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Miami River Public Access Site

Miami River Public Access Site from directly overhead

Miami River Public Access Site is a park in Kentucky, at a recorded elevation of 139 m. Rumpke Mountain stands 319 m to the northeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Flannery Island, a nature reserve 0.6 miles away. Indiana's Historic Pathways passes 2.1 miles off. 42 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
139 m
Getting there

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Coordinates39.11006, -84.80967

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Shawnee Lookout: 1.5 mi
  • Arch Street Park: 2.2 mi
  • George Street Park: 2.2 mi
  • Civic Park: 2.3 mi
  • Lawrenceburg Park: 2.6 mi
Attractions
Historic sites
Artworks
  • Big Boy: 4.2 mi
  • Saber-Tooth Cat: 9.3 mi
  • Big Boy: 10.4 mi
  • Big Boy: 10.7 mi
  • Big Boy: 11.1 mi
Gardens: 52
Peaks: 42
Museums: 41
  • Creation Museum: 2.2 mi
  • Dearborn County Historical Society: 2.7 mi
  • Delhi Historical Society: 10.4 mi
  • The German Heritage Museum: 11.7 mi
  • Price Hill Historical Society: 12.7 mi
Nature reserves: 32
Picnic sites: 22
  • Columbia Terrace: 0.8 mi
  • Cedar Bend: 0.8 mi
  • Dry Fork Meadow: 10.4 mi
  • Area 33, Maple Ridge: 12.0 mi
  • Area 30, McFarlan Woods: 12.3 mi
Waterfalls: 2
  • Lower Buckeye Falls: 24.8 mi
  • Buckeye Falls: 24.8 mi
Beaches: 1
  • Hidden Valley Lake Beach: 3.8 mi
Rest areas: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Miami River Public Access Site. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Rumpke MountainNE 45°319 m16.1 mi
Elkhorn HillNNW 346°308 m17.4 mi
English HillNNW 341°304 m18.4 mi
Gobblers Knob HillNNW 337°301 m17.7 mi
Wewe HillNNW 328°299 m19.0 mi
Cobbs HillNNW 345°299 m19.2 mi
South Gate HillNNW 333°297 m17.6 mi
Long Hollow HillNNW 333°296 m19.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4419:1619:51
June solstice06:1420:2921:09
September equinox07:2819:0319:38
December solstice07:5616:3817:21

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323544546473767568574637
Precip in3.63.14.45.05.14.84.13.33.33.53.24.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cincinnati-fernbank, 6 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • common pawpaw80 obs
  • dwarf larkspur77 obs
  • Miami Mist73 obs
  • mayapple61 obs
  • toadshade58 obs
  • cream violet51 obs
  • Six-spotted Tiger Beetle48 obs
  • Virginia Springbeauty38 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 node/357464050

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