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The Wagnalls Memorial

The Wagnalls Memorial from directly overhead

The Wagnalls Memorial is a park in Ohio, at a recorded elevation of 289 m. Beavers Hill stands 383 m to the north-northeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Bergstresser Covered Bridge, a park 2.0 miles away. Ohio River Scenic Byway passes 66 miles off. 25 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
289 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates39.80229, -82.80490

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Bergstresser Covered Bridge: 2.0 mi
  • McGill Park: 2.2 mi
  • Chestnut Ridge Metro Park: 2.3 mi
  • Stradley Place: 2.8 mi
  • Village Park: 2.9 mi
Nature reserves
Historic sites
  • Canal Winchester Veterans Memorial: 3.9 mi
  • Carnegie Library: 6.3 mi
  • Veterans Memorial: 8.1 mi
  • Ohio & Erie Canal Lock #26: 8.4 mi
  • Ohio & Erie Canal Lock #27: 8.5 mi
Artworks
Gardens: 53
Museums: 44
  • National Barber Museum and Hall of Fame: 2.8 mi
  • Slate Run Living Historical Farm: 4.1 mi
  • Motts Military Museum: 5.9 mi
  • Pickerington-Violet Township Historical Society: 6.3 mi
  • Historical Aircraft Squadron Museum: 8.2 mi
Attractions: 26
  • Magic Mountain Fun Center East: 9.1 mi
  • Scioto Downs Racetrack & Casino: 10.4 mi
  • Haunted Hootchie: 13.4 mi
  • Pacific Island Water Garden: 13.8 mi
  • Dorothy M. Davis Showhouse: 13.8 mi
Peaks: 25
Picnic sites: 7
  • Ze Goat Picnic: 17.9 mi
  • Sandefur Wetland Pavilion: 18.9 mi
  • Brevoort Park: 19.3 mi
  • Picnic Area: 20.4 mi
  • Equestrian Day Use: 22.1 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Waterfalls: 2
  • Milliken Falls: 20.3 mi
  • Rock House Falls: 23.4 mi
Springs: 1
  • Hocking River ?: 2.3 mi
Cliffs: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Beavers HillNNE 17°383 m20.2 mi
Fairfield County HPSE 142°380 m11.1 mi
Jacobs LadderSE 140°361 m13.5 mi
Emmanuel KnobSSE 155°354 m16.0 mi
Christmas RocksSE 136°346 m13.6 mi
Allen KnobSE 134°344 m11.0 mi
Becks KnobSE 131°339 m10.5 mi
Waterworks HillESE 114°335 m12.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3619:0819:43
June solstice06:0420:2321:04
September equinox07:1918:5419:30
December solstice07:5016:2817:10

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F293241526270737265534234
Precip in2.92.33.63.93.84.44.43.13.22.93.02.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lancaster Fairfield CO AP, 8 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Monarch11 obs
  • American Toad11 obs
  • Amur honeysuckle8 obs
  • Two-spotted Bumble Bee7 obs
  • Common Garter Snake6 obs
  • Asian Lady Beetle6 obs
  • Gray Catbird5 obs
  • dame's rocket5 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/357414210

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