Mead Park
Mead Park is a park in Ohio, at a recorded elevation of 185 m. Horseback Knob stands 403 m to the southwest, 8.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Southern Playground, a park 0.6 miles away. Welsh Scenic Byway passes 15 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 185 m
How to reach it
- 14.5 mi off the Welsh Scenic Byway
- 39.1 mi off the Ohio River Scenic Byway, National
- 21.2 mi off the Hocking Hills Scenic Byway, National
- 26.0 mi off the Scenic Scioto Heritage Trail Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Lower Falls Lookout · 24 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Mount Logan: 2.9 mi
- Mount Ives: 3.5 mi
- Bunker Hill: 4.1 mi
- Rock Garden Hill: 4.2 mi
- Rocky Knob: 4.5 mi
- Southern Playground: 0.6 mi
- Poland Park: 0.7 mi
- Mary Lou Patton Park: 1.4 mi
- Yoctangee Park: 1.4 mi
- Adena State Memorial: 3.1 mi
- Ross Lake State Wildlife Area: 4.0 mi
- Buzzard's Roost Nature Preserve: 5.1 mi
- Pleasant Valley State Wildlife Area: 6.0 mi
- Spruce Hill: 8.7 mi
- Cossin-Kreisel Preserve: 12.6 mi
- The Grove: 3.0 mi
- Adena Mansion & Gardens Historic Site: 3.1 mi
- Natural Bathtub: 4.8 mi
- Sugarloaf Mountain Amphitheatre: 6.0 mi
- Sugarloaf Mountain Prospecting Company: 6.0 mi
- Rock House Falls: 22.9 mi
- Lower Falls: 23.3 mi
- Rim Trail Falls (off-trail): 23.4 mi
- Ash Cave: 23.7 mi
- Whispering Cave: 23.8 mi
- Lucy Webb Hayes Heritage Center: 0.7 mi
- Ross County Museum: 0.8 mi
- Mighty Children's Museum: 0.8 mi
- Hopewell Culture National Historical Park Visitor Center: 4.0 mi
- Environmental Learning Center: 5.0 mi
- Alum Cliffs: 5.3 mi
- Lookout Point: 11.5 mi
- Sugar Point: 12.0 mi
- Buzzard Rock: 15.1 mi
- Parish Rocks: 23.5 mi
- Dard Hunter: 1.1 mi
- Story Mound State Memorial: 1.9 mi
- Homestead Ruins: 4.8 mi
- Pickaway County Veterans Memorial: 19.9 mi
- A W Marion Memorial: 21.8 mi
- Third Tier: 3.0 mi
- Vegetable Garden: 3.0 mi
- Ornimental Garden: 3.0 mi
- Carlisle Hill Star: 1.1 mi
- Pumpkin Show Mural: 19.5 mi
- Knockemstiff: 8.4 mi
- Richland: 22.3 mi
- South Ridge: 11.3 mi
- Picnic table: 23.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.7 miles of Mead Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Horseback Knob | SW 227° | 403 m | 8.4 mi |
| Chestnut Oak Knob | SW 223° | 402 m | 9.9 mi |
| Long | SSW 203° | 397 m | 13.2 mi |
| Sand Hill | NNE 31° | 395 m | 5.2 mi |
| Ball Knob | SW 218° | 394 m | 8.8 mi |
| Nevins Hill | W 260° | 393 m | 19.0 mi |
| Davis Knob | SW 222° | 392 m | 9.3 mi |
| McMechen Hill | WSW 241° | 392 m | 15.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:36 | 19:09 | 19:44 |
| June solstice | 06:06 | 20:22 | 21:03 |
| September equinox | 07:20 | 18:55 | 19:31 |
| December solstice | 07:49 | 16:30 | 17:13 |
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 | 30 | 33 | 42 | 53 | 63 | 72 | 75 | 73 | 66 | 55 | 44 | 35 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chillicothe Mound City, 4 mi away.
- Muscovy Duck34 obs
- Mute Swan31 obs
- Mallard30 obs
- Eastern Fox Squirrel20 obs
- Canada Goose15 obs
- Blue-fronted Dancer11 obs
- Swan Goose10 obs
- Eastern Forktail10 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/465773525
Day trips start here
- Chillicothe · 1 mi
- Southeast Ohio · 27 mi
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