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Lake Park

Lake Park from directly overhead

Lake Park is a park in Ohio, at a recorded elevation of 228 m. Elephant Knob stands 376 m to the east, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Canal Boat Landing Monticello III, a museum 0.2 miles away. Amish Country Byway passes 15 miles off. 19 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
228 m

How to reach it

Coordinates40.28974, -81.87386

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • React Memorial Park: 0.5 mi
  • Waterworks Park: 0.8 mi
  • Roscoe Rec Ball Park: 0.8 mi
  • Himebaugh Park: 1.6 mi
  • Bancroft Park: 1.6 mi
Peaks: 19
Museums: 15
Historic sites: 10
Attractions: 7
  • World's Largest Basket: 13.6 mi
  • World's Largest Apple Basket: 15.3 mi
  • Umbrella Rock: 15.7 mi
  • Holmes County Public Library: 17.7 mi
  • Ohio Amish Country: 19.0 mi
Gardens: 3
Picnic sites: 1
  • Area 7 Beach: 13.5 mi
Beaches: 1
  • Reservoir Beach: 20.5 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Elephant KnobE 85°376 m19.3 mi
Knob HillNE 49°376 m22.2 mi
Fox Den KnobWSW 249°366 m20.8 mi
Sand Run HillN 355°360 m15.7 mi
Backus KnobE 92°360 m19.7 mi
1170ESE 119°357 m5.0 mi
Colliers HillESE 102°349 m24.1 mi
Hardscrabble HillESE 116°346 m2.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3219:0419:40
June solstice05:5920:2021:01
September equinox07:1618:5119:26
December solstice07:4816:2217:05

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283140516169737165534233
Precip in3.22.53.74.14.34.74.24.23.23.13.13.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Coshocton WPC PLT, 3 mi away.

  • Blue Dasher47 obs
  • Eastern Amberwing35 obs
  • Eastern Pondhawk28 obs
  • Fragile Forktail21 obs
  • Slaty Skimmer19 obs
  • Widow Skimmer16 obs
  • American Rubyspot13 obs
  • Pond Slider11 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/633116275

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