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Harrison Smith Park

Harrison Smith Park from directly overhead

Harrison Smith Park is a park in Ohio, at a recorded elevation of 253 m. Rich Hill stands 414 m to the north-northeast, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is North East Park, a park 0.5 miles away. Jefferson Township Scenic Byway passes 3.0 miles off. 9 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
253 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates40.02618, -82.92187

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • North East Park: 0.5 mi
  • City Gate Park: 0.9 mi
  • Innis Park: 1.1 mi
  • Mifflin Park: 1.3 mi
  • Mock Park: 1.4 mi
Historic sites
Artworks
  • Northern Cardinal Statue: 4.0 mi
  • Teepee: 4.0 mi
  • Smokey Bear Statue: 4.1 mi
  • Dunkleosteus: 4.1 mi
  • Expo Sculpture: 4.2 mi
Gardens: 54
Nature reserves: 54
  • Walden Waterfowl Refuge: 4.4 mi
  • Parkview Parkland: 4.4 mi
  • Woodward Nature Preserve: 4.7 mi
  • Glen High Parkland: 4.7 mi
  • Wilma H. Shiermeier Olentangy River Wetland Research Park: 5.1 mi
Museums: 42
Attractions: 25
  • GLOW PUTT LLC: 1.6 mi
  • Ohio Village: 3.7 mi
  • Ohio History Connection: 3.7 mi
  • 13th Floor Haunted House: 4.1 mi
  • Armintrout Fire Tower: 4.1 mi
Picnic sites: 9
  • Brevoort Park: 4.3 mi
  • Ze Goat Picnic: 4.6 mi
  • Sandefur Wetland Pavilion: 5.2 mi
  • Picnic Area: 5.8 mi
  • Equestrian Day Use: 9.5 mi
Peaks: 9
Ghost towns: 6
Waterfalls: 3
  • Milliken Falls: 9.1 mi
  • Indian Run Falls: 11.7 mi
  • Indian Run Falls: 11.7 mi
Springs: 3
Beaches: 2
Rest areas: 1
  • Lee M. Rizor Memorial Highway Rest Area: 13.9 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Rich HillNNE 27°414 m23.1 mi
Beavers HillENE 72°383 m12.6 mi
Flowerpot HillE 84°334 m21.1 mi
Parnassus HillE 83°325 m21.8 mi
Sugarloaf HillE 82°321 m21.1 mi
Observatory HillESE 105°274 m24.4 mi
Spangler HillSSW 199°243 m12.6 mi
Baker HillSSW 197°241 m8.6 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 solstice07:5116:2717:10

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, 3 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Monarch40 obs
  • common milkweed23 obs
  • creeping thistle18 obs
  • Virginia Springbeauty17 obs
  • Brown-belted Bumble Bee16 obs
  • Northern Cardinal15 obs
  • American Robin15 obs
  • White-tailed Deer15 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/465326189

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