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Sterling Park

Sterling Park from directly overhead

Sterling Park is a park in Ohio, at a recorded elevation of 193 m. Summit County high point stands 404 m to the south, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Student Center Plaza (CSU), a park 0.7 miles away. Lake Erie Coastal Ohio Trail passes 0.5 miles off. 13 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
193 m
Getting there

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Coordinates41.51220, -81.67032

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Student Center Plaza (CSU): 0.7 mi
  • Kirtland Park: 0.8 mi
  • US Bank Plaza: 1.0 mi
  • Colonel Charles Young Park: 1.0 mi
  • Cardinal Mindszenty Plaza: 1.1 mi
Artworks
Historic sites
Gardens
  • Harry's Garden: 1.4 mi
  • The Real Farmville: 1.4 mi
  • Donald Gray Garden: 1.5 mi
  • Herb and Vegetable Garden: 1.5 mi
  • Klein Garden: 1.5 mi
Museums: 56
Nature reserves: 56
Picnic sites: 49
  • Meadow Ridge Picnic Area: 5.3 mi
  • Morgan's Hollow Reserved Picnic Area: 5.5 mi
  • Windy Ridge Picnic Area: 6.3 mi
  • Trolley Turn Picnic Area: 6.6 mi
  • Kelly Picnic Area: 7.9 mi
Attractions: 43
Waterfalls: 17
Beaches: 13
Peaks: 13
  • Orange Hill: 12.3 mi
  • Cedar Point: 13.4 mi
  • Cuyahoga County high point: 14.7 mi
  • Waite Hill: 17.0 mi
  • Gildersleeve Mountain: 17.0 mi
Cliffs: 4
Rest areas: 4
Lighthouses: 3
Ghost towns: 3
Springs: 1
  • White Oak Spring: 21.0 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Summit County high pointS 178°404 m18.2 mi
McConougheys HillESE 111°399 m20.5 mi
Cuyahoga County high pointS 183°390 m14.7 mi
Sand HillE 88°381 m20.5 mi
The KnobENE 67°378 m22.8 mi
Little MountainENE 68°374 m22.2 mi
Piersons KnobENE 71°365 m19.2 mi
Orange HillE 97°360 m12.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3119:0219:39
June solstice05:5420:2321:05
September equinox07:1518:4919:26
December solstice07:5116:1617:01

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F293138496170747367564535
Precip in1.81.52.33.13.52.83.73.42.93.22.92.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cleveland Burke Lakefront AP, under a mile away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Spotted Lanternfly299 obs
  • White-throated Sparrow159 obs
  • Ring-billed Gull93 obs
  • House Sparrow85 obs
  • Rock Pigeon81 obs
  • Eastern Cottontail80 obs
  • Ovenbird72 obs
  • Common Yellowthroat58 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/120933091

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