4.4 mi
- Harriet Beecher Stowe: 4.8 mi
- Wyoming Fine Arts Center: 1.8 mi
- Gorman Heritage Farm: 3.8 mi
- Elephant Trek: 4.3 mi
- Orangutans: 4.3 mi
- Bonobos: 4.3 mi
- Bond Hill Learning Garden: 1.8 mi
- Langland Wildway: 4.1 mi
- The People's Garden on Boyd St.: 4.4 mi
- Medicinal Herb Garden: 4.7 mi
- Meyer Conifer Garden: 5.4 mi
- Glendale Heritage Preservation Museum: 4.8 mi
- Harriet Beecher Stowe House: 4.8 mi
- Trailside Nature Center: 4.9 mi
- American Sign Museum: 5.4 mi
- Society of Historic Sharonville Museum: 5.7 mi
- Caldwell Preserve: 0.8 mi
- Seymour Nature Preserve: 1.3 mi
- Ritchie Preserve: 2.5 mi
- LaBoiteaux Woods: 3.9 mi
- Parker Woods: 4.0 mi
- Mount Storm: 4.5 mi
- Mount Lookout: 5.1 mi
- Brighton Hill: 6.1 mi
- Goat Hill: 6.1 mi
- Mount Tusculum: 6.7 mi
- Elm Ridge Overlook Shelter: 4.8 mi
- Kingfisher Shelter: 4.9 mi
- Area 11: 5.3 mi
- Area 10, Rail Fence: 5.4 mi
- Area 19, Stone Steps: 5.5 mi
- Butler Interstate 75 Northbound: 16.3 mi
- Butler Interstate 75 Southbound: 16.5 mi
- Boone County (Florence) Welcome Center Southbound: 20.1 mi
- Warren Interstate 71 Northbound Rest Area: 23.7 mi
- Warren Interstate 71 Southbound Rest Area: 23.8 mi
- Lower Buckeye Falls: 6.6 mi
- Buckeye Falls: 6.6 mi
- Butterworth: 13.5 mi
- Simpkinsville: 17.3 mi
- Hidden Valley Lake Beach: 19.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Hamilton County Fairgrounds. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rumpke Mountain | NW 307° | 319 m | 8.4 mi |
| Elkhorn Hill | WNW 296° | 308 m | 24.5 mi |
| New Trenton Hill | WNW 289° | 287 m | 23.5 mi |
| Harrison Hill | W 278° | 284 m | 20.7 mi |
| Harrison Hill | W 280° | 279 m | 20.3 mi |
| Heitsmanns Hill | NNW 331° | 274 m | 16.1 mi |
| Snow Hill | WNW 293° | 274 m | 22.7 mi |
| Whites Hill | W 281° | 273 m | 22.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:42 | 19:15 | 19:50 |
| June solstice | 06:13 | 20:28 | 21:08 |
| September equinox | 07:26 | 19:01 | 19:37 |
| December solstice | 07:55 | 16:37 | 17:19 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 32 | 35 | 44 | 55 | 64 | 72 | 76 | 75 | 68 | 56 | 45 | 36 |
| Precip in | 2.9 | 2.8 | 3.9 | 4.4 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 3.4 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 2.9 | 3.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cincinnati Muni AP Lunken FLD, 7 mi away.
- Amur honeysuckle92 obs
- mayapple78 obs
- Dutchman's breeches65 obs
- lesser celandine58 obs
- Virginia Springbeauty56 obs
- cut-leaved toothwort54 obs
- bloodroot51 obs
- common pawpaw48 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.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/34047997
Day trips start here
- Hamilton County · 4 mi
- Cincinnati/Clifton and Northside · 5 mi
- Cincinnati/Eastern · 5 mi
- Blue Ash · 6 mi
- Cincinnati/Western · 6 mi
- Springdale · 6 mi
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