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Peffer Park

Peffer Park from directly overhead

Peffer Park is a park in Ohio, at a recorded elevation of 263 m. Rumpke Mountain stands 319 m to the south-southeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Silvoor Biological Sanctuary, a nature reserve 0.1 miles away. Presidential Pathways Ohio Scenic Byway passes 0.6 miles off. 28 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
263 m

How to reach it

Coordinates39.49881, -84.73098

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Nature reserves: 29
  • Silvoor Biological Sanctuary: 0.1 mi
  • Peffer Woods: 0.1 mi
  • Western Woods: 0.4 mi
  • College Woods: 0.6 mi
  • Becks Preserve: 0.7 mi
Peaks: 28
Historic sites: 24
Picnic sites: 19
  • Dry Fork Meadow: 16.8 mi
  • Kingfisher Shelter: 19.8 mi
  • Elm Ridge Overlook Shelter: 19.9 mi
  • Area 1: 23.8 mi
  • Area 2: 23.8 mi
Attractions: 18
Gardens: 15
  • BEEPS Edible Demonstration Garden: 0.6 mi
  • The Children’s Garden at OCAC: 1.1 mi
  • Wildflower Seed Library: 1.3 mi
  • Kase Garden: 23.5 mi
  • Daisy Jones Perennial Garden: 23.5 mi
Rest areas: 6
Waterfalls: 2
  • Lower Buckeye Falls: 23.1 mi
  • Buckeye Falls: 23.2 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Beaches: 1
  • Hidden Valley Lake Beach: 24.1 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Rumpke MountainSSE 155°319 m17.0 mi
Elkhorn HillSW 220°308 m13.0 mi
Boundary HillWSW 257°305 m16.7 mi
English HillSW 227°304 m13.7 mi
The MoundsW 267°301 m13.7 mi
Gobblers Knob HillSW 227°301 m15.4 mi
Cobbs HillSW 228°299 m12.3 mi
Wewe HillSW 233°299 m17.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4319:1619:51
June solstice06:1320:3021:10
September equinox07:2719:0219:38
December solstice07:5716:3617:19

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303342536472767568554334
Precip in3.43.03.94.94.94.43.93.43.33.33.23.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Fairfield, 13 mi away.

  • Amur honeysuckle582 obs
  • White-tailed Deer546 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel502 obs
  • Virginia Springbeauty322 obs
  • Virginia bluebells252 obs
  • common pawpaw251 obs
  • Asian Lady Beetle249 obs
  • eastern redbud244 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/323686244

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