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Northcrest Park

Northcrest Park from directly overhead

Northcrest Park is a park in Ohio, at a recorded elevation of 271 m. Beavers Hill stands 383 m to the east, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Prayer Garden, a garden 0.8 miles away. Scenic Olentangy Heritage Corridor passes 4.0 miles off. 6 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
271 m
Getting there

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Coordinates40.06156, -83.07109

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Northwest Kiwanis Park: 0.8 mi
  • Burbank Park: 0.9 mi
  • Hull Farm Park: 1.0 mi
  • Sunny 95 Park: 1.2 mi
  • Carriage Place Park and Recreation Center: 1.2 mi
Artworks
Historic sites
  • Bill Moose Memorial: 1.6 mi
  • Tee Jaye's Arrow: 2.7 mi
  • PILLAR: 2.8 mi
  • Saint Michael Subdues Satan: 3.0 mi
  • Knights of Columbus Crucifixation Grotto: 3.0 mi
Gardens: 54
Nature reserves: 50
Museums: 38
  • Worthington Doll Museum: 3.2 mi
  • Old Rectory: 3.2 mi
  • Orange Johnson House Museum: 3.6 mi
  • Ferris-Wright Earthworks: 4.0 mi
  • Ohio Railway Museum: 4.1 mi
Attractions: 24
Picnic sites: 9
  • Picnic Area: 2.6 mi
  • Sandefur Wetland Pavilion: 3.9 mi
  • Brevoort Park: 4.1 mi
  • River Bluffs: 5.4 mi
  • Big Meadows Picnic Area: 6.6 mi
Ghost towns: 7
Peaks: 6
Waterfalls: 3
  • Indian Run Falls: 3.8 mi
  • Indian Run Falls: 3.8 mi
  • Milliken Falls: 4.5 mi
Springs: 2
Beaches: 2
Rest areas: 1
  • Lee M. Rizor Memorial Highway Rest Area: 13.6 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Beavers HillE 86°383 m20.0 mi
Tradersville HillW 259°352 m23.4 mi
Statler HillWSW 254°351 m24.8 mi
Spangler HillSSE 165°243 m14.8 mi
Baker HillSSE 153°241 m12.0 mi
Marlboro HillSSE 161°190 m12.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3719:0919:44
June solstice06:0420:2521:05
September equinox07:2118:5519:31
December solstice07:5216:2817:11

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F293241526271747366544333
Precip in2.21.93.03.53.84.13.73.03.02.52.42.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Columbus Ohio State Univ AP, 1 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Western Honey Bee70 obs
  • Monarch67 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee56 obs
  • chicory50 obs
  • Brown-belted Bumble Bee39 obs
  • Black Swallowtail38 obs
  • Eastern Carpenter Bee36 obs
  • Asian Lady Beetle28 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/465251173

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