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Newark Earthworks

Newark Earthworks from directly overhead

Newark Earthworks is a park in Ohio, at a modelled elevation of 263 m. Rich Hill stands 414 m to the northwest, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Newark Earthworks Museum & Visitor Center, a museum 0.1 miles away. Historic National Road - Ohio passes 5.6 miles off. 23 named summits stand within 25 miles.

How to reach it

Coordinates40.04129, -82.43053

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Historic sites: 31
Museums: 29
Peaks: 23
Nature reserves: 23
Artworks: 16
Gardens: 10
  • All Seasons Garden: 4.3 mi
  • Zen Garden: 4.3 mi
  • Azalea Glen: 4.4 mi
  • Flowering Shrubs: 4.7 mi
  • Magnolias: 4.8 mi
Attractions: 8
  • Secret Dreams Festival in Legend Valley: 8.1 mi
  • National Trail Raceway: 8.3 mi
  • Haunted Hootchie: 17.2 mi
  • World's Largest Apple Basket: 19.5 mi
  • Oak Grove at Jorgensen Farms: 21.9 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Picnic sites: 2
  • Equestrian Day Use: 19.9 mi
  • Ze Goat Picnic: 22.0 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Rich HillNW 322°414 m25.0 mi
Beavers HillWNW 281°383 m14.2 mi
Coffman KnobESE 112°375 m3.2 mi
Bald KnobE 99°366 m3.1 mi
Fox Den KnobNE 46°366 m13.9 mi
Bucks KnobE 90°361 m3.6 mi
Buzzard Glory KnobSE 126°356 m10.4 mi
The HighlandsENE 75°338 m21.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3419:0619:42
June solstice06:0220:2221:03
September equinox07:1818:5319:29
December solstice07:4916:2517:08

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303342536372757366554435
Precip in2.72.23.43.84.14.14.03.42.82.82.72.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Newark Heath AP, 2 mi away.

  • Monarch14 obs
  • ground-ivy12 obs
  • mock strawberry11 obs
  • Dark Fishing Spider9 obs
  • Eastern Black Carpenter Ant9 obs
  • poison hemlock8 obs
  • red deadnettle8 obs
  • Golden Jumping Spider8 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.

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OpenStreetMap element way/474632294

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