Leith Run Recreation Area
Leith Run Recreation Area is a park in Ohio, at a recorded elevation of 186 m. Owlshead stands 434 m to the east, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Reynolds Mound, a park 2.6 miles away. Ohio River Scenic Byway runs past it. 173 named places lie within 25 miles, 22 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 186 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- Wayne National Forest
How to reach it
- On the Ohio River Scenic Byway, National
- 6.5 mi off the Covered Bridge Scenic Byway
- 22.7 mi off the Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike, National
- 25.9 mi off the Little Kanawha Parkway
Overlooks nearby
- Scenic overlook · 17 mi
- Kiedaisch Point · 23 mi
173 named places within 25 miles
- Willow Island disaster memorial: 8.8 mi
- Tank: 16.0 mi
- Artillery: 16.0 mi
- Time Capsule: 16.1 mi
- George White House: 16.2 mi
- Reynolds Mound: 2.6 mi
- Playground: 4.3 mi
- Lamping Homestead Recreation Area: 13.0 mi
- Marietta Township Park: 13.8 mi
- Gunlock Park: 14.6 mi
- Ferguson Hill: 3.8 mi
- Kinderhook Hill: 4.4 mi
- Haystack Hill: 5.1 mi
- Fox Point: 6.4 mi
- English Hill: 7.8 mi
- Putnam Mascot Carving: 16.0 mi
- Wakefield Hotel Mural: 16.3 mi
- The Glass Press: 16.3 mi
- Pearl of Appalachia Mural: 16.3 mi
- The Glass Press, Inc. Established 1994: 16.3 mi
- Old Stone House Museum: 14.6 mi
- Ohio River Islands National Wildlife Refuge Interpretative Exhibit: 14.9 mi
- The Castle Historic House Museum: 16.3 mi
- Cawley and Peoples Mortuary Museum: 16.5 mi
- Childrens Toy & Doll Museum;Childrens Toy and Doll Museum: 16.6 mi
- Kroger Wetlands: 14.8 mi
- Rudolph Farms: 15.7 mi
- Broughton Nature Park: 16.0 mi
- McDonough Wildlife Refuge: 21.3 mi
- Kiedaisch Point Park: 22.3 mi
- Marietta Community Garden: 15.7 mi
- Marietta Discovery Garden: 15.8 mi
- Armstrong Gardens: 16.2 mi
- Sunshine Garden: 16.4 mi
- Fort Street Pollinator Habitat: 16.5 mi
- C2473: 16.6 mi
- Rufus Putnam House: 16.6 mi
- 3301: 16.6 mi
- Valley Gem Sternwheeler: 16.7 mi
- Grindstone - Washington Co. Quarry: 16.8 mi
- Washington Interstate 77 NB: 15.3 mi
- West Virginia Welcome Center: 16.0 mi
- Upper Piatt Falls: 22.7 mi
- Lower Piatt Falls: 22.8 mi
- Irish Run Natural Bridge: 5.1 mi
- Glenn Rocks: 20.0 mi
- Quincy Park: 24.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Leith Run Recreation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Owlshead | E 92° | 434 m | 10.4 mi |
| Mount Jacobs | NE 55° | 421 m | 22.0 mi |
| King Knob | SSE 154° | 412 m | 21.1 mi |
| Buck Knob | NE 47° | 409 m | 14.9 mi |
| Buzzard Rocks | SSW 207° | 388 m | 14.2 mi |
| King Knob | SSE 167° | 386 m | 22.5 mi |
| Boston Hill | NE 45° | 379 m | 20.8 mi |
| Mulberry Knob | N 7° | 370 m | 17.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:29 | 19:01 | 19:37 |
| June solstice | 05:59 | 20:15 | 20:56 |
| September equinox | 07:13 | 18:48 | 19:23 |
| December solstice | 07:42 | 16:22 | 17:05 |
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 | 31 | 33 | 41 | 53 | 62 | 70 | 74 | 73 | 67 | 55 | 43 | 35 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 3.2 | 4.0 | 3.7 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.9 | 4.2 | 3.3 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 3.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Newport, 5 mi away.
- Psychedelic Ovoid Mushroom6 obs
- Christmas fern5 obs
- fire pink5 obs
- American cancer-root4 obs
- American jumpseed4 obs
- Celandine Poppy4 obs
- common pawpaw3 obs
- silver maple3 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/849111340
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