Nickleplate Park
Nickleplate Park is a park in Ohio, at a recorded elevation of 177 m. North Milan Hill stands 201 m to the south-southwest, 6.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Nickel Plate Beach, a beach 0.1 miles away. Lake Erie Coastal Ohio Trail passes 0.4 miles off. 3 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 177 m
How to reach it
- 0.4 mi off the Lake Erie Coastal Ohio Trail, National
- 22.1 mi off the North Ridge Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Huron River Boat Access: 0.5 mi
- Huron City Marina & Amplitheater: 0.5 mi
- Lake Front Park: 0.5 mi
- Oklahoma Park: 1.0 mi
- Fabens Park: 1.4 mi
- Ocean Motion: 9.1 mi
- Midway Carousel: 9.1 mi
- Sky Ride: 9.1 mi
- Gatekeeper: 9.1 mi
- Raptor: 9.2 mi
- Old Woman Creek Nature Center: 2.2 mi
- James H. McBride Arboretum: 2.7 mi
- Sheldon Marsh: 3.1 mi
- Sheldon Marsh Nature Preserve: 3.8 mi
- Edison Woods Reserve: 4.8 mi
- Thomas Edison Birthplace Museum: 7.3 mi
- Milan Historical Museum: 7.3 mi
- Maritime Museum of Sandusky: 9.3 mi
- Follett House Museum: 9.4 mi
- Vermilion History Museum: 9.4 mi
- Erie County Firefighters' Memorial: 9.5 mi
- Lake Erie: 13.1 mi
- The Keepers of the Light: 13.1 mi
- The Keeper's House: 13.1 mi
- Home of Benajah Walcott: 13.1 mi
- Nickel Plate Beach: 0.1 mi
- Main Street Beach: 0.4 mi
- Chaska Beach: 0.5 mi
- Cedar Point Beach: 9.4 mi
- Lakeside Beach: 14.9 mi
- Ohio Bicentennial Barn: 15.0 mi
- Inscription Rock: 16.0 mi
- Camp Patmos Lighthouse: 16.8 mi
- Shrine to the Virgin Mary: 17.5 mi
- Giant Three-Way Plug: 18.4 mi
- Memorial Garden: 14.3 mi
- Lakefront Daisy Garden3: 14.7 mi
- George Baker Gundlach Memorial Garden: 15.0 mi
- School Garden: 16.8 mi
- Historic Lakeview Park Rose Garden: 18.8 mi
- Huron Harbor Light: 0.6 mi
- The Keeper's House Museum: 13.0 mi
- Marblehead Lighthouse State Park: 13.1 mi
- Perry's Victory and International Peace Memorial: 22.6 mi
- Old Lighthouse Walkway: 24.0 mi
- North Milan Hill: 6.3 mi
- Sugar Rock: 19.9 mi
- Taft Hill: 22.3 mi
- Kelleys Island State Park Picnic Area: 16.9 mi
- Henry T. Beatty Memorial Picnic Area: 17.4 mi
- Pine Tree Picnic Area: 23.4 mi
- Willow Point: 17.7 mi
- Canvasback Point: 22.8 mi
- Winous Point: 23.7 mi
- Lorain Rest Area: 10.8 mi
- Murraysville: 22.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Nickleplate Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Milan Hill | SSW 208° | 201 m | 6.3 mi |
| Sugar Rock | NW 306° | 174 m | 19.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:34 | 19:06 | 19:42 |
| June solstice | 05:58 | 20:26 | 21:08 |
| September equinox | 07:18 | 18:53 | 19:29 |
| December solstice | 07:54 | 16:20 | 17:04 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 28 | 30 | 38 | 49 | 61 | 71 | 75 | 73 | 67 | 55 | 44 | 34 |
| Precip in | 1.9 | 1.8 | 2.6 | 3.8 | 3.2 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 3.0 | 3.1 | 2.7 | 2.6 | 2.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Sandusky, 10 mi away.
- Bald Eagle52 obs
- Ring-billed Gull44 obs
- Great Egret40 obs
- Giant Floater38 obs
- Western Honey Bee35 obs
- Great Blue Heron34 obs
- Double-crested Cormorant32 obs
- Asian Lady Beetle30 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/424602412
Day trips start here
- Amherst · 17 mi
- Oberlin · 19 mi
- Lorain · 20 mi
- Lorain County · 22 mi
- Elyria · 23 mi
- Wellington · 23 mi
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