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Hoffman Playground

Hoffman Playground from directly overhead

Hoffman Playground is a park in Ohio, at a recorded elevation of 238 m. Rumpke Mountain stands 319 m to the north-northwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Evanston Recreation Center, a park 0.2 miles away. Ohio River Scenic Byway passes 0.7 miles off. 31 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
238 m
Getting there

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Coordinates39.13386, -84.47660

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Evanston Recreation Center: 0.2 mi
  • Moorman Playground: 0.4 mi
  • Owl's Nest Park: 0.7 mi
  • Woodward Park: 0.8 mi
  • Avondale Recreation Area: 0.8 mi
Historic sites
Artworks
Gardens: 60
Attractions
  • Wilson-Gibson House: 1.3 mi
  • Mirror Lake: 1.7 mi
  • Cheetah Encounter: 1.7 mi
  • African Lion: 1.7 mi
  • Giraffe Ridge: 1.7 mi
Museums: 54
Nature reserves: 45
Peaks: 31
Picnic sites: 29
  • Lower Picnic Area: 3.1 mi
  • Area 23: 5.2 mi
  • Area 19, Stone Steps: 5.2 mi
  • Area 22, Furnas Hill: 5.3 mi
  • Area 11: 5.3 mi
Rest areas: 3
Waterfalls: 2
  • Lower Buckeye Falls: 10.8 mi
  • Buckeye Falls: 10.9 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Beaches: 1
  • Hidden Valley Lake Beach: 19.5 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Rumpke MountainNNW 327°319 m11.8 mi
Harrison HillWNW 291°284 m21.7 mi
Harrison HillWNW 293°279 m21.5 mi
Heitsmanns HillNNW 338°274 m20.3 mi
Snow HillWNW 303°274 m24.8 mi
Whites HillWNW 292°273 m23.7 mi
Orchard HillSSW 205°268 m7.1 mi
Galley HillE 86°265 m14.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4219:1519:50
June solstice06:1320:2821:08
September equinox07:2619:0119:37
December solstice07:5416:3717:19

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323544556472767568564536
Precip in2.92.83.94.44.74.64.43.43.13.12.93.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cincinnati Muni AP Lunken FLD, 4 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Brown-belted Bumble Bee1,131 obs
  • Eastern Carpenter Bee683 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee663 obs
  • Western Honey Bee524 obs
  • Common Wall Lizard242 obs
  • Silver-spotted Skipper180 obs
  • Two-spotted Bumble Bee179 obs
  • Small White147 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/69701729

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