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Joyce Park

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Joyce Park is a park in Ohio, at a recorded elevation of 169 m. Rumpke Mountain stands 319 m to the south, 5.5 miles off. The nearest named place is The Joe Nuxhall Miracle League Fields at Hatton Park, a park 0.5 miles away. Presidential Pathways Ohio Scenic Byway passes 9.0 miles off. 40 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
169 m

What to expect

Operated by
City of Hamilton

How to reach it

Coordinates39.35502, -84.58427

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • The Joe Nuxhall Miracle League Fields at Hatton Park: 0.5 mi
  • Fairfield Youth Football Fields: 0.6 mi
  • Forest Lake Lane Fields: 0.6 mi
  • Fairfield Optimist Park: 0.7 mi
  • Water Works Park: 1.0 mi
Artworks
  • Swirl: 1.2 mi
  • The Gates: 1.3 mi
  • Shhh: 1.4 mi
  • Extent: 1.4 mi
  • Landing: 1.4 mi
Historic sites
Attractions
Gardens
  • Kase Garden: 12.0 mi
  • Clematis Garden: 12.0 mi
  • Daisy Jones Perennial Garden: 12.0 mi
  • Vasey Garden: 12.0 mi
  • Magnolia Collection: 12.0 mi
Museums: 59
Nature reserves: 47
Peaks: 40
  • Heitsmanns Hill: 4.0 mi
  • Rumpke Mountain: 5.5 mi
  • Liebrook Hill: 10.6 mi
  • Chill Hill: 11.9 mi
  • Mount Storm: 14.1 mi
Picnic sites: 27
  • Kingfisher Shelter: 7.3 mi
  • Elm Ridge Overlook Shelter: 7.4 mi
  • Dry Fork Meadow: 11.5 mi
  • Area 1: 12.2 mi
  • Area 2: 12.4 mi
Rest areas: 3
Waterfalls: 2
  • Lower Buckeye Falls: 11.0 mi
  • Buckeye Falls: 11.1 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Beaches: 1
  • Hidden Valley Lake Beach: 19.1 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Rumpke MountainS 187°319 m5.5 mi
Elkhorn HillW 270°308 m16.2 mi
Boundary HillWNW 284°305 m24.9 mi
English HillW 272°304 m17.9 mi
Gobblers Knob HillW 268°301 m19.1 mi
The MoundsWNW 293°301 m23.4 mi
Cobbs HillW 276°299 m17.0 mi
Wewe HillW 268°299 m22.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4319:1519:51
June solstice06:1320:2921:09
September equinox07:2719:0219:37
December solstice07:5516:3617:19

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303342536472767568554334
Precip in3.43.03.94.94.94.43.93.43.33.33.23.5

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

  • Monarch44 obs
  • Asian Lady Beetle43 obs
  • Amur honeysuckle37 obs
  • Western Honey Bee36 obs
  • Eastern Pondhawk30 obs
  • Eastern Carpenter Bee29 obs
  • Brown-belted Bumble Bee28 obs
  • Bronzed Tiger Beetle25 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/30453535

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