Jesse Owens State Park
Jesse Owens State Park is a park in Ohio, at a modelled elevation of 269 m. High Hill stands 389 m to the north-northwest, 7.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Equine Activity Area, a park 2.2 miles away. Morgan County Scenic Byway runs past it. 15 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
How to reach it
- On the Morgan County Scenic Byway
- 25.9 mi off the Ohio River Scenic Byway, National
- 17.4 mi off the Historic National Road - Ohio, National
- 26.8 mi off the Covered Bridge Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Scenic overlook · 26 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Equine Activity Area: 2.2 mi
- Blue Rock State Park: 8.5 mi
- Kiwanis-Jaycee Community Park: 9.0 mi
- Muskingum River Parkway State Park: 9.0 mi
- Cumberland City Park: 9.1 mi
- Shenandoah Crash Site #3 Memorial: 7.3 mi
- Shenandoah Crash Site #2 Memorial: 10.8 mi
- Shenandoah Crash Site #1 Memorial: 12.5 mi
- Round Bottom Schoolhouse / Round Bottom Cemetery: 14.6 mi
- Quaker Meeting House: 18.5 mi
- Browns Knob: 4.9 mi
- Cherry Hill: 5.8 mi
- High Hill: 7.1 mi
- Willis Hill: 7.5 mi
- Buttermilk Hill: 8.2 mi
- National Road & Zane Grey Museum: 17.3 mi
- John & Annie Glenn Museum: 17.9 mi
- Ohio Historical Society Pottery Museum: 19.2 mi
- The Stone Academy: 20.0 mi
- The Dr. Increase Mathews House: 20.2 mi
- Boord State Nature Preserve: 23.7 mi
- Broughton Nature Park: 24.3 mi
- Marietta Run Preserve: 24.5 mi
- Rudolph Farms: 24.6 mi
- Dillon State Wildlife Area: 24.6 mi
- Eastside Community Garden: 20.0 mi
- Maple-Harding Community Garden: 22.1 mi
- Memorial Garden: 23.5 mi
- Sunshine Garden: 24.2 mi
- Big Muskie: 2.4 mi
- Miner's Memorial Park: 2.5 mi
- Grindstone - Washington Co. Quarry: 23.7 mi
- Guernsey Interstate 77 SB: 16.0 mi
- Guernsey Interstate 77 NB: 17.8 mi
- ELECTRICS: 13.4 mi
- San Toy: 17.1 mi
- Reservoir Beach: 18.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Jesse Owens State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| High Hill | NNW 345° | 389 m | 7.1 mi |
| Beatty Knob | ENE 65° | 370 m | 18.5 mi |
| Ranker Knob | E 79° | 367 m | 23.3 mi |
| High Hill | ENE 75° | 360 m | 15.6 mi |
| Coffee Knob | E 94° | 358 m | 9.8 mi |
| Browns Knob | E 87° | 351 m | 4.9 mi |
| Green Knobs | W 273° | 333 m | 11.1 mi |
| Willis Hill | SW 222° | 323 m | 7.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:31 | 19:04 | 19:39 |
| June solstice | 06:00 | 20:18 | 20:59 |
| September equinox | 07:15 | 18:50 | 19:26 |
| December solstice | 07:45 | 16:24 | 17:06 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 30 | 32 | 41 | 52 | 61 | 69 | 73 | 72 | 66 | 54 | 43 | 34 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 2.8 | 3.9 | 4.2 | 4.4 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 3.9 | 3.4 | 3.1 | 3.0 | 3.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — MC Connellsville LK 7, 9 mi away.
- Fragile Forktail55 obs
- Double-striped Bluet30 obs
- Eastern Pondhawk26 obs
- Dot-tailed Whiteface25 obs
- Blue Dasher24 obs
- Eastern Forktail24 obs
- Calico Pennant18 obs
- Orange Bluet18 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 siteOpenStreetMap element node/9891605872
Day trips start here
- Zanesville · 20 mi
- Cambridge · 22 mi
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