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Indian Mound Reserve

Indian Mound Reserve from directly overhead

Indian Mound Reserve is a park in Ohio, at a modelled elevation of 301 m. The Knobs stands 380 m to the north-northeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Patterson Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Lower Valley Pike Scenic Byway passes 12 miles off. 18 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
Greene County Park District

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates39.74011, -83.82112

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Patterson Park: 0.3 mi
  • Williamson Mound State Memorial: 0.5 mi
  • Peterson Park: 0.9 mi
  • Cedarville Park (downtown): 0.9 mi
  • Covered Bridge: 4.2 mi
Museums: 46
Artworks: 24
  • Springs: 6.1 mi
  • Port William, Ohio: 13.2 mi
  • Photo Target: 15.9 mi
  • Kennedy’s Eternal Flame: 18.9 mi
  • Three O'Clock Prayer: 18.9 mi
Gardens: 23
Attractions: 20
Peaks: 18
  • Reeds Hill: 10.2 mi
  • Stokes Hill: 11.3 mi
  • Dumpling Hill: 11.8 mi
  • The Knobs: 18.0 mi
  • Brighton Hill: 18.8 mi
Waterfalls: 6
  • Cedar Cliff Falls: 0.3 mi
  • Amphitheater Falls: 4.0 mi
  • The Cascades: 5.4 mi
  • The Grotto: 5.6 mi
  • Crawdad Falls: 20.2 mi
Ghost towns: 6
Springs: 3
  • Ricciardi Spring: 4.5 mi
  • Traveler's Spring: 5.1 mi
  • Yellow spring: 5.6 mi
Rest areas: 3
  • Dupre Roadside Park: 15.3 mi
  • South Vienna Rest Area: 20.6 mi
  • South Vienna Rest Area: 20.7 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Oak Camp: 16.1 mi
  • Twin Oak Shelter: 19.6 mi
Beaches: 1
  • Caesar Creek State Park Beach: 18.8 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
The KnobsNNE 27°380 m18.0 mi
Brighton HillNE 52°367 m18.8 mi
Boundary HillNE 50°367 m19.3 mi
Roseau HillNE 48°361 m20.4 mi
Pitts HillNE 52°359 m19.6 mi
Pike HillNE 48°358 m20.1 mi
Post HillNE 47°358 m20.7 mi
Somerford HillNE 49°356 m20.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4019:1219:47
June solstice06:0820:2721:07
September equinox07:2418:5919:34
December solstice07:5416:3217:15

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303443546471747367564535
Precip in3.42.73.74.64.84.74.03.32.73.13.13.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Xenia 6 SSE, 10 mi away.

  • Canada Goose32 obs
  • snow trillium32 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel29 obs
  • Eastern Skunk Cabbage27 obs
  • House Sparrow26 obs
  • sharp-lobed hepatica25 obs
  • Dryad's Saddle25 obs
  • dame's rocket24 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/1492032713

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