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Veterans Park

Veterans Park from directly overhead

Veterans Park is a park in Ohio, at a modelled elevation of 290 m. The Knobs stands 380 m to the east-northeast, 8.4 miles off. Historic National Road - Ohio passes 0.4 miles off. 19 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Contains Veterans Memorial Park, Veterans Park Amphitheater and Turner Pavilion, a children's playground, a bouldering park, and the Springfield Art Museum.

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Coordinates39.93019, -83.81358
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Veterans Park: 0.0 mi
  • National Road Commons: 0.4 mi
  • The Hollow: 0.4 mi
  • City Hall Plaza: 0.5 mi
  • Snyder Park: 1.1 mi
Historic sites
  • Stone of Gratitude: 1.5 mi
  • Margarat Wilt Memorial: 6.7 mi
  • North Hampton Veterans Memorial: 8.3 mi
  • Orton Memorial: 9.3 mi
  • Horace Mann: 9.8 mi
Museums: 48
Nature reserves: 23
Artworks: 22
Gardens: 20
Peaks: 19
  • The Knobs: 8.4 mi
  • Reeds Hill: 12.5 mi
  • Boundary Hill: 14.4 mi
  • Brighton Hill: 14.4 mi
  • Sittard Hill: 14.5 mi
Attractions: 17
  • Madonna of the Trail: 0.4 mi
  • Cowvin’s Corny Maze: 7.7 mi
  • Historic Clifton Mill: 9.4 mi
  • Kil-Kare Raceway: 17.6 mi
  • Baltimore & Ohio Caboose: 18.4 mi
Ghost towns: 4
Waterfalls: 4
  • Amphitheater Falls: 9.3 mi
  • The Cascades: 9.4 mi
  • The Grotto: 9.5 mi
  • Cedar Cliff Falls: 13.3 mi
Springs: 3
  • Yellow spring: 9.5 mi
  • Traveler's Spring: 9.8 mi
  • Ricciardi Spring: 10.2 mi
Rest areas: 3
  • South Vienna Rest Area: 14.9 mi
  • South Vienna Rest Area: 14.9 mi
  • Dupre Roadside Park: 24.1 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Twin Oak Shelter: 24.8 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
The KnobsENE 70°380 m8.4 mi
Boundary HillE 93°367 m14.4 mi
Brighton HillE 96°367 m14.4 mi
Heck HillNNW 339°365 m16.0 mi
Roseau HillE 89°361 m14.8 mi
Pitts HillE 94°359 m15.1 mi
Pike HillE 89°358 m14.6 mi
Post HillE 87°358 m14.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4019:1219:47
June solstice06:0820:2721:08
September equinox07:2418:5819:34
December solstice07:5416:3117:14

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F273039506170737165534233
Precip in2.72.12.94.04.64.54.63.33.42.82.82.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Springfield WTP, 3 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • American Rubyspot76 obs
  • Blue-fronted Dancer54 obs
  • Stream Bluet42 obs
  • Amur honeysuckle30 obs
  • Powdered Dancer28 obs
  • Ebony Jewelwing25 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel23 obs
  • Canada Goose22 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/480730856

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