Lamping Homestead Recreation Area
Lamping Homestead Recreation Area is a park in Ohio, at a recorded elevation of 231 m. Owlshead stands 434 m to the southeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Bell Hill, a peak 3.8 miles away. Covered Bridge Scenic Byway passes 1.0 miles off. 158 named places lie within 25 miles, 22 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 231 m
What to expect
How to reach it
- 1.0 mi off the Covered Bridge Scenic Byway
- 9.8 mi off the Ohio River Scenic Byway, National
- 24.6 mi off the Drovers' Trail Scenic Byway
- 28.9 mi off the Morgan County Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Kiedaisch Point · 17 mi
- Scenic overlook · 21 mi
158 named places within 25 miles
- Willow Island disaster memorial: 18.7 mi
- Muskingum River Pakrway - 2004 Lock No. 2 Restoration: 19.5 mi
- Artillery: 19.9 mi
- Tank: 20.0 mi
- Time Capsule: 20.2 mi
- Monroe County Fairgrounds: 10.9 mi
- Leith Run Recreation Area: 13.0 mi
- Paden City Park: 13.4 mi
- Monroe Lake State Wildlife Area: 13.9 mi
- Reynolds Mound: 14.6 mi
- Bell Hill: 3.8 mi
- Dodd Hill: 4.5 mi
- Edwards Hill: 4.9 mi
- English Hill: 5.8 mi
- Mulberry Knob: 5.9 mi
- Pioneer Carving: 20.2 mi
- Frontiersman Carving: 20.2 mi
- Putnam Mascot Carving: 20.2 mi
- Wakefield Hotel Mural: 20.5 mi
- The Glass Press: 20.5 mi
- Piatt Park Gorge & Cave Area: 11.7 mi
- Rothenbuhler Woods Nature Preserve: 15.0 mi
- Kiedaisch Point Park: 17.2 mi
- Rudolph Farms: 18.2 mi
- Broughton Nature Park: 18.4 mi
- Sunshine Garden: 18.8 mi
- Marietta Discovery Garden: 20.2 mi
- Marietta Community Garden: 20.2 mi
- Fort Street Pollinator Habitat: 20.8 mi
- Harvest of Hope: 21.0 mi
- Grindstone - Washington Co. Quarry: 18.8 mi
- Rufus Putnam House: 20.5 mi
- Valley Gem Sternwheeler: 20.6 mi
- C2473: 20.9 mi
- 3301: 20.9 mi
- The Castle Historic House Museum: 20.3 mi
- Campus Martius Museum: 20.5 mi
- Cawley and Peoples Mortuary Museum: 20.5 mi
- Ohio River Museum: 20.6 mi
- Ohio River Islands National Wildlife Refuge Interpretative Exhibit: 20.6 mi
- Upper Piatt Falls: 11.9 mi
- Lower Piatt Falls: 11.9 mi
- Raven Rocks Falls: 18.8 mi
- Washington Interstate 77 NB: 18.1 mi
- West Virginia Welcome Center: 21.4 mi
- Irish Run Natural Bridge: 8.0 mi
- Glenn Rocks: 17.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Lamping Homestead Recreation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Owlshead | SE 137° | 434 m | 18.1 mi |
| Mount Jacobs | E 90° | 421 m | 20.0 mi |
| Buck Knob | ESE 102° | 409 m | 13.3 mi |
| Kanzigg Hill | NE 45° | 398 m | 22.4 mi |
| Boston Hill | E 83° | 379 m | 16.7 mi |
| Mulberry Knob | NE 43° | 370 m | 5.9 mi |
| Beatty Knob | NW 321° | 370 m | 19.3 mi |
| Ranker Knob | NNW 333° | 367 m | 13.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:29 | 19:01 | 19:37 |
| June solstice | 05:58 | 20:16 | 20:57 |
| September equinox | 07:13 | 18:48 | 19:24 |
| December solstice | 07:43 | 16:22 | 17:04 |
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 | 29 | 32 | 40 | 51 | 61 | 68 | 72 | 71 | 64 | 53 | 43 | 34 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Caldwell 3SE, 16 mi away.
- Eastern Pondhawk44 obs
- Widow Skimmer27 obs
- Halloween Pennant26 obs
- Blue Dasher24 obs
- Banded Pennant24 obs
- Spangled Skimmer20 obs
- Fragile Forktail19 obs
- Eastern Amberwing16 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 way/1013377815
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