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Piqua Historical Area

Piqua Historical Area from directly overhead

Piqua Historical Area is a park in Ohio, at a recorded elevation of 264 m. Heck Hill stands 365 m to the east, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Piqua Roadside Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Miami & Erie Canal Scenic Byway runs past it.

What the record says

Elevation
264 m

How to reach it

Coordinates40.17533, -84.25995

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Piqua Roadside Park: 0.1 mi
  • Johnston Farm & Indian Agency: 0.7 mi
  • Veterans Memorial Park: 0.8 mi
  • Fountain Park: 1.1 mi
  • Upper Fountain Park: 1.2 mi
Nature reserves: 27
  • Farrington Reserve: 5.0 mi
  • Stillwater Prairie Rangeline: 6.7 mi
  • Stillwater Prairie Reserve: 7.0 mi
  • Maple Ridge: 7.6 mi
  • Newton Nature Lab: 9.4 mi
Historic sites: 18
Museums: 18
  • Johnston Farm Museum: 0.5 mi
  • Shelby County Historical Society: 9.5 mi
  • Bradford Ohio Railroad Museum: 9.5 mi
  • Museum of Troy History: 9.9 mi
  • Waco Air Museum: 11.7 mi
Attractions: 7
  • The Lost Land Corn Maze: 6.1 mi
  • VanDemark Farm: 6.2 mi
  • Historic Bear's Mill: 15.6 mi
  • Dayton Air Show Entrance Arch: 18.9 mi
  • Darke County Fairgrounds: 21.0 mi
Gardens: 5
Artworks: 4
Rest areas: 2
  • Miami Interstate 75 SB: 3.7 mi
  • Miami Interstate 75 NB: 4.1 mi
Waterfalls: 2
  • Greenville Falls: 7.7 mi
  • Ludlow Falls: 12.9 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Cliffs: 1
Peaks: 1
  • Heck Hill: 17.9 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Heck HillE 96°365 m17.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4119:1319:49
June solstice06:0920:3021:11
September equinox07:2519:0019:36
December solstice07:5716:3217:15

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283241536371747367554333
Precip in3.02.33.23.94.44.24.23.63.02.93.23.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Piqua Wwtp, 3 mi away.

  • Eastern Amberwing16 obs
  • American Rubyspot14 obs
  • Ebony Jewelwing14 obs
  • Widow Skimmer13 obs
  • Powdered Dancer13 obs
  • Blue Dasher12 obs
  • Unicorn Clubtail12 obs
  • Blue-fronted Dancer11 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 node/357437782

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