Marion Franklin Park
Marion Franklin Park is a park in Ohio, at a recorded elevation of 233 m. Beavers Hill stands 383 m to the northeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Baker Hill, a peak 0.1 miles away. Historic National Road - Ohio passes 3.4 miles off. 18 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 233 m
How to reach it
- 3.4 mi off the Historic National Road - Ohio, National
- 9.6 mi off the Jefferson Township Scenic Byway
- 14.6 mi off the Scenic Olentangy Heritage Corridor
- 76.7 mi off the Ohio River Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Stag · 4 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Sills Park: 0.3 mi
- Stockbridge Park: 0.9 mi
- Smith Road School Park: 1.3 mi
- Barack Park: 1.4 mi
- Lincoln Park: 1.6 mi
- The Ten Commandments and Beatitudes: 2.1 mi
- Statue of Friedrich Schiller: 2.7 mi
- The Umbrella Girl Fountain: 2.8 mi
- Bicentenial Historical Marker: 3.7 mi
- Ohio Holocaust And Liberators Memorial: 4.0 mi
- Umbrella Girl Statue: 2.8 mi
- Columbus Art Memorial Company: 3.4 mi
- Alfred Tibor Sculpture: 3.7 mi
- Miranova Place: 3.8 mi
- Southeast Cannon: 4.0 mi
- Three Creeks Metro Park: 2.9 mi
- Audubon Society: 3.8 mi
- Big Walnut-Edgewater Parkland: 4.2 mi
- Willow Creek Preserve: 4.2 mi
- Deems Parkland: 4.8 mi
- George F. Schmidt Blumengarten: 2.9 mi
- Zen Terrace: 4.1 mi
- Bonsai Courtyard: 4.1 mi
- Garden Railway: 4.1 mi
- North Courtyard: 4.1 mi
- Heritage Museum of Kappa Kappa Gamma: 3.8 mi
- Kelton House Museum: 3.8 mi
- Columbus Museum of Art: 4.0 mi
- COSI: 4.1 mi
- National Veterans Memorial and Museum: 4.3 mi
- Pacific Island Water Garden: 4.1 mi
- Palm House: 4.1 mi
- Dorothy M. Davis Showhouse: 4.1 mi
- Desert: 4.1 mi
- Himalayan Mountains: 4.1 mi
- Baker Hill: 0.1 mi
- Marlboro Hill: 1.8 mi
- Spangler Hill: 4.1 mi
- Beavers Hill: 18.8 mi
- Sand Hill: 20.1 mi
- Sandefur Wetland Pavilion: 8.2 mi
- Brevoort Park: 9.1 mi
- Picnic Area: 9.8 mi
- Ze Goat Picnic: 12.3 mi
- White Oak Grove Group Picnic Area: 12.9 mi
- Hibernia: 7.0 mi
- Wonderland: 8.3 mi
- Carpenter's Mill: 22.8 mi
- Milliken Falls: 9.0 mi
- Indian Run Falls: 15.6 mi
- Indian Run Falls: 15.6 mi
- Hocking River ?: 13.5 mi
- Dublin Spring: 15.2 mi
- Prairie Oaks Dog Beach: 16.6 mi
- Alum Creek Beach: 19.5 mi
- Lee M. Rizor Memorial Highway Rest Area: 22.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Marion Franklin Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beavers Hill | NE 50° | 383 m | 18.8 mi |
| Fairfield County HP | SE 136° | 380 m | 22.3 mi |
| Jacobs Ladder | SE 135° | 361 m | 24.8 mi |
| Christmas Rocks | SE 133° | 346 m | 24.9 mi |
| Allen Knob | SE 132° | 344 m | 22.3 mi |
| Becks Knob | SE 131° | 339 m | 21.9 mi |
| Waterworks Hill | ESE 122° | 335 m | 23.4 mi |
| Christmas Rocks | SE 136° | 335 m | 24.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:36 | 19:08 | 19:44 |
| June solstice | 06:04 | 20:24 | 21:05 |
| September equinox | 07:20 | 18:55 | 19:31 |
| December solstice | 07:51 | 16:28 | 17:11 |
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 | 41 | 52 | 63 | 72 | 75 | 73 | 67 | 55 | 43 | 34 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 2.6 | 3.9 | 4.0 | 4.4 | 3.9 | 4.6 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 2.9 | 3.0 | 3.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Columbus-valley Crossing, 3 mi away.
- Monarch22 obs
- American pokeweed14 obs
- chicory8 obs
- creeping thistle7 obs
- Common Eastern Bumble Bee6 obs
- Spotted Lanternfly6 obs
- Canada Goose5 obs
- Eastern Carpenter Bee5 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/466223941
Day trips start here
- Columbus/South · 2 mi
- Columbus · 4 mi
- Columbus/University Area · 7 mi
- London · 25 mi
- Heath · 29 mi
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