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Twin Arch Reserve

Twin Arch Reserve from directly overhead

Twin Arch Reserve is a park in Ohio, at a recorded elevation of 254 m. Heck Hill stands 365 m to the east-northeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Eldean Covered Bridge, a historic site 0.6 miles away. Miami & Erie Canal Scenic Byway passes 4.8 miles off. 4 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
254 m

What to expect

Operated by
Miami County Park District

How to reach it

Coordinates40.08529, -84.22159

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Parks
  • Covered Bridge Park: 0.6 mi
  • Paul G. Duke Park: 2.1 mi
  • Miami County Fairgrounds: 2.2 mi
  • Kings Chapel Park: 2.5 mi
  • Archer Park: 2.5 mi
Museums: 50
  • Museum of Troy History: 3.3 mi
  • Waco Air Museum: 5.1 mi
  • Miami Valley Veterans Museum: 5.5 mi
  • Johnston Farm Museum: 6.8 mi
  • Bradford Ohio Railroad Museum: 11.5 mi
Nature reserves: 30
  • Farrington Reserve: 1.5 mi
  • Newton Nature Lab: 6.7 mi
  • Brukner Nature Center: 7.0 mi
  • River Ridge Nature Preserve: 8.7 mi
  • Honey Creek Reserve: 9.4 mi
Artworks: 24
Gardens: 20
Attractions: 14
  • The Lost Land Corn Maze: 11.2 mi
  • VanDemark Farm: 11.3 mi
  • Dayton Air Show Entrance Arch: 12.5 mi
  • Historic Bear's Mill: 17.0 mi
  • Scene 75 Entertainment Center: 17.2 mi
Peaks: 4
  • Heck Hill: 16.3 mi
  • Stoddard Hill: 22.1 mi
  • Reeds Hill: 22.7 mi
  • Hills of Judea: 24.9 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Rest areas: 2
  • Miami Interstate 75 NB: 3.0 mi
  • Miami Interstate 75 SB: 3.3 mi
Waterfalls: 2
  • Greenville Falls: 8.3 mi
  • Ludlow Falls: 8.6 mi
Cliffs: 1
Picnic sites: 1
  • Equestrian Day Use: 20.7 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Heck HillENE 75°365 m16.3 mi
Hills of JudeaWSW 257°328 m24.9 mi
Reeds HillSSE 147°296 m22.7 mi
Stoddard HillS 177°241 m22.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4119:1319:49
June solstice06:0920:2921:10
September equinox07:2519:0019:36
December solstice07:5616:3217:15

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283241536371747367554333
Precip in3.02.33.23.94.44.24.23.63.02.93.23.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Piqua Wwtp, 3 mi away.

  • Powdered Dancer73 obs
  • Stream Bluet64 obs
  • American Rubyspot57 obs
  • Eastern Pondhawk56 obs
  • Common Whitetail42 obs
  • Cobra Clubtail41 obs
  • Eastern Forktail39 obs
  • Blue-fronted Dancer31 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/134362286

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