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Junction City Park

Junction City Park from directly overhead

Junction City Park is a park in Ohio, at a recorded elevation of 250 m. Fairfield County HP stands 380 m to the west, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Clouse Lake Wildlife Area, a park 3.1 miles away. Ohio River Scenic Byway passes 45 miles off. 38 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
250 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates39.72236, -82.30697

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Clouse Lake Wildlife Area: 3.1 mi
  • Madison Park: 4.9 mi
  • Veterans Monument Square: 5.1 mi
  • Artheusa Springs Park: 5.7 mi
  • Howell Park: 6.4 mi
Peaks: 38
  • Buck Run Knob: 14.9 mi
  • Waterworks Hill: 15.3 mi
  • Mount Pleasant: 15.3 mi
  • Main Hill: 15.6 mi
  • Eagle Nest Hill: 15.8 mi
Nature reserves: 36
Historic sites: 22
  • General Phillip Sheridan Monument: 5.9 mi
  • Logan High School bell: 13.5 mi
  • Stewart's Folly: 13.9 mi
  • Washington County grindstone: 15.3 mi
  • Washington County grindstone: 15.4 mi
Museums: 21
Attractions: 14
  • B&O Caboose: 9.7 mi
  • Tinker's Cave: 13.0 mi
  • Adventure Golf: 14.2 mi
  • Walker Farm: 14.4 mi
  • Secret Dreams Festival in Legend Valley: 14.9 mi
Waterfalls: 10
  • Rock House Falls: 22.6 mi
  • Rim Trail Falls (off-trail): 23.1 mi
  • Lower Falls: 23.2 mi
  • Upper Falls: 23.3 mi
  • Devil's Bathtub: 23.4 mi
Gardens: 8
  • Orchard Hill Arboretum: 15.1 mi
  • Magnolias: 18.2 mi
  • Flowering Shrubs: 18.4 mi
  • Azalea Glen: 18.6 mi
  • Zen Garden: 18.7 mi
Artworks: 7
Cliffs: 6
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • Buchtel Spring: 19.1 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Picnic table: 23.4 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Fairfield County HPW 261°380 m19.9 mi
Coffman KnobN 350°375 m21.1 mi
Bald KnobN 351°366 m21.9 mi
Jacobs LadderWSW 255°361 m18.4 mi
Bucks KnobN 352°361 m22.2 mi
Buzzard Glory KnobN 7°356 m16.0 mi
Emmanuel KnobWSW 246°354 m21.6 mi
Christmas RocksWSW 256°346 m17.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3419:0619:41
June solstice06:0220:2121:01
September equinox07:1818:5319:28
December solstice07:4716:2617:09

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F273039506068727164534133
Precip in3.42.73.84.44.34.94.53.33.23.33.23.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NEW Lexington 2 NW, 5 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • White-tailed Deer6 obs
  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail6 obs
  • Banded Garden Spider6 obs
  • Central Ratsnake5 obs
  • Spicebush Swallowtail4 obs
  • downy rattlesnake plantain4 obs
  • Ebony Jewelwing4 obs
  • Western Honey Bee3 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/456260011

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