Park · Ohio
Tinkers Creek State Park
Tinkers Creek State Park is a park in Ohio, at a recorded elevation of 306 m. Sugarloaf stands 423 m to the east-northeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Tinkers Creek Nature Preserve, a nature reserve 0.6 miles away. Ohio & Erie Canalway passes 9.7 miles off. 22 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 306 m
What to expect
How to reach it
Coordinates41.28064, -81.37205
- 9.7 mi off the Ohio & Erie Canalway, National
- 12.6 mi off the Heritage Corridors of Bath
- 22.2 mi off the Lake Erie Coastal Ohio Trail, National
Overlooks nearby
- Overlook · 11 mi
- Linda Falls · 12 mi
- My Mountain Overlook · 12 mi
- Prather Vista · 14 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Nature reserves
- Tinkers Creek Nature Preserve: 0.6 mi
- J. Arthur Herrick Fen Nature Preserve: 4.8 mi
- Blanche Katherine Novak Wildlife Sanctuary and State Nature Preserve: 5.2 mi
- Charles Tummonds State Nature Preserve: 7.2 mi
- Franklin Bog Nature Preserve: 7.2 mi
Parks
- Trumbull Woods Park: 1.5 mi
- High Point Park: 1.7 mi
- Liberty Park: 1.9 mi
- Liberty Park: 2.1 mi
- Seneca Ponds Park: 2.1 mi
Historic sites
- Aurora Memorial Gun: 2.6 mi
- Veteran's Memorial: 2.9 mi
- Veteran's Memorial: 4.3 mi
- Police & Firefighter Memorial: 4.3 mi
- Al Schneider Memorial: 4.7 mi
Museums
- Aurora Historical Society: 2.7 mi
- Twinsburg Historical Society: 4.1 mi
- Twinsburg Historical Society Barn: 4.1 mi
- Bainbridge Township Historical Society: 7.3 mi
- Solon Art Museum: 8.1 mi
Artworks
- Bunny Statue: 2.8 mi
- Pepsi Logo: 4.0 mi
- Mary Statue: 4.3 mi
- Clock Tower Illusion: 4.8 mi
- Red Statue at Little Tikes: 5.3 mi
Gardens
- Twinsburg Township Community Garden: 4.4 mi
- John W. Seese Community Gardens: 4.8 mi
- Wolcott Lilac Gardens: 8.8 mi
- Bill Hicks Memorial Garden: 9.1 mi
- Entry Garden: 9.1 mi
Attractions: 54
- Haskins Road Christmas Lights Display: 6.6 mi
- Birth Place of Lorenzo Snow: 6.6 mi
- Memorial Gateway: 8.8 mi
- Big Oak Tree: 9.0 mi
- Spark Innovation Studios: 9.3 mi
Picnic sites: 33
- Picnic Gazebo: 7.5 mi
- Shady Knoll Picnic Area: 8.0 mi
- Shadow Lake Picnic Area: 9.0 mi
- Quarry Rock Picnic Area: 9.3 mi
- Hawthorn Ridge Picnic Area: 9.3 mi
Peaks: 22
- Derthick Hill: 8.9 mi
- Blanket Hill: 9.2 mi
- McConougheys Hill: 9.3 mi
- Oak Hill: 11.0 mi
- Portage County high point: 11.2 mi
Waterfalls: 19
- Crown Hill Falls: 4.2 mi
- Canyon Falls: 5.1 mi
- Brandywine Falls: 8.6 mi
- Tip Top Falls: 9.2 mi
- Buttermilk Falls: 10.2 mi
Beaches: 11
- Lake Lucerne Beach: 8.4 mi
- Punderson Lake Beach: 14.7 mi
- Dog Beach: 14.8 mi
- Villa Beach: 23.1 mi
- Beulah Park Beach: 23.2 mi
Cliffs: 5
- Shipwreck Rock: 17.6 mi
- Whipps Ledges: 17.6 mi
- Wordens Ledges: 18.6 mi
- Princess Ledges: 24.6 mi
- Princess Ledges: 24.6 mi
Rest areas: 4
- Summit Interstate 77 Northbound: 14.4 mi
- Summit Interstate 77 Southbound: 14.5 mi
- Hinkley Rest Area: 16.1 mi
- Hinkley Rest Area: 16.2 mi
Ghost towns: 3
- Cobbs Corners: 5.1 mi
- Brandywine Village: 8.6 mi
- Newbury Center: 14.3 mi
Lighthouses: 3
- Cleveland East Pierhead Light: 23.8 mi
- Cleveland Harbor Main Entrance Light: 23.9 mi
- Fog Signal House: 23.9 mi
Springs: 2
- White Oak Spring: 9.9 mi
- Indian Spring: 10.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Tinkers Creek State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sugarloaf | ENE 59° | 423 m | 16.2 mi |
| Derthick Hill | ENE 77° | 409 m | 8.9 mi |
| Portage County high point | E 80° | 408 m | 11.2 mi |
| Summit County high point | W 262° | 404 m | 15.2 mi |
| McConougheys Hill | NNE 23° | 399 m | 9.3 mi |
| Cuyahoga County high point | W 275° | 390 m | 16.3 mi |
| Sand Hill | NNE 17° | 381 m | 17.4 mi |
| Ballards Hill | NNE 29° | 377 m | 24.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:30 | 19:01 | 19:38 |
| June solstice | 05:53 | 20:21 | 21:03 |
| September equinox | 07:14 | 18:48 | 19:25 |
| December solstice | 07:49 | 16:16 | 17:00 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 26 | 27 | 35 | 47 | 59 | 69 | 72 | 70 | 63 | 51 | 40 | 31 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 2.5 | 3.2 | 3.7 | 4.2 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 3.7 | 4.2 | 3.5 | 3.0 | 3.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Ravenna 2 S, 11 mi away.
- Painted Turtle164 obs
- Trumpeter Swan147 obs
- Sandhill Crane100 obs
- Bald Eagle88 obs
- Blue Dasher86 obs
- Autumn Meadowhawk82 obs
- Eastern Pondhawk77 obs
- Bufflehead76 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.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/588824115
Day trips start here
- Aurora · 3 mi
- Streetsboro · 3 mi
- Hudson · 5 mi
- Kent · 9 mi
- Northfield · 9 mi
- Stow · 9 mi
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