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Nelson Park

Nelson Park from directly overhead

Nelson Park is a park in Ohio, at a recorded elevation of 233 m. Beavers Hill stands 383 m to the east-northeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Jeffery Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Historic National Road - Ohio passes 1.2 miles off. 12 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
233 m
Getting there

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Coordinates39.97439, -82.94617

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Jeffery Park: 0.1 mi
  • Commonwealth Park: 0.4 mi
  • Avalon Park: 0.5 mi
  • Wolfe Park: 0.6 mi
  • Hawthorne Park: 0.7 mi
Artworks
Historic sites
  • Evergreen Cemetery - Evergreen Monuments: 1.6 mi
  • CCAD's ART Sign: 2.4 mi
  • The Underground Railroad: 2.9 mi
  • Ohio Holocaust And Liberators Memorial: 3.0 mi
  • The State House: 3.0 mi
Nature reserves
Gardens: 54
Museums: 42
Attractions: 25
  • Himalayan Mountains: 0.7 mi
  • Tropical Rainforest: 0.7 mi
  • Desert: 0.7 mi
  • Dorothy M. Davis Showhouse: 0.7 mi
  • Palm House: 0.7 mi
Peaks: 12
Picnic sites: 9
  • Sandefur Wetland Pavilion: 5.0 mi
  • Brevoort Park: 5.2 mi
  • Picnic Area: 6.4 mi
  • Ze Goat Picnic: 7.9 mi
  • River Bluffs: 12.0 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Waterfalls: 3
  • Milliken Falls: 7.8 mi
  • Indian Run Falls: 12.7 mi
  • Indian Run Falls: 12.7 mi
Springs: 3
Beaches: 2
Rest areas: 1
  • Lee M. Rizor Memorial Highway Rest Area: 17.4 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Beavers HillENE 61°383 m15.2 mi
Allen KnobSE 141°344 m24.8 mi
Becks KnobSE 141°339 m24.3 mi
Flowerpot HillENE 75°334 m23.0 mi
Sand HillSSE 152°332 m23.3 mi
Claypool KnobSE 138°330 m24.2 mi
Parnassus HillENE 74°325 m23.8 mi
Sugarloaf HillENE 74°321 m23.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3619:0819:44
June solstice06:0420:2421:05
September equinox07:2018:5519:31
December solstice07:5116:2717:10

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303342536372757467554435
Precip in3.02.43.63.94.04.34.73.73.12.92.83.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — John Glenn Intl AP, 4 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Eastern Carpenter Bee80 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly75 obs
  • Western Honey Bee70 obs
  • Brown-belted Bumble Bee60 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee59 obs
  • Canada Goose46 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel34 obs
  • Mallard31 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/556675691

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