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Howard Park

Howard Park from directly overhead

Howard Park is a park in Ohio, at a modelled elevation of 212 m. Schultz Hill stands 337 m to the northwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Soldiers and Sailors Monument, a historic site 0.1 miles away. Morgan County Scenic Byway passes 13 miles off. 31 named summits stand within 25 miles.

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What to expect

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Getting there

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Coordinates39.32773, -82.09963

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Nature reserves: 37
Peaks: 31
Historic sites: 18
Attractions: 8
Museums: 7
Ghost towns: 7
Waterfalls: 7
  • Cedar Falls: 23.6 mi
  • Whispering Falls: 24.1 mi
  • Ash Cave: 24.3 mi
  • Upper Falls: 24.6 mi
  • Devil's Bathtub: 24.7 mi
Artworks: 6
Cliffs: 5
  • Rockhouse Rock Cliff: 1.9 mi
  • Stony Point: 20.7 mi
  • Rock Bluff: 22.7 mi
  • Hocking Cliffs: 24.7 mi
  • Sphinx Head: 24.8 mi
Gardens: 4
  • Wolfe Garden: 0.1 mi
  • Ohio University Student Garden: 1.1 mi
  • Ohio University Student Garden: 1.1 mi
  • Garden: 3.7 mi
Natural arches: 2
  • Blair Arch: 2.7 mi
  • Tunnel Rock: 3.0 mi
Rest areas: 1
Springs: 1
  • Buchtel Spring: 10.3 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Schultz HillNW 306°337 m20.9 mi
Irish RidgeW 277°326 m12.7 mi
Long RidgeW 281°325 m12.7 mi
Starrett RidgeWNW 284°323 m12.2 mi
Furnace RidgeW 275°320 m13.2 mi
The PinnacleWSW 253°319 m16.9 mi
Peck HillW 260°316 m12.9 mi
Crumley KnobENE 56°312 m2.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3319:0519:41
June solstice06:0320:1920:59
September equinox07:1718:5219:27
December solstice07:4516:2717:09

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303341526169737165544335
Precip in2.92.93.63.84.24.54.33.23.22.92.93.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Athens OU, under a mile away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Amur honeysuckle387 obs
  • Christmas fern364 obs
  • American beech299 obs
  • multiflora rose294 obs
  • common pawpaw284 obs
  • American holly242 obs
  • American jumpseed236 obs
  • American sycamore235 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/1215050820

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