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Rathman Park

Rathman Park from directly overhead

Rathman Park is a park in Ohio, at a recorded elevation of 196 m. Rumpke Mountain stands 319 m to the south-southwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Smith Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Accommodation Line Scenic Byway passes 17 miles off. 9 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
196 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates39.52311, -84.40328

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Smith Park: 0.3 mi
  • Rathman & Smith Parks: 0.4 mi
  • Middletown River Center: 0.5 mi
  • Bicentennial Commons: 0.5 mi
  • Flemming Park: 0.5 mi
Museums
  • Canal Museum: 0.4 mi
  • Butler County Warbirds: 1.2 mi
  • Monroe Historical Society: 6.0 mi
  • Monroe Historical Museum: 6.0 mi
  • Veteran's Memorial Museum: 7.1 mi
Historic sites
  • East Avenue Bicentennial Memorial: 6.1 mi
  • Lux Mundi: 6.3 mi
  • Germantown Clock: 7.2 mi
  • Veterans Memorial: 7.3 mi
  • Horse Memorial: 11.7 mi
Artworks
Attractions: 36
  • Land of Illusion: 3.2 mi
  • Niederman Family Farm Corn Maze: 7.0 mi
  • Miami Valley Gaming & Racing: 7.1 mi
  • Train Station: 7.3 mi
  • Train Station: 7.3 mi
Nature reserves: 34
  • Meadow Ridge Metropark: 2.8 mi
  • Frank Hosea Woods Park: 11.4 mi
  • Reinhart Preserve: 16.1 mi
  • WRA Cabins: 16.1 mi
  • Bachelor Preserve: 16.4 mi
Gardens: 32
  • Butterfly House: 13.1 mi
  • Demo Garden: 14.4 mi
  • Tower Gardens: 14.4 mi
  • Bell: 14.4 mi
  • Clock: 14.5 mi
Picnic sites: 10
  • The Mercado: 14.4 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 14.4 mi
  • Firehawk: 14.4 mi
  • Patio: 14.5 mi
  • Vortex: 14.5 mi
Peaks: 9
Ghost towns: 5
Rest areas: 4
Waterfalls: 4
  • Lower Buckeye Falls: 16.8 mi
  • Buckeye Falls: 16.8 mi
  • Horseshoe Falls: 19.1 mi
  • Crawdad Falls: 20.3 mi
Beaches: 1
  • Caesar Creek State Park Beach: 20.6 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Rumpke MountainSSW 211°319 m20.0 mi
Mount AuburnWNW 298°290 m15.4 mi
Devils BackboneWNW 297°288 m15.8 mi
Little MountENE 62°286 m7.6 mi
Heitsmanns HillSW 235°274 m14.2 mi
Cedar MoundNNW 344°257 m9.8 mi
Stoddard HillNNE 32°241 m19.9 mi
Liebrook HillWSW 239°235 m23.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4219:1419:50
June solstice06:1120:2921:09
September equinox07:2619:0119:36
December solstice07:5516:3517:18

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F293241526271757366544334
Precip in3.32.53.54.64.44.54.32.92.93.23.03.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Franklin, 5 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Eastern Red-backed Salamander24 obs
  • Red-winged Blackbird17 obs
  • Variegated Fritillary16 obs
  • Widow Skimmer14 obs
  • American Rubyspot14 obs
  • Eastern Ringtail14 obs
  • Halloween Pennant13 obs
  • Double-striped Bluet12 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 node/357431156

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