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Portman Park

Portman Park from directly overhead

Portman Park is a park in Ohio, at a modelled elevation of 239 m. Beavers Hill stands 383 m to the north-northeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Refugee Road Parklands, a park 0.6 miles away. Historic National Road - Ohio passes 3.3 miles off. 27 named summits stand within 25 miles.

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Coordinates39.90682, -82.81323

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Refugee Road Parklands: 0.6 mi
  • Independence Park: 1.0 mi
  • Independence Village Park: 1.0 mi
  • Brentwood Park: 1.7 mi
  • Walnut View Park: 1.9 mi
Nature reserves
Artworks
Historic sites
  • Canal Winchester Veterans Memorial: 3.4 mi
  • Carnegie Library: 3.5 mi
  • Veterans Memorial: 4.3 mi
  • The Ten Commandments and Beatitudes: 9.7 mi
  • Evergreen Cemetery - Evergreen Monuments: 9.8 mi
Gardens: 57
Museums: 53
  • Otherworld: 1.6 mi
  • Motorcycle Hall of Fame Museum: 2.5 mi
  • Pickerington-Violet Township Historical Society: 3.5 mi
  • National Barber Museum and Hall of Fame: 4.4 mi
  • Motts Military Museum: 5.1 mi
Attractions: 27
  • Magic Mountain Fun Center East: 2.1 mi
  • Haunted Hootchie: 6.7 mi
  • Pacific Island Water Garden: 8.5 mi
  • Himalayan Mountains: 8.5 mi
  • Dorothy M. Davis Showhouse: 8.5 mi
Peaks: 27
Picnic sites: 9
  • Ze Goat Picnic: 10.7 mi
  • Brevoort Park: 13.4 mi
  • Sandefur Wetland Pavilion: 13.5 mi
  • Picnic Area: 14.7 mi
  • Equestrian Day Use: 14.9 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Waterfalls: 3
  • Milliken Falls: 16.0 mi
  • Indian Run Falls: 21.1 mi
  • Indian Run Falls: 21.1 mi
Springs: 2
  • Hocking River ?: 9.2 mi
  • Dublin Spring: 20.7 mi
Beaches: 2
Rest areas: 1
  • Lee M. Rizor Memorial Highway Rest Area: 22.9 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Beavers HillNNE 27°383 m13.6 mi
Fairfield County HPSSE 155°380 m17.6 mi
Coffman KnobENE 71°375 m24.7 mi
Bald KnobENE 69°366 m24.9 mi
Jacobs LadderSSE 153°361 m19.8 mi
Emmanuel KnobSSE 161°354 m22.9 mi
Christmas RocksSSE 150°346 m19.7 mi
Allen KnobSSE 150°344 m17.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3619:0819:43
June solstice06:0420:2321:04
September equinox07:2018:5419:30
December solstice07:5016:2717:10

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F293241526372757367554334
Precip in3.42.63.94.04.43.94.63.63.62.93.03.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Columbus-valley Crossing, 6 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Bald Eagle45 obs
  • Sandhill Crane36 obs
  • Great Egret32 obs
  • Double-crested Cormorant30 obs
  • Mute Swan27 obs
  • Great Blue Heron26 obs
  • Osprey24 obs
  • Red-winged Blackbird22 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/518055926

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