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Highbanks Metro Park

Highbanks Metro Park from directly overhead

Highbanks Metro Park is a park in Ohio, at a modelled elevation of 271 m. Hulse Hill stands 433 m to the northeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Cole Earthworks, a historic site 0.2 miles away. Scenic Olentangy Heritage Corridor passes 0.6 miles off. 6 named summits stand within 25 miles.

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Coordinates40.14360, -83.02896

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
  • Cole Earthworks: 0.2 mi
  • Memorial Wall: 1.3 mi
  • Le Poilu: 4.0 mi
  • Veterans' Memorial: 4.3 mi
  • Venus Redux: 4.3 mi
Parks
  • Highbluffs Park: 0.9 mi
  • Worthington Hills Park: 1.4 mi
  • Flint Park: 1.5 mi
  • Wynstone Park: 1.6 mi
  • Northern Olentangy Parkland Extension: 1.8 mi
Artworks
  • The North Star: 3.0 mi
  • Imagination Garden: 3.2 mi
  • The Family: 5.4 mi
  • Daily Chores: 5.4 mi
  • Jack Nicklas Statue: 6.5 mi
Gardens: 54
  • Children's Memorial Garden: 1.2 mi
  • Medetation Garden: 1.3 mi
  • Veteran's Garden: 1.3 mi
  • Cremation & Scattering Garden: 1.3 mi
  • Linworth Community Garden: 3.8 mi
Nature reserves: 43
Museums: 36
  • Powell Liberty Historical Society: 2.5 mi
  • Orange Johnson House Museum: 3.5 mi
  • Old Rectory: 3.9 mi
  • Worthington Doll Museum: 3.9 mi
  • Ohio Railway Museum: 4.0 mi
Attractions: 24
Picnic sites: 9
  • River Bluffs: 0.7 mi
  • Big Meadows Picnic Area: 0.9 mi
  • Picnic Area: 7.0 mi
  • Brevoort Park: 7.5 mi
  • Sandefur Wetland Pavilion: 8.5 mi
Ghost towns: 8
Peaks: 6
Waterfalls: 3
  • Indian Run Falls: 5.6 mi
  • Indian Run Falls: 5.6 mi
  • Milliken Falls: 10.5 mi
Beaches: 2
Springs: 2
Rest areas: 1
  • Lee M. Rizor Memorial Highway Rest Area: 7.8 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Hulse HillNE 45°433 m23.9 mi
Rich HillNE 52°414 m20.4 mi
Beavers HillESE 103°383 m18.2 mi
Spangler HillS 176°243 m20.0 mi
Baker HillS 169°241 m16.7 mi
Marlboro HillS 175°190 m17.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3619:0919:44
June solstice06:0420:2521:06
September equinox07:2018:5519:31
December solstice07:5216:2717:10

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303342546472757468564435
Precip in2.92.43.43.94.25.04.63.63.32.92.93.1

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

Wildlife nearby
  • Zabulon Skipper136 obs
  • Blue Dasher116 obs
  • Azure Bluet115 obs
  • dame's rocket114 obs
  • bloodroot114 obs
  • Eastern Forktail108 obs
  • Wild Turkey94 obs
  • mayapple94 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/29882649

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