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Lunken Airport Recreation Area

Lunken Airport Recreation Area from directly overhead

Lunken Airport Recreation Area is a park in Ohio, at a recorded elevation of 145 m. Rumpke Mountain stands 319 m to the northwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Land of Make Believe, a park 0.3 miles away. Ohio River Scenic Byway passes 1.3 miles off. 23 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
145 m
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Cincinnati Recreation Commission
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates39.11237, -84.41236

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Land of Make Believe: 0.3 mi
  • Alms Park: 0.9 mi
  • Mount Lookout Square: 1.5 mi
  • Turkey Ridge Park: 1.7 mi
  • Schmidt Recreation Complex: 2.0 mi
Artworks
Historic sites
Attractions
Gardens: 60
  • Three's Company: 1.4 mi
  • Flower Power: 1.4 mi
  • Shady Practices: 1.4 mi
  • Grandma's Garden: 1.4 mi
  • The Evening Garden: 1.4 mi
Museums: 55
Nature reserves: 44
Picnic sites: 29
  • Lower Picnic Area: 0.8 mi
  • Monarch Meadow: 6.7 mi
  • Badger Bluff: 6.8 mi
  • Area 23: 8.9 mi
  • Area 19, Stone Steps: 9.0 mi
Peaks: 23
Rest areas: 3
Waterfalls: 2
  • Buckeye Falls: 11.6 mi
  • Lower Buckeye Falls: 11.6 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Beaches: 1
  • Hidden Valley Lake Beach: 23.0 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Rumpke MountainNW 319°319 m15.0 mi
Heitsmanns HillNNW 331°274 m23.1 mi
Orchard HillSW 233°268 m8.1 mi
Pleasant HillSSE 166°267 m24.1 mi
Galley HillENE 77°265 m11.8 mi
Jackson RidgeWNW 283°259 m24.9 mi
Brighton HillW 276°257 m5.8 mi
Pye HillSSW 199°256 m10.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4219:1519:50
June solstice06:1320:2821:08
September equinox07:2619:0119:36
December solstice07:5416:3717:19

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323544556472767568564536
Precip in2.92.83.94.44.74.64.43.43.13.12.93.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cincinnati Muni AP Lunken FLD, under a mile away.

Wildlife nearby
  • American Rubyspot237 obs
  • Elusive Clubtail178 obs
  • Blue-fronted Dancer174 obs
  • Fowler's Toad99 obs
  • Familiar Bluet99 obs
  • Common Wall Lizard96 obs
  • Indigo Bunting94 obs
  • Stream Bluet93 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/31336518

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