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Owl's Nest Park

Owl's Nest Park from directly overhead

Owl's Nest Park is a park in Ohio, at a recorded elevation of 225 m. Rumpke Mountain stands 319 m to the northwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Clark's Point, a park 0.2 miles away. Ohio River Scenic Byway passes 0.6 miles off. 30 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
225 m

What to expect

Operated by
Cincinnati Park Board

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates39.13349, -84.46366

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Artworks
Gardens: 60
Attractions
  • Wilson-Gibson House: 2.0 mi
  • Mirror Lake: 2.2 mi
  • Cheetah Encounter: 2.4 mi
  • African Lion: 2.4 mi
  • African Painted Dog: 2.4 mi
Museums: 55
Nature reserves: 45
Peaks: 30
Picnic sites: 29
  • Lower Picnic Area: 2.5 mi
  • Area 23: 5.8 mi
  • Area 19, Stone Steps: 5.9 mi
  • Area 11: 5.9 mi
  • Area 22, Furnas Hill: 6.0 mi
Waterfalls: 2
  • Lower Buckeye Falls: 10.6 mi
  • Buckeye Falls: 10.7 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Beaches: 1
  • Hidden Valley Lake Beach: 20.1 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Rumpke MountainNW 324°319 m12.2 mi
Harrison HillWNW 290°284 m22.3 mi
Harrison HillWNW 292°279 m22.1 mi
Heitsmanns HillNNW 336°274 m20.6 mi
Whites HillWNW 291°273 m24.3 mi
Orchard HillSSW 210°268 m7.4 mi
Galley HillE 85°265 m14.3 mi
Jackson RidgeWNW 281°259 m21.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4219:1519:50
June solstice06:1320:2821:08
September equinox07:2619:0119:37
December solstice07:5416:3717:19

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323544556472767568564536
Precip in2.92.83.94.44.74.64.43.43.13.12.93.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cincinnati Muni AP Lunken FLD, 3 mi away.

  • Common Wall Lizard127 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee118 obs
  • Eastern Carpenter Bee105 obs
  • American Robin86 obs
  • Northern Cardinal81 obs
  • Western Honey Bee81 obs
  • Brown-belted Bumble Bee81 obs
  • Mourning Dove71 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.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/68313192

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