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McMicken–Klotter Playground

McMicken–Klotter Playground from directly overhead

McMicken–Klotter Playground is a park in Ohio, at a recorded elevation of 175 m. Rumpke Mountain stands 319 m to the north-northwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Dyer Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Ohio River Scenic Byway passes 1.4 miles off. 32 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
175 m

How to reach it

Coordinates39.12208, -84.52895

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Historic sites
Artworks
Gardens: 60
Museums: 51
Nature reserves: 44
Peaks: 32
Picnic sites: 29
  • Area 23: 3.4 mi
  • Area 22, Furnas Hill: 3.5 mi
  • Area 19, Stone Steps: 3.6 mi
  • Area 26: 3.7 mi
  • Area 21: 3.7 mi
Waterfalls: 2
  • Lower Buckeye Falls: 12.8 mi
  • Buckeye Falls: 12.9 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Beaches: 1
  • Hidden Valley Lake Beach: 16.8 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Rumpke MountainNNW 341°319 m11.2 mi
New Trenton HillNW 305°287 m23.3 mi
Harrison HillWNW 296°284 m19.4 mi
Harrison HillWNW 298°279 m19.3 mi
Heitsmanns HillNNW 346°274 m20.2 mi
Snow HillNW 309°274 m23.0 mi
Whites HillWNW 297°273 m21.5 mi
Orchard HillS 182°268 m5.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4319:1519:50
June solstice06:1320:2821:08
September equinox07:2619:0219:37
December solstice07:5516:3717:19

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303342546472757468564434
Precip in3.63.24.54.95.24.94.33.53.33.53.44.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cheviot, 6 mi away.

  • Brown-belted Bumble Bee1,079 obs
  • Eastern Carpenter Bee611 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee580 obs
  • Western Honey Bee498 obs
  • Common Wall Lizard291 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly269 obs
  • Amur honeysuckle217 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel186 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/58743926

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