- Elevation, modelled
- 191 m
- Tallest summit within 21.1 miles
- Horseback Knob403 m · 8.5 mi
- Nearest byway
- Welsh Scenic Byway15.1 mi off
- Sunset, June solstice
- 21:03local time
- Coordinates
- 39.3281, -82.9837
Southern Playground is a park in Ohio, at a modelled 191 m. Horseback Knob stands 403 m to the southwest, 8.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Lucy Webb Hayes Heritage Center, a museum less than a tenth of a mile away. Welsh Scenic Byway passes 15 miles off.
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 21.1 miles of Southern Playground. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Horseback Knob | SW 223° | 403 m | 8.5 mi |
| Chestnut Oak Knob | SW 219° | 402 m | 10.1 mi |
| Long | SSW 201° | 397 m | 13.6 mi |
| Sand Hill | NE 38° | 395 m | 5.0 mi |
| Ball Knob | SW 214° | 394 m | 9.0 mi |
| Nevins Hill | WSW 259° | 393 m | 18.7 mi |
| Davis Knob | SW 218° | 392 m | 9.4 mi |
| McMechen Hill | WSW 239° | 392 m | 15.6 mi |
- 15.1 mi off the Welsh Scenic Byway
- 39.6 mi off the Ohio River Scenic BywayNational
- 21.4 mi off the Hocking Hills Scenic BywayNational
- 26.2 mi off the Scenic Scioto Heritage Trail Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Lower Falls Lookout · 25 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Mount Logan: 2.7 mi
- Mount Ives: 3.3 mi
- Bunker Hill: 3.8 mi
- Rock Garden Hill: 4.0 mi
- Rocky Knob: 4.4 mi
- Poland Park: 0.5 mi
- Mead Park: 0.6 mi
- Yoctangee Park: 0.8 mi
- Mary Lou Patton Park: 1.6 mi
- Adena State Memorial: 2.5 mi
- Ross Lake State Wildlife Area: 4.1 mi
- Buzzard's Roost Nature Preserve: 4.8 mi
- Pleasant Valley State Wildlife Area: 5.4 mi
- Spruce Hill: 8.6 mi
- Cossin-Kreisel Preserve: 12.0 mi
- The Grove: 2.4 mi
- Adena Mansion & Gardens Historic Site: 2.5 mi
- Natural Bathtub: 4.3 mi
- Sugarloaf Mountain Amphitheatre: 5.7 mi
- Sugarloaf Mountain Prospecting Company: 5.7 mi
- Rock House Falls: 22.9 mi
- Lower Falls: 23.5 mi
- Rim Trail Falls (off-trail): 23.5 mi
- Whispering Cave: 24.0 mi
- Ash Cave: 24.0 mi
- Lucy Webb Hayes Heritage Center: 0.0 mi
- Ross County Museum: 0.2 mi
- Mighty Children's Museum: 0.3 mi
- Hopewell Culture National Historical Park Visitor Center: 3.4 mi
- Environmental Learning Center: 4.7 mi
- Alum Cliffs: 5.0 mi
- Lookout Point: 11.6 mi
- Sugar Point: 12.0 mi
- Buzzard Rock: 15.7 mi
- Parish Rocks: 23.7 mi
- Dard Hunter: 0.5 mi
- Story Mound State Memorial: 1.3 mi
- Homestead Ruins: 4.3 mi
- Pickaway County Veterans Memorial: 19.4 mi
- A W Marion Memorial: 21.4 mi
- Third Tier: 2.4 mi
- Vegetable Garden: 2.4 mi
- Ornimental Garden: 2.4 mi
- Carlisle Hill Star: 0.5 mi
- Pumpkin Show Mural: 19.0 mi
- Knockemstiff: 8.4 mi
- Richland: 22.8 mi
- South Ridge: 11.6 mi
- Picnic table: 23.6 mi
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:36 | 19:09 | 19:44 |
| June solstice | 06:06 | 20:22 | 21:03 |
| September equinox | 07:20 | 18:55 | 19:31 |
| December solstice | 07:49 | 16:30 | 17:13 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 30 | 33 | 42 | 53 | 63 | 72 | 75 | 73 | 66 | 55 | 44 | 35 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chillicothe Mound City, 3 mi away.
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