Sunday Creek State Wildlife Area
Sunday Creek State Wildlife Area is a park in Ohio, at a recorded elevation of 267 m. Christmas Rocks stands 346 m to the west-northwest, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Tinker's Cave, a attraction 1.8 miles away. Morgan County Scenic Byway passes 7.9 miles off. 36 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 267 m
How to reach it
- 7.9 mi off the Morgan County Scenic Byway
- 17.6 mi off the Hocking Hills Scenic Byway, National
- 31.6 mi off the Ohio River Scenic Byway, National
- 28.5 mi off the Historic National Road - Ohio, National
Overlooks nearby
- Lower Falls Lookout · 20 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Sand Run Recreation Area: 3.5 mi
- Trimble State Wildlife Area: 4.0 mi
- Tabor Memorial Recreation Area: 4.8 mi
- Shawnee Park: 4.9 mi
- Greyhound Memorial Park: 5.5 mi
- Trimble Township Community Forest: 5.3 mi
- Poston Nature Preserve - North Tract: 8.6 mi
- Poston Nature Preserve: 8.6 mi
- Poston Nature Preserve: 9.1 mi
- Poston Nature Preserve - South Tract: 9.1 mi
- Buchtel Hill: 5.4 mi
- Round Hill: 7.8 mi
- Highway Hill: 8.0 mi
- Maple Hill: 8.5 mi
- Headquarters Hill: 8.7 mi
- Central School Bell: 5.5 mi
- Hocking Canal Lock 19: 7.3 mi
- Hocking Valley Canal Lock 17 and Aqueduct Park: 7.8 mi
- Logan High School bell: 11.4 mi
- Stewart's Folly: 12.9 mi
- Tinker's Cave: 1.8 mi
- B&O Caboose: 4.8 mi
- Adventure Golf: 12.8 mi
- Nelly Billie Adventure Park: 13.4 mi
- Athens County Fairgrounds: 14.7 mi
- Murray City Coal Mine Museum: 2.4 mi
- Schempp House Museum: 11.0 mi
- Hocking County Historical and Geneaological Society and Museum: 11.0 mi
- Ohio Valley Museum of Discovery: 14.4 mi
- Southeast Ohio History Center: 14.9 mi
- Cedar Falls: 19.3 mi
- Upper Falls: 19.5 mi
- Devil's Bathtub: 19.6 mi
- Whispering Falls: 19.7 mi
- Lower Falls: 19.9 mi
- Ten Commandments: 11.4 mi
- Chief Logan: 11.4 mi
- Mail Pouch: 13.9 mi
- The Green Lady / "American Woman": 15.3 mi
- Albatross: 15.4 mi
- Rockhouse Rock Cliff: 15.1 mi
- Hunters Rock: 18.7 mi
- Hocking Cliffs: 19.7 mi
- Sphinx Head: 19.9 mi
- Cantwell Cliffs: 20.3 mi
- San Toy: 11.9 mi
- King's Station: 15.6 mi
- Ingham: 16.4 mi
- Moonville: 17.1 mi
- Vinton Furnace: 24.6 mi
- Ohio University Student Garden: 14.3 mi
- Ohio University Student Garden: 14.3 mi
- Wolfe Garden: 15.3 mi
- Garden: 17.0 mi
- Orchard Hill Arboretum: 24.9 mi
- Blair Arch: 14.7 mi
- Tunnel Rock: 14.7 mi
- Rest Area 10-34: 19.9 mi
- Picnic table: 20.8 mi
- Buchtel Spring: 5.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Sunday Creek State Wildlife Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Christmas Rocks | WNW 291° | 346 m | 24.6 mi |
| Schultz Hill | W 261° | 337 m | 11.9 mi |
| Green Knobs | NE 44° | 333 m | 19.7 mi |
| Mount Pleasant | WNW 302° | 331 m | 24.9 mi |
| Irish Ridge | SSW 210° | 326 m | 14.8 mi |
| Long Ridge | SSW 212° | 325 m | 14.0 mi |
| Starrett Ridge | SSW 211° | 323 m | 13.3 mi |
| Willis Hill | ENE 67° | 323 m | 21.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:33 | 19:05 | 19:41 |
| June solstice | 06:02 | 20:20 | 21:00 |
| September equinox | 07:17 | 18:52 | 19:28 |
| December solstice | 07:46 | 16:26 | 17:09 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 29 | 32 | 40 | 51 | 61 | 69 | 73 | 71 | 65 | 53 | 42 | 33 |
| Precip in | 3.2 | 2.9 | 3.7 | 4.1 | 4.3 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 3.6 | 2.9 | 3.1 | 2.8 | 3.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Logan, 11 mi away.
- Common Box Turtle8 obs
- downy rattlesnake plantain6 obs
- showy orchis3 obs
- Canada lily3 obs
- spring blue-eyed Mary3 obs
- drooping trillium3 obs
- Goldenseal3 obs
- tall bellflower3 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357509060
Day trips start here
- Southeast Ohio · 17 mi
- Zanesville · 30 mi
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